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. The event is the only professional real tennis tournament to feature a repechage system for the top four seeds after the first round.
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. 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.
Past finals
YearChampionsRunners-upScore2017 Camden Riviere Ben Taylor-Matthews 6/2 6/1 6/02018 Camden Riviere Chris Chapman 3/6 6/0 6/1 6/22019 Robert Fahey John Lumley 6/2 6/4 6/4 2020–2021 Not held2022 Robert Fahey Ben Taylor-Matthews 6/2 4/6 6/2 6/32023 John Lumley Ben Taylor-Matthews 6/2 6/4 6/42024 Nick Howell Ben Taylor-Matthews 3/6 6/2 6/42025 John Lumley Nick Howell 6/2 6/0
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