Barcelona Ladies Open

The Barcelona Ladies Open was a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona in Catalonia (Spain) and was played on outdoor clay courts. It was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour with total prize money of $220,000.

Barcelona Ladies Open
Tournament information
Founded2003
Abolished2012
Editions10
LocationBarcelona, Catalonia
Spain
VenueDavid Lloyd Club Turó
(2008–2012)
Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron (2007)
CategoryTier IV (2007–2008)
International (2009)
SurfaceClay / outdoors
Draw32M/32Q/16D
Prize money$220,000
Websitebarcelonaladiesopen.com

The tournament began in November 2003 as a $10,000 challenger event on the ITF Women's Circuit. Prize money was increased to $25,000 the following year; in 2005, the event was moved to October with the prize money increasing to $75,000. In 2007, the tournament was upgraded to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, becoming a Tier IV played in June, and remained in this classification through 2008. Since 2009, the event has been held in April.

In 2013 the event was cancelled due to financial reasons and replaced on the tour by the Nuremberg Cup in Nuremberg, Germany, held the week before Roland Garros.[1][2]

Results

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2003 Marta Fraga Pérez Ana Ivanovic6–4, 5–7, 6–4
2004 Laura Pous Tió Tsvetana Pironkova4–6, 7–5, 6–2
2005 Kateřina Böhmová María Sánchez Lorenzo3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2006 Tathiana Garbin Ekaterina Ivanova6–3, 7–5
2007 Meghann Shaughnessy Edina Gallovits6–3, 6–2
2008 Maria Kirilenko María José Martínez Sánchez6–0, 6–2
2009 Roberta Vinci Maria Kirilenko6–0, 6–4
2010 Francesca Schiavone Roberta Vinci6–1, 6–1
2011 Roberta Vinci (2) Lucie Hradecká4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2012 Sara Errani Dominika Cibulková6–2, 6–2
succeeded by Nuremberg Cup

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2003 Marta Fraga Pérez
Adriana González Peñas		 Núria Roig
Julia Vakulenko		6–3, 6–3
2004 Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Laura Pous Tió		 Nina Bratchikova
Ekaterina Kozhokhina		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2005 Lourdes Domínguez Lino (2)
María Sánchez Lorenzo		 Conchita Martínez Granados
María José Martínez Sánchez		7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3)
2006 Klaudia Jans
Alicja Rosolska		 Edina Gallovits
Vanessa Henke		6–1, 6–2
2007 Nuria Llagostera Vives
Arantxa Parra Santonja		 Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Flavia Pennetta		7–6(7–3), 2–6, [12–10]
2008 Lourdes Domínguez Lino (3)
Arantxa Parra Santonja (2)		 Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez		4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
2009 Nuria Llagostera Vives (2)
María José Martínez Sánchez		 Sorana Cîrstea
Andreja Klepač		3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
2010 Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci		 Timea Bacsinszky
Tathiana Garbin		6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
2011 Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová		 Natalie Grandin
Vladimíra Uhlířová		5–7, 6–4, [11–9]
2012 Sara Errani (2)
Roberta Vinci (2)		 Flavia Pennetta
Francesca Schiavone		6–0, 6–2
succeeded by Nuremberg Cup

See also

References
  1. Pedro Gutiérrez (7 February 2013). "Desaparece el WTA de Barcelona". Puntodebreak.com (in Spanish).
  2. "Nürnberg bekommt zweites deutsches WTA-Turnier". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 8 February 2013.

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