The grass court season is short, but sweet. Find out who is going into 2016’s Wimbledon Championships in good form with a review of this month’s winners of the ATP and WTA grass court tournaments.
There is only three weeks between the end of French Open to the start of Wimbledon on 27 June, but plenty of tennis action.
Aegon Open Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
6-12 June
WTA International
Total Prize Money – $226,750
Karolina Pliskova d Alison Riske 7-6(8), 7-5
Ricoh Open, S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
6-12 June
WTA International
Total Prize Money – $226,750
Coco Wandeweghe d Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 7-5
Kristina Mladenovic (photo from Birmingham 2015)
ATP 250
Total Prize Money – $635,645
Nicolas Mahut d Gilles Muller 6-4, 6-4
Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany
6-12 June
ATP 250
Total Prize Money – €675,645
Dominic Thiem d Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-4
Kohlschreiber (photo from Wimbledon 2015)
Aegon Classic Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
13-19 June
WTA Premier
Total Prize Money – $780,900
Madison Keys d Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-4
Madison Keys (photo from Aus Open 2016)
Mallorca Open, Mallorca, Spain
13-19 June
WTA International
Total Prize Money – $226,750
Caroline Garcia d Anastasija Sevastova 6-3, 6-4
Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany
13-19 June
ATP 500
Total Prize Money – €1,826,275
Florian Mayer d Alexander Zverev 6-2, 5-2, 6-3
Aegon Championships, The Queen’s Club, London, UK
13-19 June
ATP 500
Total Prize Money – €1,928,610
Andy Murray d Milos Raonic 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3
Aegon International Eastbourne, Eastbourne, UK
19-25 June
WTA Premier
Total Prize Money – $731,000
Dominika Cibulkova d Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 6-3
Aegon Open Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
19-25 June
ATP 250
Total Prize Money – €704,805
Steve Johnson d Pablo Cuevas 7-6(5), 7-5
Wimbledon runs from 27 June to 10 July 2016. View the prize money, in pounds with US Dollar equivalents, that the players are competing for in 2016.
Until next time
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