Bucharest Open

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BRD Bucharest Open
Bucharest Open logo.jpg
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2014;9 years ago (2014)
Editions5 (2018)
Location Bucharest
Romania
Venue Arenele BNR
Category WTA International
Surface Clay (red) - outdoors
Draw32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money US$250,000 (2019)
Website brdbucharestopen.ro
Current champions (2019)
Women's singles Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina
Women's doubles Flag of Slovakia.svg Viktória Kužmová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kristýna Plíšková
Simona Halep won in 2014 the first edition of the event held in Bucharest, and would win the tournament once again in 2016 Halep and Vinci with trophies at 2014 Bucharest Open.jpg
Simona Halep won in 2014 the first edition of the event held in Bucharest, and would win the tournament once again in 2016
Irina-Camelia Begu won singles and doubles titles in Bucharest Irina-Camelia Begu 2011 Budapest.jpg
Irina-Camelia Begu won singles and doubles titles in Bucharest

The Bucharest Open established in 2014 was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Bucharest, Romania. It was part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. It was held annually in July at the Arenele BNR the week after the Wimbledon.

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2014 Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci 6–1, 6–3
2015 Flag of Slovakia.svg Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2016 Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep (2) Flag of Latvia.svg Anastasija Sevastova 6–0, 6–0
2017 Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu Flag of Germany.svg Julia Görges 6–3, 7–5
2018 Flag of Latvia.svg Anastasija Sevastova Flag of Croatia.svg Petra Martić 7–6(7–4), 6–2
2019 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina Flag of Romania.svg Patricia Maria Țig 6–2, 6–0

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2014 Flag of Romania.svg Elena Bogdan
Flag of Romania.svg Alexandra Cadanțu
Flag of Turkey.svg Çağla Büyükakçay
Flag of Italy.svg Karin Knapp
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
2015 Flag of Georgia.svg Oksana Kalashnikova
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs
Flag of Romania.svg Andreea Mitu
Flag of Romania.svg Patricia Maria Țig
6–2, 6–2
2016 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jessica Moore
Flag of Thailand.svg Varatchaya Wongteanchai
Flag of Romania.svg Alexandra Cadanțu
Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Piter
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2017 Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu
Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Olaru
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs
6–3, 6–3
2018 Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu (2)
Flag of Romania.svg Andreea Mitu
Flag of Montenegro.svg Danka Kovinić
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maryna Zanevska
6–3, 6–4
2019 Flag of Slovakia.svg Viktória Kužmová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kristýna Plíšková
Flag of Romania.svg Jaqueline Cristian
Flag of Romania.svg Elena-Gabriela Ruse
6–4, 7–6(7–3)

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