Bad Homburg Open

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Bad Homburg Open
WTA Tour
Founded2020
Location Bad Homburg, Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse
Germany
VenueTC Bad Homburg
Category WTA 500 (2024-present)
WTA 250 (2021-2023)
Surface Grass – outdoors
Draw32S / 8Q / 16D
Prize money 802,237 (2024)
Current champions (2024)
SinglesFlag placeholder.svg Diana Shnaider
Doubles Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellen Perez

The Bad Homburg Open is a women's professional tennis tournament held on outdoor grass courts at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club in Bad Homburg, Germany. The event held its inaugural edition in June 2021 after it was initially postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In September 2019, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) announced that they would invest in new grass tennis tournaments to be scheduled before the Wimbledon Championships on the ATP Tour and WTA Tour. Among the new investments included a WTA event planned for Bad Homburg with the collaboration of German sports agency Perfect Match as well as German tennis player Angelique Kerber and her management team, after which she would become the tournament ambassador. [1] [2] [3] The new stadium at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club was built on the site of the first tennis court in Europe, Kurpark, and in July 2020, Kerber christened the stadium at its opening ceremony. [4]

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
   WTA 250 tournament   
2021 Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–2
2022 Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bianca Andreescu 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
2023 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková Flag of Italy.svg Lucia Bronzetti 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
   WTA 500 tournament   
2024 Flag placeholder.svg Diana Shnaider Flag of Croatia.svg Donna Vekić 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
   WTA 250 tournament   
2021 Flag of Croatia.svg Darija Jurak
Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač
Flag of Ukraine.svg Nadiia Kichenok
Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Olaru
6–3, 6–1
2022 Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi
Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Ninomiya
Flag of Poland.svg Alicja Rosolska
Flag of New Zealand.svg Erin Routliffe
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
2023 Flag of Brazil.svg Ingrid Gamarra Martins
Flag placeholder.svg Lidziya Marozava
Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi
Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu
6–0, 7–6(7–3)
   WTA 500 tournament   
2024 Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellen Perez
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching
Flag placeholder.svg Veronika Kudermetova
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]

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