Copa Bionaire

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Cali Open
WTA 125K series
Location Cali
Colombia
VenueClub Campestre de Cali
Category WTA 125
Surface Red clay / Outdoors
Draw32M/16Q/15D
Prize money$115,000
Current champions (2024)
Singles Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu
Doubles
Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu lifted both singles and doubles champions' trophies in 2011 Bionaire cup Irina Camelia.jpg
Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu lifted both singles and doubles champions' trophies in 2011

The Cali Open (formerly Copa Oster and Copa Bionaire) is a tournament for female professional tennis players played on outdoor clay courts. The event is classified as a WTA 125s tournament. It was held annually in Cali, Colombia, from 2008 to 2013. The first edition of the tournament was held in Bogotá in 2007. [1] After a ten-year hiatus, the tournament returned to the WTA Challenger Circuit in 2023 as Copa Oster. [2]

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History

The first Copa Bionaire took place at the Country Club Los Arrayanes in Bogotá with more than 55 players participating from 13 countries around the world. The winner was Brazilian Teliana Pereira and the runner up was Federica Piedade of Portugal. In the doubles category the winners were Joana Cortés and Roxana Vaisemnberg of Brazil.

The second Copa Bionaire was held in the Farallones Club in Cali, Colombia as the largest ITF female tennis event and most important held in the city that year. More than 61 players participated from 19 countries worldwide. The winner in the singles category was Matilde Johansson of France, having defeated Canadian Ekaterina Shulaeva. In doubles, the winners were Mailen Auroux of Argentina and Estefanía Craciún from Uruguay.

The third annual Copa Bionaire was the most important ITF professional women's tournament in Latin America. It took place at the Country Club and had 56 players participating from 25 countries, three of the players were ranked in the top 100 female tennis players in the WTA rankings. The winner was Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus who beat Rosanna de los Ríos of Paraguay. In doubles, the winners were Betina Jozami from Argentina and Arantxa Parra Santonja from Spain.

The fourth annual Copa Bionaire was the most important ITF professional women's tournament in Latin America that year. It took place at the Cali Country Club and had 62 players participating from 20 countries, six of the players were ranked in the top 100 female tennis players in the WTA such as Polona Hercog of Slovenia who won that year, beating Colombian Mariana Duque. In doubles, the winning team was Hercog and Edina Gallovits of Romania.

The Copa Bionaire has become the most relevant ITF women's professional tournament in all of Latin America. Once again, the tournament took place at the Cali Country Club and had 58 players participating from 22 countries around the world, five of which were ranked in the top 100 and 23 in the top 200. The winner was Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania who also won the doubles tournament with teammate and fellow Romanian Elena Bogdan.

In February 2012 the VI Copa Bionaire took place with an increased prize of $100,000+H, offering a higher ranking for WTA players. The ITF considers the Copa Bionaire as the most important tennis cup in Latin America bringing together some of the best international female tennis players to Cali.

In February 2013, the VI Copa Bionaire took place with a record prize money of $125,000+H, evolving into an even bigger tournament and offering a higher ranking for WTA players. The WTA category tournament kicked off the women's tennis circuit in Latin America. [3]

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2024 Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu (2) Flag of Slovenia.svg Veronika Erjavec 6–3, 6–3
2023 Flag of Argentina.svg Nadia Podoroska Flag of Argentina.svg Paula Ormaechea 6–4, 6–2
2014–22not held
2013 Flag of Spain.svg Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Flag of Colombia.svg Catalina Castaño 6–3, 6–2
   WTA $125,000 event   
2012 Flag of Romania.svg Alexandra Dulgheru Flag of Luxembourg.svg Mandy Minella 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
2011 Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu Flag of Spain.svg Laura Pous Tió 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
2010 Flag of Slovenia.svg Polona Hercog Flag of Colombia.svg Mariana Duque-Marino 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
2009 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Anastasiya Yakimova Flag of Paraguay.svg Rossana de los Ríos 6–3, 6–0
2008 Flag of France.svg Mathilde Johansson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ekaterina Shulaeva 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
2007 Flag of Brazil.svg Teliana Pereira Flag of Portugal (official).svg Frederica Piedade 7–6(7–2), 6–2
   ITF event   

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2024 Flag of Slovenia.svg Veronika Erjavec
Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic
Flag of Croatia.svg Tara Würth
Flag of Ukraine.svg Katarina Zavatska
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2023 Flag of Poland.svg Weronika Falkowska
Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Kawa
Flag of Japan.svg Kyōka Okamura
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg You Xiaodi
6–1, 5–7, [10–6]
2014–22not held
2013 Flag of Colombia.svg Catalina Castaño
Flag of Colombia.svg Mariana Duque-Marino
Flag of Argentina.svg Florencia Molinero
Flag of Brazil.svg Teliana Pereira
3–6, 6–1, [10–5]
   WTA $125,000 event   
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Karin Knapp
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Mandy Minella
Flag of Romania.svg Alexandra Cadanțu
Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Olaru
6–4, 6–3
2011 Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu
Flag of Romania.svg Elena Bogdan
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Ivanova
Flag of Germany.svg Kathrin Wörle
2–6, 7–6(8–6), [11–9]
2010 Flag of Romania.svg Edina Gallovits
Flag of Slovenia.svg Polona Hercog
Flag of Spain.svg Estrella Cabeza Candela
Flag of Spain.svg Laura Pous Tió
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2009 Flag of Argentina.svg Betina Jozami
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Frederica Piedade
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Anastasiya Yakimova
6–3, 6–1
2008 Flag of Argentina.svg Mailen Auroux
Flag of Uruguay.svg Estefanía Craciún
Flag of Austria.svg Melanie Klaffner
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Ksenia Milevskaya
6–1, 6–4
2007 Flag of Brazil.svg Joana Cortez
Flag of Brazil.svg Roxane Vaisemberg
Flag of Brazil.svg Ana Clara Duarte
Flag of Brazil.svg Teliana Pereira
5–7, 6–4, 6–4
   ITF event   

References

  1. "Cali, Colombia to offer prizemoney of $75,000 in 2010". International Tennis Federation . 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  2. "Fue presentada la 'Copa Oster', el nuevo WTA 125 que tendrá Colombia en la ciudad de Cali" (in Spanish). 22 December 2022.
  3. "Women's Tennis News | WTA Tennis".