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The Lexus Eastbourne Open, long known as the Eastbourne International and most recently as the Rothesay International, is a combined ATP 250 and WTA grass-court tournament held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, on the south coast of England. Staged the week before Wimbledon, it has run as a joint men's and women's event since 2009. The 2026 edition is the 15th staging of the men's tournament.

Tournament Schedule

Qualifying: Saturday, 20 June and Sunday, 21 June at 11 a.m.

Main Draw: Monday, 22 June to Saturday, 27 June

Doubles Final: Friday, 26 June

Singles Final: Saturday, 27 June, not before 2:30 p.m. BST

Prize Money and Ranking Points

Total Prize Money: €773,465

Singles

Round	Prize Money	Ranking Points
Winner	€117,685	250
Finalist	€68,635	165
Semi-finalist	€40,345	100
Quarter-finalist	€23,380	50
Round of 16	€13,575	25
Round of 28	€8,290	0

History

Eastbourne has been a fixture of the British grass-court season for half a century, with the women's event dating back to the 1970s and the men joining to form a combined tournament in 2009. Played on the traditional lawns of Devonshire Park, a short walk from the seafront, it is the established final Wimbledon warm-up on English grass. No man has dominated it like Taylor Fritz, who in 2025 became the event's first four-time champion (2019, 2022, 2024 and 2025) and the first man to successfully defend the title since Feliciano Lopez in 2014; Lopez himself is a two-time winner. Past champions also include Novak Djokovic (2017) and Andy Roddick, underlining the event's pedigree. The 2026 men's tournament, now titled the Lexus Eastbourne Open, is the 15th edition and is run by tournament director Rebecca James.

Tournament Data

Eastbourne sits on England's south coast, at sea level beside the English Channel, and the seaside setting is part of its character: breezes off the sea and the ever-present chance of a passing shower can make conditions tricky. Unlike the roofed arena in Halle there is no cover over the show courts, so the British weather is always part of the equation.

These are the stats from recent years (2025 shown for reference, from Tennis Abstract):

Ace rate of just 8.3% of service points in 2025, very low for grass and closer to clay-court numbers, a sign of how heavy and low-bouncing the Devonshire Park lawns play
Surface Speed Rating of 0.75 (Tennis Abstract, 2025), which made Eastbourne the slowest grass court on the ATP Tour that year, slower even than Madrid's clay (0.78) and not far off Roland Garros (0.68), and well below both the tour average of 1.0 and the other grass stops (Stuttgart 1.38, Queen's 1.35, Halle 1.24)
Those slow, low conditions take the sting out of the biggest servers and reward returners, movement and patience more than at a typical grass event
Even so, points stay relatively short and service holds and tiebreaks remain common, so fine margins tend to decide the tight matches
No roof over the show courts, so sea breezes and the odd shower can shift conditions from one session to the next

Tournament Past Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Semi-finalist	Semi-finalist
2025	Taylor Fritz	Jenson Brooksby	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	Ugo Humbert
2024	Taylor Fritz	Max Purcell	Aleksandar Vukic	Billy Harris
2023	Francisco Cerundolo	Tommy Paul	Mackenzie McDonald	Gregoire Barrere
2022	Taylor Fritz	Maxime Cressy	Alex de Minaur	Jack Draper
2021	Alex de Minaur	Lorenzo Sonego	Kwon Soon-woo	Max Purcell

Note: the 2020 edition was not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Weather

This week on the south coast, Eastbourne looks mild and increasingly summery. Daytime highs climb from around 22 C (73 F) early in the week to roughly 24 C (75 F) by midweek, with only a slight shower risk and plenty of sunshine. With no roof over the show courts the forecast matters, but a largely dry, breezy week should keep the grass playing fast.

Key 2026 News and Storylines

The Big One: Draper's comeback and Fritz's happy hunting ground

Two stories dominate Eastbourne. The first is the return of Jack Draper: the British former World No. 4, out for more than two months with injury and now fallen outside the top 100, makes his comeback here after withdrawing from Queen's, only to draw a brutal opener against fifth seed Brandon Nakashima. The second is the man at the top of the draw, Taylor Fritz, who has turned Devonshire Park into a personal playground with a record four titles and arrives chasing a third in a row.

Withdrawals

Five withdrawals: Alexander Blockx, Rafael Jodar, Tomas Machac, Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Vacherot all pulled out of the men's draw, a familiar pattern for an event squeezed into the last week before Wimbledon.

Key Players In (or Status to Watch)

Taylor Fritz (top seed, USA) is IN. The record four-time champion (2019, 2022, 2024, 2025) has made Eastbourne a personal playground; he opens against Alexei Popyrin or a qualifier and is seeded to meet Francisco Cerundolo in the semis.
Joao Fonseca (second seed, Brazil) is IN. The exciting young Brazilian, a crowd favourite here last year, brings firepower and star appeal, anchoring the bottom half of the draw opposite top seed Fritz.
Francisco Cerundolo (third seed, Argentina) is IN. The 2023 champion opens against British wild card Jacob Fearnley or Thiago Tirante and could meet his brother, eighth seed Juan Manuel Cerundolo, in the quarter-finals.
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (fourth seed, Argentina) is IN, with a likely second-round test against Gabriel Diallo or Terence Atmane.
Jack Draper (Britain) is IN, and his return is the story of the week. The former World No. 4, sidelined for more than two months and now outside the top 100, makes his comeback after pulling out of Queen's, but he drew a tough opener against fifth seed Nakashima. British wild cards Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Fery and Jack Pinnington Jones add home interest.

With Fritz the man to beat on his favourite grass, Fonseca and the Cerundolo brothers in the mix, and home attention fixed on Draper's fitness and the British wild cards, Eastbourne offers a compelling final audition before Wimbledon.

Tournament Draws

Here are the links to the draws that you can check anytime to follow the latest updates and see which players advance through each round.

Summary

Eastbourne is the traditional final flourish of the British grass-court season, an ATP 250 on the lawns of Devonshire Park in the last week before Wimbledon. Unusually for grass it plays slow and low (the slowest grass court on tour in 2025), which, together with the sea breezes, rewards returning, sharp movement and patience as much as raw serving, and with no roof over the show courts the south-coast weather is always part of the story.

So, expect grass-court tennis where service holds and tiebreaks still matter, but where the biggest servers find fewer free points and good returners and movers are rewarded more than on a typical lawn. Taylor Fritz is the clear man to beat on a court he has owned, but Joao Fonseca's rise, the Cerundolo brothers and a clutch of dangerous seeds give the draw real depth.

With Fritz on his favourite lawn, Draper's comeback to track and British wild cards to cheer, Eastbourne should be a fitting final act before the All England Club.

Did You Know?

Eastbourne is Taylor Fritz's playground. Fritz won a record-extending fourth Eastbourne title in 2025 (after 2019, 2022 and 2024) and became the first man to successfully defend the trophy since Feliciano Lopez in 2014, the kind of record that makes him the man to beat whenever he returns to Devonshire Park.

A lucky loser nearly stole the show. In 2025, Jenson Brooksby became the first lucky loser in tournament history to reach the Eastbourne final, beating Ugo Humbert in the semis before running into Fritz, a reminder of how unpredictable this pre-Wimbledon week can be.