Budapest Grand Prix

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Budapest Grand Prix
Tournament information
Event nameBudapest Grand Prix
Founded1996;28 years ago (1996)
Location Budapest, Hungary
VenueRómai Teniszakadémia
Category WTA 250
Surface Clay - outdoors
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money$259,303 (2023)
Website Hungarian Grand Prix
Current champions (2023)
SinglesFlag placeholder.svg Maria Timofeeva
Doubles Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Piter
Flag of Hungary.svg Fanny Stollár

The Budapest Grand Prix (also Hungarian Grand Prix) is a women's tennis tournament held in Budapest, Hungary. This WTA Tour event is an International-level tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts.

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The tournament was formerly known as Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix, Gaz de France Grand Prix, GDF Suez Grand Prix, Tippmix Budapest Grand Prix, Colortex Budapest Grand Prix, Westel 900 Budapest Open, Budapest Lotto Open, Budapest Open, and Budapest Grand Prix.

The event was replaced in the 2014 WTA Tour with a new tournament Bucharest Open held in Bucharest, Romania. [1] It returned in 2021 as the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
1996 Flag of Romania.svg Ruxandra Dragomir Flag of Austria.svg Melanie Schnell 7–6(8–6), 6–1
1997 Flag of South Africa.svg Amanda Coetzer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sabine Appelmans 6–1, 6–3
1998 Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Farina Elia 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1999 Flag of France.svg Sarah Pitkowski Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Torrens Valero 6–2, 6–2
2000 Flag of Italy.svg Tathiana Garbin Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kristie Boogert 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2001 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva Flag of Luxembourg.svg Anne Kremer 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
2002 Flag of Germany.svg Martina Müller Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Myriam Casanova 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
2003 Flag of Spain.svg Magüi Serna Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alicia Molik 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
2004 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Jelena Janković Flag of Slovakia.svg Martina Suchá 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2005 Flag of Israel.svg Anna Smashnova Flag of Colombia.svg Catalina Castaño 6–2, 6–2
2006 Flag of Israel.svg Anna Smashnova (2) Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez 6–1, 6–3
2007 Flag of Argentina.svg Gisela Dulko Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea 6–7(7–2), 6–2, 6–2
2008 Flag of France.svg Alizé Cornet Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2009 Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patty Schnyder 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
2010 Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay (2) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patty Schnyder 6–2, 6–4
2011 Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu 6–4, 1–6, 6–4
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina 7–5, 6–4
2013 Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep Flag of Austria.svg Yvonne Meusburger 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–1
2014–2020not held
2021 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yulia Putintseva Flag of Ukraine.svg Anhelina Kalinina 6–4, 6–0
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Bernarda Pera Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandra Krunić 6–3, 6–3
2023 Flag placeholder.svg Maria Timofeeva Flag of Ukraine.svg Kateryna Baindl 6–3, 3–6, 6–0

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1996 Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams
Flag of the United States.svg Debbie Graham
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radka Bobková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Melicharová
6–3, 7–63
1997 Flag of South Africa.svg Amanda Coetzer
Flag of France.svg Alexandra Fusai
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Martincová
Flag of Germany.svg Elena Wagner
6–3, 6–1
1998 Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez
Flag of Romania.svg Cătălina Cristea
Flag of Argentina.svg Laura Montalvo
4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1999 Flag of Russia.svg Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Sandra Načuk
Flag of Argentina.svg Laura Montalvo
Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–3, 6–4
2000 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Lubomira Bacheva
Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Torrens Valero
Flag of Croatia.svg Jelena Kostanić Tošić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Sandra Načuk
6–0, 6–2
2001 Flag of Slovakia.svg Janette Husárová
Flag of Italy.svg Tathiana Garbin
Flag of Hungary.svg Zsófia Gubacsi
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Dragana Zarić
6–1, 6–3
2002 Flag of France.svg Émilie Loit
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Catherine Barclay-Reitz
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Bovina
Flag of Hungary.svg Zsófia Gubacsi
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
2003 Flag of Hungary.svg Petra Mandula
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elena Tatarkova
Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Granados
Flag of Ukraine.svg Tatiana Perebiynis
6–3, 6–1
2004 Flag of Hungary.svg Petra Mandula (2)
Flag of Austria.svg Barbara Schett
Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay
Flag of Hungary.svg Virág Németh
6–3, 6–2
2005 Flag of France.svg Émilie Loit (2)
Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik
Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Flag of Spain.svg Marta Marrero
6–1, 3–6, 6–2
2006 Flag of Slovakia.svg Janette Husárová (2)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michaëlla Krajicek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Renata Voráčová
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2007 Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimíra Uhlířová
Flag of Germany.svg Martina Müller
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Gabriela Navrátilová
7–5, 6–2
2008 Flag of France.svg Alizé Cornet
Flag of Slovakia.svg Janette Husárová (3)
Flag of Germany.svg Vanessa Henke
Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Olaru
6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–6]
2009 Flag of Russia.svg Alisa Kleybanova
Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu
Flag of Ukraine.svg Alona Bondarenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg Kateryna Bondarenko
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2010 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tímea Bacsinszky
Flag of Italy.svg Tathiana Garbin (2)
Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea
Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–3, 6–3
2011 Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues
Flag of Poland.svg Alicja Rosolska
Flag of South Africa.svg Natalie Grandin
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–2, 6–2
2012 Flag of Slovakia.svg Janette Husárová (4)
Flag of Slovakia.svg Magdaléna Rybáriková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Birnerová
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michaëlla Krajicek
6–4, 6–2
2013 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Bratchikova
Flag of Georgia.svg Anna Tatishvili
6–4, 6–1
2014–2020not held
2021 Flag of Romania.svg Mihaela Buzărnescu
Flag of Hungary.svg Fanny Stollár
Flag of Spain.svg Aliona Bolsova
Flag of Germany.svg Tamara Korpatsch
6–4, 6–4
2022 Flag of Georgia.svg Ekaterine Gorgodze
Flag of Georgia.svg Oksana Kalashnikova
Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Piter
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kimberley Zimmermann
1–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2023 Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Piter
Flag of Hungary.svg Fanny Stollár (2)
Flag of the United States.svg Jessie Aney
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Anna Sisková
6–2, 4–6, [10–4]

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