Ladies Open Lugano

Ladies Open Lugano
Tournament information
Founded 2017
(as Ladies Open Biel Bienne)
Location Lugano
Switzerland
Venue Tennis Club Lido Lugano
Category WTA International
Surface Clay - outdoors
Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money US$226,750 (2017)
Website ladiesopen.ch
Current champions (2018)
Women's singles Belgium Elise Mertens
Women's doubles Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Belgium Elise Mertens

The inaugural edition of the Ladies Open Lugano, formerly the Ladies Open Biel/Bienne, an International-level WTA tennis event, was held in April 2017 at the Swiss National Tennis Centre in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.[1] The new indoor arena was completed in February 2017.

The tournament lasted only one year in Biel/Bienne and was moved to Lugano in 2018. The surface was also changed from indoor hard to outdoor clay.[2]

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2017Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová Estonia Anett Kontaveit 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
↓  Changed from Indoor Hard to Clay Court  ↓
2018Belgium Elise MertensBelarus Aryna Sabalenka7–5, 6–2

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2017Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Romania Monica Niculescu		Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Switzerland Martina Hingis		5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
↓  Changed from Indoor Hard to Clay Court  ↓
2018Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Belgium Elise Mertens		Belarus Vera Lapko
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka		6–1, 6–3

See also

  • Zurich Open – Swiss Indoor WTA tournament held between 1984 and 2008

Official website

References

  1. ↑ "New WTA Tournament to be staged in Biel as of 2017". Infront Sports and Media.
  2. ↑ "Lugano (Ticino/SUI) is the new outdoor venue for InfrontRingier's WTA Ladies Open". Infront Sports and Media.


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