İstanbul Cup

İstanbul Cup
2018 İstanbul Cup
Tournament information
Founded 2005
Location Istanbul
Turkey
Category International
Surface Hard - outdoors
Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money US$226,750 (2017)
Website istanbulcup.com
Current champions (2018)
Women's singles France Pauline Parmentier
Women's doubles China Liang Chen
China Zhang Shuai

The İstanbul Cup is a WTA tennis tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey, organised for professional female tennis players. It is classified as an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. Held annually since 2005 in the month of May, it was played on outdoor clay courts until 2009, after which the organisers decided to switch the surface to outdoor hard courts. It was not held in between 2011–2013, due to the WTA Tour Championships moving to Istanbul for those years. It resumed for the 2014 WTA season.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2005United States Venus WilliamsCzech Republic Nicole Vaidišová6–3, 6–2
2006Israel Shahar Pe'erRussia Anastasia Myskina1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2007Russia Elena DementievaFrance Aravane Rezaï7–6(7–5), 3–0, retired
2008Poland Agnieszka RadwańskaRussia Elena Dementieva6–3, 6–2
2009Russia Vera DushevinaCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká6–0, 6–1
2010Russia Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaRussia Elena Vesnina5–7, 7–5, 6–4
2011–2013Not held because of the WTA Tour Championships
2014Denmark Caroline WozniackiItaly Roberta Vinci6–1, 6–1
2015Ukraine Lesia TsurenkoPoland Urszula Radwańska7–5, 6–1
2016Turkey Çağla BüyükakçayMontenegro Danka Kovinić3–6, 6–2, 6–3
2017Ukraine Elina SvitolinaBelgium Elise Mertens6–2, 6–4
2018France Pauline ParmentierSlovenia Polona Hercog6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2005Spain Marta Marrero
Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti
Austria Daniela Klemenschits
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
6–4, 6–0
2006Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
India Sania Mirza
Australia Alicia Molik
6–2, 6–4
2007Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Poland Urszula Radwańska
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
India Sania Mirza
6–1, 6–3
2008United States Jill Craybas
Belarus Olga Govortsova
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Slovenia Polona Hercog
6–1, 6–2
2009Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Germany Julia Görges
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
26, 63, [1210]
2010Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
Russia Maria Kondratieva
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
64, 16, [119]
2011–2013Not held because of the WTA Tour Championships
2014Japan Misaki Doi
Ukraine Elina Svitolina
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Poland Paula Kania
6–4, 6–0
2015Russia Daria Gavrilova
Ukraine Elina Svitolina (2)
Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay
Serbia Jelena Janković
5–7, 6–1, [10–4]
2016Romania Andreea Mitu
Turkey İpek Soylu
Switzerland Xenia Knoll
Montenegro Danka Kovinić
Walkover
2017Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
United States Nicole Melichar
Belgium Elise Mertens
7–6(8–6), 6–2
2018China Liang Chen
China Zhang Shuai
Switzerland Xenia Knoll
United Kingdom Anna Smith
6–4, 6–4

See also

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