Brussels Open

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Brussels Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2011
Abolished2013
Editions3
Location Brussels
Belgium
VenueRoyal Primerose Tennis Club
Category Premier
Surface Clay / outdoor
Draw30S / 16D
Prize money US$ 235,000
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Brussels Open

The Brussels Open, unofficially also known as Open de Bruxelles, was a professional women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Royal Primerose Tennis Club in Brussels, Belgium. It was first held in 2011, replacing the Warsaw Open, [1] and last held in 2013. The Brussels Open was played on outdoor clay courts and scheduled in May as a preparation tournament for the French Open. [2] In 2014 the tournament was initially downgraded from Premier to International status, and was subsequently cancelled. It's slot on the WTA Tour calendar was taken up by the Nuremberg Cup. [3] [4]

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2011 Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
2012 Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep 7–5, 6–0
2013 Flag of Estonia.svg Kaia Kanepi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai 6–2, 7–5
2014replaced by Nuremberg Cup

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2011 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Galina Voskoboeva
Flag of Poland.svg Klaudia Jans
Flag of Poland.svg Alicja Rosolska
3–6, 6–0, [10–5]
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza
Flag of Poland.svg Alicja Rosolska
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie
6–3, 6–2
2013 Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski
Flag of Israel.svg Shahar Pe'er
6–0, 6–3
2014replaced by Nuremberg Cup

See also

References

  1. "The Official Home of the Women's Tennis Association | WTA Tennis". www.wtatour.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10.
  2. "WTA | Off-Court News | Off-Court News | WTA Welcomes Brussels". Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  3. "Brussels Open niet langer WTA-toernooi". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 11 December 2013.
  4. "Le Brussels Open se retire du calendrier". RTBF (in French). 11 December 2013.