Nuremberg Cup

The Nuremberg Cup (sponsored by Nürnberger Versicherunggruppe and called the Nürnberger Versicherungscup) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.[1] The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour.[2][3] The inaugural 2013 edition took place the week after the French Open while from 2014 to 2019, the event was scheduled the week before the French Open. The licence was sold and the tournament venue is going to move to the Rhineland. [4]

Nürnberger Versicherungscup
Tournament information
Founded2013
Abolished2019
LocationNuremberg
Germany
VenueTennisclub 1. FC Nürnberg
CategoryWTA International
SurfaceClay - outdoors
Draw32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$250,000 (2019)
Current champions (2019)
Women's singles Yulia Putintseva
Women's doubles Gabriela Dabrowski
Xu Yifan

Past finals

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2013 Simona Halep Andrea Petkovic6–3, 6–3
2014 Eugenie Bouchard Karolína Plíšková6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2015 Karin Knapp Roberta Vinci7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
2016 Kiki Bertens Mariana Duque Mariño6–2, 6–2
2017 Kiki Bertens (2) Barbora Krejčíková6–2, 6–1
2018 Johanna Larsson Alison Riske7–6(7–4), 6–4
2019 Yulia Putintseva Tamara Zidanšek4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles
Nuremberg Cup
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2013 Raluca Olaru
Valeria Solovyeva		 Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Květa Peschke		2–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
2014 Michaëlla Krajicek
Karolína Plíšková		 Raluca Olaru
Shahar Pe'er		6–0, 4–6, [10–6]
2015 Chan Hao-ching
Anabel Medina Garrigues		 Lara Arruabarrena
Raluca Olaru		6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2016 Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson		 Shuko Aoyama
Renata Voráčová		6–3, 6–4
2017 Nicole Melichar
Anna Smith		 Kirsten Flipkens
Johanna Larsson		3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2018 Demi Schuurs
Katarina Srebotnik		 Kirsten Flipkens
Johanna Larsson		3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
2019 Gabriela Dabrowski
Xu Yifan		 Sharon Fichman
Nicole Melichar		4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]

See also

References
  1. "tennis.com - Seeded Italians Vinci, Knapp advance at Nuremberg Cup". Tennis magazine. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. "Nürnberg bekommt zweites deutsches WTA-Turnier". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 8 February 2013.
  3. "Erstes WTA-Turnier in Nürnberg". Mittelbayerische Zeitung (in German). 27 March 2013.
  4. "Lizenz des WTA-Turniers in Nürnberg wandert ins Rheinland". tennisnet.com (in German). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
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