Royal Cup NLB Montenegro

Royal Cup NLB Montenegro
Royal Cup NLB Montenegro
ITF Women's Tour
Event name	Podgorica
Location	Donji Kokoti, Podgorica, Montenegro
Venue	Tennis Club AS-Podgorica
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Surface	Clay / Outdoor
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$25,000
Website	Official website

Last updated July 28, 2022

The Royal Cup NLB Montenegro is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor clay courts. The event is classified as a $25,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament. It has been held in Donji Kokoti, Podgorica, Montenegro, since 2004. It was previously a $50,000 event on the circuit but was downgraded in 2013.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2019	Tena Lukas	Marina Melnikova	6–4, 7–5
2018	Jesika Malečková	Tena Lukas	6–2, 6–0
2017	Marina Melnikova	Jesika Malečková	6–2, 6–0
2016	Quirine Lemoine	Paula Ormaechea	7–5, 6–1
2015	Barbara Haas	Doroteja Erić	6–3, 6–1
2014	Andreea Mitu	Vitalia Diatchenko	6–1, 6–4
2013	Stephanie Vogt	Anett Kontaveit	6–4, 6–3
2012	Renata Voráčová	Maria Elena Camerin	3–6, 6–2, 6–0
2011	Paula Ormaechea	Danka Kovinić	6–1, 6–1
2010	Irina-Camelia Begu	Annalisa Bona	6–1, 6–1
2009	Renata Voráčová	Ana Timotić	7–5, 2–1 ret.
2008	Maša Zec Peškirič	Dominika Nociarová	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
2007	Michaela Paštiková	Martina Suchá	5–7, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
2006	Ana Veselinović	Dia Evtimova	6–4, 7–5
2005	Dijana Stojić	Neda Kozić	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2004	Andrea Petković	Dragana Zarić	6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2019	Amina Anshba Anastasia Dețiuc	Anastasia Kulikova Evgeniya Levashova	2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
2018	Miriam Kolodziejová Nina Potočnik	Nefisa Berberović Veronika Erjavec	2–6, 6–3, [10–0]
2017	Petra Krejsová Jesika Malečková	Tereza Mihalíková Chantal Škamlová	6–2, 6–3
2016	Anita Husarić Quirine Lemoine	Ivana Jorović Xenia Knoll	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
2015	Lina Gjorcheska Melis Sezer	Nikoleta Bulatović Nina Kalezić	6–0, 6–0
2014	Alexandra Cadanțu Stephanie Vogt	Xenia Knoll Arantxa Rus	6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
2013	Vladica Babić Iva Mekovec	Kateřina Vaňková Maša Zec Peškirič	6–4, 6–7^(1–7), [10–5]
2012	Nicole Clerico Anna Zaja	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2011	Corinna Dentoni Florencia Molinero	Danka Kovinić Danica Krstajić	6–4, 5–7, [10–5]
2010	Irina-Camelia Begu Mihaela Buzărnescu	Valeria Solovieva Maryna Zanevska	5–7, 7–5, [12–10]
2009	Nicole Clerico Karolina Kosińska	Karolina Jovanović Teodora Mirčić	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–4]
2008	Neda Kozić Sandra Martinović	Erica Krauth Hanna Nooni	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
2007	Danica Krstajić Sandra Martinović	Ivana Abramović Maria Abramović	6–1, 6–2
2006	Josipa Bek Karolina Jovanović	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
2005	Ani Mijačika Dijana Stojić	Neda Kozić Vesna Manasieva	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
2004	Andrea Petković Sofia Avakova	Janette Bejlková Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova	6–1, 6–2

Record

Titles by player

Since first edition of Podgorica tour, Czech player Renata Voráčová is the only participant which won the singles tournament twice (2009, 2012). Among the players which won title in singles and in doubles are Andrea Petković, Dijana Stojić, Irina-Camelia Begu and Stephanie Vogt. Below is the list of players which won at least two tournaments in singles and doubles.

Player	Titles	Singles	Doubles
Renata Voráčová	2	2	0
Andrea Petković	2	1	1
Dijana Stojić	2	1	1
Irina-Camelia Begu	2	1	1
Stephanie Vogt	2	1	1
Sandra Martinović	2	0	2
Nicole Clerico	2	0	2

Titles by country

By now, tennis players from 16 different countries won the trophy in singles or doubles competition at Royal Cup NLB Montenegro. Most successful were players from Romania, which won five titles. Additionally, more than two titles won players from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Serbia, Germany, Croatia and Italy. Argentina is the only country out of Europe whose players won the trophy.

Country	Titles	Singles		Doubles
Country	Titles	WIN	RUN	WIN	RUN
Romania	5	2	0	3	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1	0	3	0
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	2
Serbia	3	1	4	2	4
Germany	3	1	0	2	0
Italy	3	0	2	3	0
Croatia	3	0	0	3	2
Argentina	2	1	0	1	3
Liechtenstein	2	1	0	1	0
Montenegro	2	0	1	2	4
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	1
Austria	1	1	0	0	0
Russia	1	0	1	1	2
Republic of Macedonia	1	0	0	1	0
Poland	1	0	0	1	0
Turkey	1	0	0	1	0
Slovakia	0	0	2	0	0
Bulgaria	0	0	1	0	1
Estonia	0	0	1	0	0
Ukraine	0	0	0	0	3
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	1
Sweden	0	0	0	0	1
Switzerland	0	0	0	0	1

WIN - winners; RUN - runners up

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