Makarska International Championships | |
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Tournament information | |
Event name | Makarska Open hosted by Valamar |
Tour | WTA Tour |
Founded | 1998 |
Location | Makarska, Croatia |
Venue | Tennis Center Makarska |
Category | WTA 125 |
Surface | Clay - outdoors |
Draw | 32S / 8D |
Prize money | US$115,000 (2022) |
Website | makarskaopen.com |
Current champions (2023) | |
Women's singles | Mayar Sherif |
Women's doubles | Ingrid Neel Wu Fang-hsien |
The Makarska International Championships is a WTA 125-level women's tennis tournament. It takes place on outdoor clay courts, during the second week of French Open at the Tennis Center in the city of Makarska, Croatia. [1] The tournament was held in 1998 as WTA Tier IV level event. In 2022, the tournament made a comeback as a WTA 125 level event as a replacement for the Bol Open. [2]
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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↓ WTA Tier-IV event ↓ | |||
1998 | Květa Hrdličková | Li Fang | 6–3, 6–1 |
1999–2021 | Not held | ||
↓ WTA 125 event ↓ | |||
2022 | Jule Niemeier | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 7–5, 6–1 |
2023 | Mayar Sherif | Jasmine Paolini | 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–5 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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↓ WTA Tier IV event ↓ | |||
1998 | Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik | Karin Kschwendt Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
1999–2021 | not held | ||
↓ WTA 125 event ↓ | |||
2022 | Dalila Jakupović Tena Lukas | Olga Danilović Aleksandra Krunić | 5–7, 6–2, [10–5] |
2023 | Ingrid Neel Wu Fang-hsien | Anna Sisková Renata Voráčová | 6–3, 7–5 |
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