Katowice Open

The Katowice Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on an indoor hard court in Katowice, Poland and was held in April. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. Katowice Open replaced Danish Open since 2013 WTA Tour season.[1] The official tournament ball was Babolat Roland Garros’. The organizer of the tournament was SOS Music company from Toruń, which had obtained the license from Octagon sport agency.[2] Telewizja Polska had taken the television partnership of the event. The tournament was broadcast by TVP in April.[3]

Katowice Open
Tournament information
Founded2013
Abolished2016
Editions4
LocationKatowice
Poland
VenueSpodek
CategoryWTA International
SurfaceClay (i) (2013)
Hard (i) (2014–2016)
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$250,000
WebsiteOfficial Website
Current champions
Women's singles Dominika Cibulková
Women's doubles Eri Hozumi
Miyu Kato

From 2014, the surface was changed from clay to hard.[4].

Octagon chose to relocate the event to Biel/Bienne as the Ladies Open Biel Bienne beginning in 2017.[5]

Past finals

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2013 Roberta Vinci Petra Kvitová7–6(7–2), 6–1
2014 Alizé Cornet Camila Giorgi7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–5
2015 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Camila Giorgi6–4, 6–3
2016 Dominika Cibulková Camila Giorgi6–4, 6–0

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2013 Lara Arruabarrena
Lourdes Domínguez Lino		 Raluca Olaru
Valeria Solovyeva		6–4, 7–5
2014 Yuliya Beygelzimer
Olga Savchuk		 Klára Koukalová
Monica Niculescu		6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
2015 Ysaline Bonaventure
Demi Schuurs		 Gioia Barbieri
Karin Knapp		7–5, 4–6, [10–6]
2016 Eri Hozumi
Miyu Kato		 Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Marina Melnikova		3–6, 7–5, [10–8]

References
  1. "WTA nie zgodziło się na występ Radwańskiej w Katowicach" (in Polish). sport.pl. 10 Jan 2013. Retrieved 10 Jan 2013.
  2. "Wielki tenis wraca do Polski" (in Polish). bnpparibaskatowiceopen.com. 10 Jan 2013. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 13 Apr 2013.
  3. "Television" (in Polish). bnpparibaskatowiceopen.com. 10 Jan 2013. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 13 Apr 2013.
  4. "Nel 2014 cambiamenti importanti nel calendario WTA". livetennis.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  5. http://www.katowiceopen.com/en/news/174/katowice-open-a-letter-of-thanks
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