Spanish Open (tennis)

Spanish Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Spanish Championships (1972–78) Spanish Open (1985–94) Ford Spanish Open (1995)
Tour	WTA Tour
Founded	1972
Abolished	1995
Editions	14
Surface	Clay / outdoor

The Spanish Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1995. It was held at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain and played on outdoor clay courts. It was a Tier V event from 1988 to 1989, a Tier IV event in 1990, a Tier III event from 1991 to 1992 and a Tier II event from 1993 to 1995.

In the 1970s the event was known as the Spanish Championships before becoming an Open in the 1980s and 1990s. It was replaced on the WTA Tour by the Madrid Open in 1996.

Finals

Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Location	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1907	San Sebastian	Margarita Jimenez	Alecia Jimenez	6–1, 6–2
1911	San Sebastian	Mary Towler	Anita Heimann Lent	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1912	San Sebastian	Luisa Marnet	Millicent Elwell	6–1, 6–4
1920	San Sebastian	Daisy Speranza	Mlle Castejon	6–4, 7–5
1923 [1]	San Sebastian	Suzanne Lenglen	Germaine Le Conte	6–1, 6–0
1924 [2]	San Sebastian	Daisy Speranza (2)	Elisabeth Raoul-Duval	6–3, 6–1
1927	San Sebastian	Daisy Speranza (3)	Mlle Carnet	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1929	San Sebastian	Ida Adamoff	María de Lerena-de Morales	6–0, 6–2
1931	Santander	Bella Duttón de Pons	Guadalupe Pombo	6–0, 6–3
1934	San Sebastian	Simonne Mathieu	Simone Iribarne	6–1, 6–4
1935	San Sebastian	Simone Iribarne	Nelly Adamson	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1936	Barcelona	Josefa de Chavarri	Ruth Kamann	6–1, 7–5
1940	Santander	Lili de Alvarez	Josefa de Chavarri	6–0, 2–6, 6–3
1963	San Sebastian	Mary Habicht	Pilar Barril	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1967	San Sebastian	Carmen Mandarino	Alice Tym	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1968	Barcelona	Michelle Rodriguez	Kerstin Seelbach [3]	7–5, 6–4
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969	Barcelona	Kerry Melville	Helen Gourlay	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
1970	Barcelona	Helga Hosl	Sue Alexander	6–1, 6–1
1971	Barcelona	Helga Hosl (2)	Ana Maria Arias Pinto Bravo	6–2, 6–1
1972	Barcelona	Gail Chanfreau	Nathalie Fuchs	6–1, 6–4
1973	Barcelona	Helga Hosl (3)	Nathalie Fuchs	6–2, 7–5
1974	Barcelona	Nathalie Fuchs	Glynis Coles	7–5, 8–6
1975	Barcelona	Janice Metcalf	Iris Riedel	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1976	Barcelona	Renáta Tomanová	Virginia Ruzici	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1977	Barcelona	Regina Marsikova	Mariana Simionescu	6–3, 6–4
1978	Barcelona	Hana Mandlíková	Sabina Simmonds	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1979	Barcelona	Lena Sandin	Iva Budarova	6–2, 6–3
1980	Barcelona	Nora Blom Lauteslager	Carmen Perea	7–6, 6–3
1985	Barcelona	Sandra Cecchini	Raffaella Reggi	6–3, 6–4
1986	Barcelona	Petra Huber	Laura Garrone	7–6(7–4), 6–0
1987	Not held
1988	Barcelona	Neige Dias	Bettina Fulco	6–3, 6–3
1989	Barcelona	Arantxa Sánchez	Helen Kelesi	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1990	Barcelona	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)	Isabel Cueto	6–4, 6–2
1991	Barcelona	Conchita Martínez	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	6–4, 6–1
1992	Barcelona	Monica Seles	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1993	Barcelona	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)	Conchita Martínez	6–1, 6–4
1994	Barcelona	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4)	Iva Majoli	6–0, 6–2
1995	Barcelona	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Iva Majoli	5–7, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Gail Sherriff Nathalie Fuchs	Michele Gurdal Monique Van Haver	6–4, 6–2
1973 - 1975	Not held
1976	Florența Mihai Patricia Medrado	Nathalie Fuchs Michele Gurdal	6–2, 6–4
1977	Not held
1978	Not available
1979 - 1984	Not held
1985	Petra Jauch-Delhees Patricia Medrado	Penny Barg Adriana Villagrán	6–1, 6–0
1986	Iva Budařová Catherine Tanvier	Petra Huber Petra Keppeler	6–2, 6–1
1987	Not held
1988	Iva Budařová Sandra Wasserman	Anna-Karin Olsson María José Llorca	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1989	Jana Novotná Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Arantxa Sánchez Judith Wiesner	6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
1990	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Sabrina Goleš Patricia Tarabini	6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–1
1991	Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Nathalie Tauziat Judith Wiesner	6–1, 6–3
1992	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Nathalie Tauziat Judith Wiesner	6–4, 6–1
1993	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Magdalena Maleeva Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	4–6, 6–1, 6–0
1994	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Julie Halard Nathalie Tauziat	6–2, 6–4
1995	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Mariaan de Swardt Iva Majoli	7–5, 4–6, 7–5

Event names

Source: ^[4]

Official (English)

• International Championships of Spain (1904-1936) ^[5] men & women
• Spanish International Championships (1940-1967) ^[6] men & women
• Spanish International Championships & Count of Godo Trophy (1968-1980) men & women ^[7]
• Spanish International Championships & Count of Godo Trophy (1981-2007) men
• Spanish International Championships (1985-2002) women

Official (Spanish)

• Campeonatos Internacionales de España (1904-1967) ^[8] men & women
• Campeonatos Internacionales de España & Trofeo Conde de Godó (1968-1980) men & women ^[9]
• Campeonatos Internacionales de España & Trofeo Conde de Godó(1981-2007) men
• Campeonatos Internacionales de España (1985-2002) women

References

1. Real Club Tenis de San Sebastián
2. Real Club Tenis de San Sebastián
3. "Kerstin Seelbach (FRG): Player Stats & More". Women's Tennis Association. WTA Official. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
4. "Archivo Histórico: Trofeo Conde de Godo". archivo.rctb1899.es. Barcelona, Spain: Reial Club de Tennis Barcelona 1899. 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
5. RCT Barcelona
6. RCT Barcelona
7. RCT Barcelona
8. RCT Barcelona
9. RCT Barcelona

External links

• WTA Results Archive