Tennis Championships of Maui

Tennis Championships of Maui
Current event 2017 Tennis Championships of Maui
Defunct tennis tournament
LocationLahaina, Maui, United States
VenueRoyal Lahaina Tennis Ranch at the Royal Lahaina Resort
Websitetennischampionshipsofmaui.com
ATP Tour
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$50,000

History

The tournament was first held in 2010 as the Honolulu Challenger, an ATP Challenger Tour event played on outdoor hard courts in Honolulu, Hawaii.[1]  

In 2013, the event was moved to the island of Maui and rebranded as the Tennis Championships of Maui. Beginning in 2014, it was staged at the Royal Lahaina, Hawaii Tennis Ranch, part of the Royal Lahaina Resort in Lahaina, Hawaii.[2]  

In 2016, the tournament briefly expanded to include a women’s ITF $50,000 event, which was won by Christina McHale in singles and Asia Muhammad and Maria Sanchez (tennis) in doubles.[3]  

The men’s edition continued through 2017, after which it was discontinued.[4]  

Tournament details

The event was classified as an ATP Challenger Tour tournament with a draw size of 32 singles, 32 qualifying, and 16 doubles teams. The surface was outdoor hard courts, and the prize money was US$50,000.[1]  

Notable champions

  • Go Soeda of Japan won the singles title twice (2011 and 2012), making him the only repeat champion in the event’s history.[5]  
  • South Korean player Chung Hyeon won the 2017 singles title, shortly before reaching the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open.[6]

Past finals

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2010 United States Michael Russell Slovenia Grega Žemlja 6–0, 6–3
2011 United States Ryan Harrison United States Alex Kuznetsov 6–4, 3–6, 6–4[7]
2012 Japan Go Soeda United States Robby Ginepri 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2013 Japan Go Soeda (2) Germany Mischa Zverev 7–5, 7–5
2014 United States Bradley Klahn Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua 6–2, 6–3
2015 United States Jared Donaldson United States Nicolas Meister 6–1, 6–4[8]
2016 China Wu Di United Kingdom Kyle Edmund 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2017 South Korea Chung Hyeon Japan Taro Daniel 7–6(7–3), 6–1

Men's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2010 South Africa Kevin Anderson
United States Ryler DeHeart
South Korea Im Kyu-tae
Austria Martin Slanar
3–6, 7–6(7–2), [15–13]
2011 United States Ryan Harrison
United States Travis Rettenmaier
United States Robert Kendrick
United States Alex Kuznetsov
Walkover
2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Amer Delić
United States Travis Rettenmaier (2)
United States Nicholas Monroe
United States Jack Sock
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2013 Chinese Taipei Lee Hsin-han
Chinese Taipei Peng Hsien-yin
United States Tennys Sandgren
United States Rhyne Williams
6–7(1–7), 6–2, [10–5]
2014 United States Denis Kudla
Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama
United States Daniel Kosakowski
United States Nicolas Meister
6–3, 6–2
2015 United States Jared Donaldson
United States Stefan Kozlov
United States Chase Buchanan
United States Rhyne Williams
6–3, 6–4
2016 Chinese Taipei Jason Jung
United States Dennis Novikov
Australia Alex Bolt
Germany Frank Moser
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
2017 United States Austin Krajicek
United States Jackson Withrow
United States Bradley Klahn
United States Tennys Sandgren
6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2016 United States Christina McHale United States Raveena Kingsley 6–3, 4–6, 6–4

Women's doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2016 United States Asia Muhammad
United States Maria Sanchez
United States Jessica Pegula
United States Taylor Townsend
6–2, 3–6, [10–6]

References

  1. ^ a b "ATP Tour – Maui Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  2. ^ "The SportMaster Tennis Championships of Maui". Kāʻanapali Resort. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  3. ^ "ITF Pro Circuit – Maui 2016". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  4. ^ Polking, Mark (29 January 2018). "Chung captures Maui Challenger ahead of Australian Open breakthrough". Tennis.com. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  5. ^ "ATP Tour – Maui Past Finals". ATP Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  6. ^ Newberry, Paul (22 January 2018). "Hyeon Chung shocks Djokovic to reach Australian Open quarterfinals". Associated Press. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Harrison upbeat after first challenger victory". Tennis.com. February 2, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  8. ^ McNamara, Kevin (February 2, 2015). "Jared Donaldson enjoys biggest tennis win of pro career in Maui". The Providence Journal. Retrieved November 21, 2024.