Brighton International

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The Brighton International was a tennis tournament held in Brighton, UK. It was a WTA Tour event from 1978-1995 and an ATP Tour event from 1996-2000, upon the discontinuation of the women's tournament. The women's event was held in October.

It was competed on indoor carpet courts, and was a WTA Tier II event prior to being removed from the tour. The men's event was held on outdoor clay in Bournemouth from 1996-1999, and in Brighton, on indoor hard courts in 2000.

Steffi Graf won the tournament a record 6 times. The only British winner came in the final year of play, Tim Henman beating Dominik Hrbatý, 6-2, 6-2.

[edit] Results

[edit] Women's Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1978	Virginia Ruzici	Betty Stöve	5-7, 6-2, 7-5
1979	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6-3, 6-3
1980	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Martina Navrátilová	6-4, 5-7, 6-3
1981	Sue Barker	Mima Jaušovec	4-6, 6-1, 6-1
1982	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6-1, 6-4
1983	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Jo Durie	6-1, 6-1
1984	Sylvia Hanika	Joanne Russell	6-3, 1-6, 6-2
1985	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Manuela Maleeva	7-5, 6-3
1986	Steffi Graf	Catarina Lindqvist	6-3, 6-3
1987	Gabriela Sabatini	Pam Shriver	7-5, 6-4
1988	Steffi Graf	Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	6-2, 6-0
1989	Steffi Graf	Monica Seles	7-5, 6-4
1990	Steffi Graf	Helena Suková	7-5, 6-3
1991	Steffi Graf	Zina Garrison	5-7, 6-4, 6-1
1992	Steffi Graf	Jana Novotná	4-6, 6-4, 7-6
1993	Jana Novotná	Anke Huber	6-2, 6-4
1994	Jana Novotná	Helena Suková	6-7, 6-3, 6-4
1995	Mary Joe Fernández	Amanda Coetzer	6-4, 7-5

[edit] Men's Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1996	Albert Costa	Marc-Kevin Goellner	6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2
1997	Félix Mantilla	Carlos Moyà	6-2, 6-2
1998	Félix Mantilla	Albert Costa	6-3, 7-5
1999	Adrian Voinea	Stefan Koubek	1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2)
2000	Tim Henman	Dominik Hrbatý	6-2, 6-2