Carson Challenger

This article is about ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Women's Circuit tournament. For the ATP World Open tournament formerly known as "LA Tennis Open", see Los Angeles Open (tennis).

The Carson Challenger (also known as the USTA Player Development Classic and the USTA LA Tennis Open) was a tournament for professional female and male tennis players. The event on outdoor hardcourts was classified as a $50,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and was held in Carson, California in the United States from 2007 to 2011. In 2014, the tournament was a replacement for the Yakima Regional Hospital Challenger, as their clubhouse was destroyed by a fire earlier in the year.^[1] The event was also previously part of the ATP Challenger Tour, from 2005 to 2010, with the exception of 2006.

Carson Challenger
Tournament information
Event name	USTA Player Development Classic USTA LA Tennis Open
Location	Carson, United States
Venue	USTA Training Center - West
Surface	Hard
Website	www.usta.com/Carson
ATP Tour Category ATP Challenger Tour Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money $50,000
WTA Tour Category ITF Women's Circuit Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money $50,000

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2010	Donald Young	Robert Kendrick	6–4, 6–4
2009 (2)	Michael Russell	Michael Yani	6–1, 6–1
2009 (1)	Wayne Odesnik	Scoville Jenkins	6–4, 6–4
2008	Amer Delic	Alex Bogomolov	7–6(7–5), 6–4
2007	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	Kei Nishikori	6–4, 6–3
2006	not held
2005	Justin Gimelstob	Amer Delic	7–6(7–5), 6–2

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2014	Nicole Gibbs	Melanie Oudin	6–4, 6–4
2013–12	not held
2011	Camila Giorgi	Alexa Glatch	7–6(7–4), 6–1
2010	Coco Vandeweghe	Kristie Ahn	6–1, 6–3
2009	Valérie Tétreault	Alexandra Stevenson	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2008	Mashona Washington	Alexa Glatch	7–5, 6–4
2007	Jessica Kirkland	Lauren Albanese	7–6(7–2), 6–2

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2010	Brian Battistone Nicholas Monroe	Artem Sitak Leonardo Tavares	5–7, 6–3, [10–4]
2009 (2)	Harsh Mankad Frederik Nielsen	Carsten Ball Travis Rettenmaier	6–4, 6–4
2009 (1)	Scott Lipsky David Martin	Lester Cook Donald Young	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 10–6
2008	Carsten Ball Travis Rettenmaier	Ryler DeHeart Daniel King-Turner	6–4, 6–2
2007	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	Víctor Estrella Alberto Francis	7–6(10–8), 6–2
2006	not held
2005	Goran Dragicevic Jan-Michael Gambill	Cody Conley Ryan Newport	6–4, 6–3

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2014	Michaëlla Krajicek Olivia Rogowska	Samantha Crawford Sachia Vickery	7–6(7–4), 6–1
2013–12	not held
2011	Alexandra Mueller Asia Muhammad	Christina Fusano Yasmin Schnack	6–2, 6–3
2010	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	6–1, 6–2
2009	Laura Granville Riza Zalameda	Monique Adamczak Nicole Kriz	6–3, 6–4
2008	Romana Tedjakusuma Story Tweedie-Yates	Kimberly Couts Anna Tatishvili	7–6(12–10), 4–6, [10–7]
2007	Kim Grant Sunitha Rao	Angela Haynes Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–4, 6–4