Ostrava Open

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Ostrava Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameAGEL Open
Tour ATP Tour (1994–98)
WTA Tour (1999; 2020–2022)
Founded1994
Abolished2022
Editions5 (men)
4 (women)
Location Ostrava, Czech Republic (1994-1998; 2020-2022)
Prostějov, Czech Republic (1999)
Venue ČEZ Aréna
Category WTA 500 (2021-2022)
WTA Premier (2020)
WTA Tier IV (1999)
ATP World Series (1994-1998)
Surface Carpet (indoors) (1994–99)
Hard (Indoor) (2020–2022)
Draw28S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money US$757,900 (2022)
Current champions (2022)
Women's singles Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková
Women's doubles Flag of the United States.svg Caty McNally
Flag of the United States.svg Alycia Parks

The Ostrava Open (known as the AGEL Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament organised for female professional tennis players. It was most recently a WTA 500-level tournament held in October, played on indoor hard courts, and first organized in 2020 after a 20 year absence to make up for the many tournaments cancelled during the 2020 season, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] The tournament was held from 2020-2022, with the WTA announcing in June 2023 that the event would not return. [3]

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From 1994 to 1998, the Czech Indoor was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the World Series of the ATP Tour. It was held at the ČEZ Aréna in Ostrava in the Czech Republic and was played on indoor carpet courts.

In 1999, the Nokia Cup was a WTA Tour tournament. It was held in Prostějov in the Czech Republic and played on indoor carpet courts.

Women's results

Singles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Prostějov
1999 Flag of Slovakia.svg Henrieta Nagyová Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Farina 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Ostrava
2020 Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 6–2
2021 Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari 6–2, 7–5
2022 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3

Doubles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Prostějov
1999 Flag of France.svg Alexandra Fusai
Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Hrdličková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Vildová
3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Ostrava
2020 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski
Flag of Brazil.svg Luisa Stefani
6–1, 6–3
2021 Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai
Flag of the United States.svg Kaitlyn Christian
Flag of New Zealand.svg Erin Routliffe
6–3, 6–2
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Caty McNally
Flag of the United States.svg Alycia Parks
Flag of Poland.svg Alicja Rosolska
Flag of New Zealand.svg Erin Routliffe
6–3, 6–2

Men's results

Singles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Ostrava
1994 Flag of the United States.svg MaliVai Washington Flag of France.svg Arnaud Boetsch 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1995 Flag of South Africa.svg Wayne Ferreira Flag of the United States.svg MaliVai Washington 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1996 Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Korda 6–1, 6–2
1997 Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Kučera Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Norman 6–2, ret.
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi Flag of Slovakia.svg Ján Krošlák 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Ostrava
1994 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Nováček
Flag of South Africa.svg Gary Muller
Flag of South Africa.svg Piet Norval
6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1995 Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Frana
Flag of France.svg Guy Forget
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Rafter
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
1996 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cyril Suk
Flag of Slovakia.svg Ján Krošlák
Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Kučera
7–6, 6–3
1997 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Rikl
Flag of the United States.svg Donald Johnson
Flag of the United States.svg Francisco Montana
6–2, 6–4
1998 Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer
Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil
Flag of South Africa.svg David Adams
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Vízner
6–4, 6–3

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References

  1. WTA adds Premier level tournament in Ostrava
  2. ATP, WTA add series of events to fill out post-US Open calendar
  3. "AGEL Open (Ostrava Open)" . Retrieved July 17, 2023.