Lexington Challenger
The Lexington Challenger (branded as the Top Seed Open for sponsorship reasons, and previously known as the Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships and the Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the WTA Tour. It has been held annually at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky, since 1995 for men and since 1997 for women.
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Event name | Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships | ||||||||
Location | Lexington | ||||||||
Venue | Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex | ||||||||
Surface | Hard / outdoors | ||||||||
Website | lexingtonchallenger.com | ||||||||
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Japan's Takao Suzuki, singles winner in 2000, doubles winner in 2003, is one of two players, with Zimbabwe's Wayne Black, to have won both events

Partnering fellow Australian Ellwood, future World No. 1 in singles Lleyton Hewitt took the doubles title in 1998

Eventual World No. 1 in doubles Mark Knowles from The Bahamas was the first to win the singles title in 1995

India's Sania Mirza, a former top-30 player, was the women's singles champion in 2009
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Canada's Stéphanie Dubois has reached the singles final three times here, winning the title in 2007 and finishing runner-up in 2005 and 2010
The prize money offered at the tournament is $50,000 for men and $60,000 for women (although in 1997–98 it was $25,000 for women).
Women's results
Singles
Doubles
Men's results
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
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