Palermo Ladies Open

Palermo Ladies Open
Palermo Ladies Open
WTA Tour
Founded	1988
Editions	27
Location	Palermo ; Italy
Venue	Country Time Club
Category	WTA Tier V ; (1990–1992); WTA Tier IV ; (1993–2000); WTA Tier V ; (2001–2004); WTA Tier IV ; (2005–2008); WTA International ; (2009–2013), (2019–2020); WTA 250 ; (2021–)
Surface	Clay / outdoors
Draw	32M/24Q/16D
Prize money	$267,082
Website	palermoladiesopen.it
Current champions (2024)
Singles	Zheng Qinwen
Doubles	Alexandra Panova ; Yana Sizikova

Last updated October 24, 2024

The Palermo Ladies Open, is a women's tennis tournament in Palermo, Italy that is played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. The first two editions were part of the Satellite Circuit, but since 1990 it has been part of the WTA Tour. In the past it has also been known as the "Palermo International" and the "Internazionali Femminili di Palermo." The tournament was categorized as either a WTA Tier IV or Tier V event from 1990 to 2008 and became an International Tournament in 2009. In 2014, the license for the event was sold to Kuala Lumpur's Malaysian Open for 6 years (contract for 3 years with an option for additional three).^[1]^[2] The tournament returned to Palermo in 2019 as a WTA International event, replacing Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open which was moved to the autumn calendar as part of the China Open series.^[3]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓ Tier V tournament ↓
1990	Isabel Cueto	Barbara Paulus	6–2, 6–3
1991	Mary Pierce	Sandra Cecchini	6–0, 6–3
1992	Mary Pierce (2)	Brenda Schultz	6–1, 6–7^(3–7), 6–1
↓ Tier IV tournament ↓
1993	Radka Bobková	Mary Pierce	6–3, 6–2
1994	Irina Spîrlea	Brenda Schultz	6–4, 1–6, 7–6^(7–5)
1995	Irina Spîrlea (2)	Sabine Hack	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
1996	Barbara Schett	Sabine Hack	6–3, 6–3
1997	Sandrine Testud	Elena Makarova	7–5, 6–3
1998	Patty Schnyder	Barbara Schett	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
1999	Anastasia Myskina	Ángeles Montolio	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2
2000	Henrieta Nagyová	Pavlina Nola	6–3, 7–5
↓ Tier V tournament ↓
2001	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Cristina Torrens Valero	6–4, 6–4
2002	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Vera Zvonareva	6–7^(6–8), 6–1, 6–3
2003	Dinara Safina	Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 6–4
2004	Anabel Medina Garrigues (2)	Flavia Pennetta	6–4, 6–4
↓ Tier IV tournament ↓
2005	Anabel Medina Garrigues (3)	Klára Koukalová	6–4, 6–0
2006	Anabel Medina Garrigues (4)	Tathiana Garbin	6–4, 6–4
2007	Ágnes Szávay	Martina Müller	6–0, 6–1
2008	Sara Errani	Mariya Koryttseva	6–2, 6–3
↓ International tournament ↓
2009	Flavia Pennetta	Sara Errani	6–1, 6–2
2010	Kaia Kanepi	Flavia Pennetta	6–4, 6–3
2011	Anabel Medina Garrigues (5)	Polona Hercog	6–3, 6–2
2012	Sara Errani (2)	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–1, 6–3
2013	Roberta Vinci	Sara Errani	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2014–18	Not held
2019	Jil Teichmann	Kiki Bertens	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
2020	Fiona Ferro	Anett Kontaveit	6–2, 7–5
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2021	Danielle Collins	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6–4, 6–2
2022	Irina-Camelia Begu	Lucia Bronzetti	6–2, 6–2
2023	Zheng Qinwen	Jasmine Paolini	6–4, 1–6, 6–1
2024	Zheng Qinwen (2)	Karolína Muchová	6–4, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓ Tier V tournament ↓
1990	Laura Garrone Karin Kschwendt	Florencia Labat Barbara Romanò	6–2, 6–4
1991	Mary Pierce Petra Langrová	Laura Garrone Mercedes Paz	6–3, 6–7(5), 6–3
1992	Halle Cioffi María José Gaidano	Petra Langrová Ana Segura	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
