Katowice Open

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Katowice Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2013
Abolished2016
Editions4
Location Katowice
Poland
Venue Spodek
Category WTA International
Surface Clay (i) (2013)
Hard (i) (2014–2016)
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$250,000
Website Official Website
Current champions
Women's singles Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková
Women's doubles Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi
Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato

The Katowice Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on an indoor hard court in Katowice, Poland and was held in April. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. Katowice Open replaced the Danish Open beginning with the 2013 WTA Tour season. [1] The official tournament ball was Babolat Roland Garros’. The organizer of the tournament was SOS Music company from Toruń, which had obtained the license from Octagon sport agency. [2] Telewizja Polska had taken the television partnership of the event. The tournament was broadcast by TVP in April. [3]

Contents

From 2014, the surface was changed from clay to hard. [4]

Octagon chose to relocate the event to Biel/Bienne as the Ladies Open Biel Bienne beginning in 2017. [5]

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2013 Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová 7–6(7–2), 6–1
2014 Flag of France.svg Alizé Cornet Flag of Italy.svg Camila Giorgi 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–5
2015 Flag of Slovakia.svg Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Flag of Italy.svg Camila Giorgi 6–4, 6–3
2016 Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková Flag of Italy.svg Camila Giorgi 6–4, 6–0

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2013 Flag of Spain.svg Lara Arruabarrena
Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino 		Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Olaru
Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Solovyeva 		6–4, 7–5
2014 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliya Beygelzimer
Flag of Ukraine.svg Olga Savchuk 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Klára Koukalová
Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu 		6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
2015 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ysaline Bonaventure
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs 		Flag of Italy.svg Gioia Barbieri
Flag of Italy.svg Karin Knapp 		7–5, 4–6, [10–6]
2016 Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi
Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato 		Flag of Russia.svg Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Flag of Russia.svg Marina Melnikova 		3–6, 7–5, [10–8]

References

  1. ↑ "WTA nie zgodziło się na występ Radwańskiej w Katowicach" (in Polish). sport.pl. 10 Jan 2013. Retrieved 10 Jan 2013.
  2. ↑ "Wielki tenis wraca do Polski" (in Polish). bnpparibaskatowiceopen.com. 10 Jan 2013. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 13 Apr 2013.
  3. ↑ "Television" (in Polish). bnpparibaskatowiceopen.com. 10 Jan 2013. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 13 Apr 2013.
  4. ↑ "Nel 2014 cambiamenti importanti nel calendario WTA". livetennis.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Katowice Open - a letter of thanks - Katowice Open | 4-10 kwietnia 2016 | Hala Widowiskowa Spodek". Archived from the original on 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
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