Spanish Open (tennis)

Spanish Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Spanish Championships (1972–78); Spanish Open (1985–94); Ford Spanish Open (1995)
Tour	WTA Tour (1972–95)
Founded	1972
Abolished	1995
Editions	14
Surface	Clay (1972–95)

The Spanish Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1995. It was held at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain and played on outdoor clay courts. It was a Tier V event from 1988 to 1989, a Tier IV event in 1990, a Tier III event from 1991 to 1992 and a Tier II event from 1993 to 1995.

In the 1970s the event was known as the Spanish Championships before becoming an Open in the 1980s and 1990s. It was replaced on the WTA Tour by the Madrid Open in 1996.

Results

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Gail Chanfreau	Nathalie Fuchs	6–1, 6–4
1973	Not held
1974	Nathalie Fuchs	Glynis Coles	7–5, 8–6
1975	Not held
1976	Renáta Tomanová	Virginia Ruzici	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1977	Not held
1978	Hana Mandlíková	Sabina Simmonds	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1979 - 1984	Not held
1985	Sandra Cecchini	Raffaella Reggi	6–3, 6–4
1986	Petra Huber	Laura Garrone	7–6^(7–4), 6–0
1987	Not held
1988	Neige Dias	Bettina Fulco	6–3, 6–3
1989	Arantxa Sánchez	Helen Kelesi	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1990	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Isabel Cueto	6–4, 6–2
1991	Conchita Martínez	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	6–4, 6–1
1992	Monica Seles	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1993	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Conchita Martínez	6–1, 6–4
1994	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Iva Majoli	6–0, 6–2
1995	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Iva Majoli	5–7, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Gail Sherriff Nathalie Fuchs	Michele Gurdal Monique Van Haver	6–4, 6–2
1973 - 1975	Not held
1976	Florența Mihai Patricia Medrado	Nathalie Fuchs Michele Gurdal	6–2, 6–4
1977	Not held
1978	Not available
1979 - 1984	Not held
1985	Petra Jauch-Delhees Patricia Medrado	Penny Barg Adriana Villagrán	6–1, 6–0
1986	Iva Budařová Catherine Tanvier	Petra Huber Petra Keppeler	6–2, 6–1
1987	Not held
1988	Iva Budařová Sandra Wasserman	Anna-Karin Olsson María José Llorca	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1989	Jana Novotná Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Arantxa Sánchez Judith Wiesner	6–2, 2–6, 7–6^(7–3)
1990	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Sabrina Goleš Patricia Tarabini	6–7^(7–9), 6–2, 6–1
1991	Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Nathalie Tauziat Judith Wiesner	6–1, 6–3
1992	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Nathalie Tauziat Judith Wiesner	6–4, 6–1
1993	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Magdalena Maleeva Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	4–6, 6–1, 6–0
1994	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Julie Halard Nathalie Tauziat	6–2, 6–4
1995	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Mariaan de Swardt Iva Majoli	7–5, 4–6, 7–5

References

WTA Results Archive

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