↓ Tier IV tournament ↓
1993	Karin Kschwendt Natalia Medvedeva	Silvia Farina Elia Brenda Schultz	6–4, 7–6
1994	Ruxandra Dragomir Laura Garrone (2)	Alice Canepa Giulia Casoni	6–1, 6–0
1995	Radka Bobková Petra Langrová (2)	Petra Schwarz Katarína Studeníková	6–4, 6–1
1996	Janette Husárová Barbara Schett	Florencia Labat Barbara Rittner	7–6, 6–1
1997	Silvia Farina Elia Barbara Schett (2)	Florencia Labat Mercedes Paz	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1998	Pavlina Nola Elena Wagner	Patty Schnyder Barbara Schett	6–4, 6–2
1999	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	Åsa Carlsson Sonya Jeyaseelan	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
2000	Silvia Farina Elia (2) Rita Grande	Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–4, 0–6, 7–6
↓ Tier V tournament ↓
2001	Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová (2)	María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2002	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Ekaterina Sysoeva	Lubomira Bacheva Angelika Rösch	6–4, 6–3
2003	Adriana Serra Zanetti Emily Stellato	María José Martínez Sánchez Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–2
2004	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Henrieta Nagyová	6–3, 7–6(4)
↓ Tier IV tournament ↓
2005	Giulia Casoni Mariya Koryttseva	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2006	Janette Husárová (3) Michaëlla Krajicek	Alice Canepa Giulia Gabba	6–0, 6–0
2007	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	Alice Canepa Karin Knapp	6–4, 6–1
2008	Sara Errani Nuria Llagostera Vives	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2–6, 7–6(1), 10–4
↓ International tournament ↓
2009	Nuria Llagostera Vives (2) María José Martínez Sánchez	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	6–1, 6–2
2010	Alberta Brianti Sara Errani (2)	Jill Craybas Julia Görges	6–4, 6–1
2011	Sara Errani (3) Roberta Vinci	Andrea Hlaváčková Klára Zakopalová	7–5, 6–1
2012	Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
2013	Kristina Mladenovic Katarzyna Piter	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	6–1, 5–7, [10–8]
2014–18	Not held
2019	Cornelia Lister Renata Voráčová	Ekaterine Gorgodze Arantxa Rus	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
2020	Arantxa Rus Tamara Zidanšek	Elisabetta Cocciaretto Martina Trevisan	7–5, 7–5
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2021	Erin Routliffe Kimberley Zimmermann	Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10–4]
2022	Anna Bondár Kimberley Zimmermann (2)	Amina Anshba Panna Udvardy	6–3, 6–2
2023	Yana Sizikova Kimberley Zimmermann (3)	Angelica Moratelli Camilla Rosatello	6–2, 6–4
2024	Alexandra Panova Yana Sizikova (2)	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Aurora Zantedeschi	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

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References

↑ Ivan Pasquariello (28 September 2013). "WTA Palermo moves away from Italy". Tennis World USA.
↑ Michele Alinovi (2013). "WTA Palermo, ultima vittima di una Italia povera". Tennis.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
↑ Gatto Luigi (5 November 2017). "WTA Kuala Lumpur to disappear from the calendar, replaced by Palermo". Tennis World USA.

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[1] Ivan Pasquariello (28 September 2013). "WTA Palermo moves away from Italy". Tennis World USA.

[2] Michele Alinovi (2013). "WTA Palermo, ultima vittima di una Italia povera". Tennis.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2018-01-20.

[3] Gatto Luigi (5 November 2017). "WTA Kuala Lumpur to disappear from the calendar, replaced by Palermo". Tennis World USA.

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