Champions Trophy (real tennis)

This article is about the real tennis tournament at the Royal Tennis Court. For other uses, see Champions Trophy (disambiguation).

The Champions Trophy is an annual real tennis tournament held at the Royal Tennis Court at Hampton Court Palace, London, England. It is a ranking point tournament for the purposes of qualifying for the Real Tennis World Championship.^[1] The event is the only professional real tennis tournament to feature a repechage system for the top four seeds after the first round.^[2]

Champions Trophy
Tournament information
Event name	Champions Trophy
Founded	2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Editions	6
Location	London United Kingdom
Venue	Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court
Category	IRTPA
Draw	8S / 8Q
Website	royaltenniscourt.com
Current champions (2024)
Singles	Nick Howell

The event was conceived as a season-end meeting of the top real tennis players in the world, bringing regular, high-quality tennis to oldest existing court in the world.^[3] The inaugural event was won by incumbent World Champion Camden Riviere. Both Riviere and Robert Fahey have won the event on two occasions. Ben Taylor-Matthews has been a finalist on four occasions. In 2024, the event expanded from 4 qualifiers to 8 qualifiers, and reduced the match format from best-of-5 sets to best-of-3 sets.^[4]

Past finals

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2017	Camden Riviere	Ben Taylor-Matthews	6/2 6/1 6/0
2018	Camden Riviere	Chris Chapman	3/6 6/0 6/1 6/2
2019	Robert Fahey	John Lumley	6/2 6/4 6/4
2020–2021	Not held
2022	Robert Fahey	Ben Taylor-Matthews	6/2 4/6 6/2 6/3
2023	John Lumley	Ben Taylor-Matthews	6/2 6/4 6/4
2024	Nick Howell	Ben Taylor-Matthews	3/6 6/2 6/4
2025	John Lumley	Nick Howell	6/2 6/0