Hua Hin Championships

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Hua Hin Championships
Tennisball current event.svg 2024 Thailand Open 2
WTA Tour
Event nameHua Hin Championships
Founded2019
Location Hua Hin
Thailand
Venue True Arena Hua Hin
Category WTA 250
Surface Hard - outdoors
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money US$267,082 (2024)
Website wtatennis.com
Current champions (2024)
Singles Flag of Slovakia.svg Rebecca Šramková
Doubles Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Anna Danilina / Flag placeholder.svg Irina Khromacheva

The Hua Hin Championships (also known as the WTA Thailand Open) is a women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour played on outdoor hardcourts in Hua Hin, Thailand.

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History

On debut in 2019, the event was sponsored by Toyota and was also known as the Toyota Thailand Open. Initially, the event was classified as a WTA International tournament, but has been a WTA 250 tournament as of the 2023 edition; the first to be played since the rebranding of WTA tournament categories in 2020. [1] The tournament did not take place in 2021 and 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

A low-level men's and women's Challenger Tour event was previously held in the same location in 2015 and 2017 in November.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
↓  International  ↓
2019 Flag of Ukraine.svg Dayana Yastremska Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ajla Tomljanović 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
2020 Flag of Poland.svg Magda Linette Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Leonie Küng 6–3, 6–2
2021–22Not held
↓  WTA 250  ↓
2023 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Lin Flag of Ukraine.svg Lesia Tsurenko 6–4, 6–4
2024 (1)Flag placeholder.svg Diana Shnaider Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Lin 6–3, 2–6, 6–1
2024 (2) Flag of Slovakia.svg Rebecca Šramková Flag of Germany.svg Laura Siegemund 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓  International  ↓
2019 Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu
Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu
Flag of Russia.svg Anna Blinkova
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yafan
2–6, 6–1, [12–10]
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arina Rodionova
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Storm Sanders
Flag of Austria.svg Barbara Haas
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellen Perez
6–3, 6–3
2021–22Not held
↓  WTA 250  ↓
2023 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Fang-hsien
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xinyu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Lin
6–1, 7–6(8–6)
2024 (1) Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato
Flag of Indonesia.svg Aldila Sutjiadi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Hanyu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Xinyu
6–4, 1–6, [10–7]
2024 (2) Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Anna Danilina
Flag placeholder.svg Irina Khromacheva
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Eudice Chong
Flag of Japan.svg Moyuka Uchijima
6–4, 7–5

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References

  1. "WTA unveils comprehensive rebrand". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2023-01-30.