Bad Homburg

English visitors to the spa brought lawn tennis to Homburg, and lawn courts were laid in the Kurpark in 1876, which the town and its tournament describe as the first tennis court on the European continent. In 1894 some lawns gave way to hard courts so that tournaments could be held, and the Homburg Cup, played on clay, ran from that year until 1936. Reginald Doherty won it four times in the 1890s, Anthony Wilding in 1906 and Otto Froitzheim a record seven times.

Grass returned in July 2020, when Angelique Kerber, the 2018 Wimbledon champion, opened a new centre court at TC Bad Homburg. The courts were built under the guidance of the All England Club’s groundstaff, with seed brought from Wimbledon. The pandemic delayed the first tournament until June 2021, and Kerber won it, beating Kateřina Siniaková in the final.

The event was a WTA 250 for its first three years and became a WTA 500 in 2024, played in the week before Wimbledon. Its centre court seated 3,765 in 2025, the year Kerber became sports director, and its recent champions include Jessica Pegula and Karolína Muchová. Bad Homburg is at once the newest grass venue on the German calendar and the oldest tennis ground on the continent.