WTA Argentine Open | |
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Tournament information | |
Event name | Argentina Open |
Tour | WTA 125 (2021–) |
Founded | 1928 |
Surface | Clay |
Prize money | $115,000 (2023) |
Current champions (2023) | |
Women's singles | Laura Pigossi |
Women's doubles | María Lourdes Carlé Despina Papamichail |
The WTA Argentine Open is a WTA-affiliated tennis tournament originally founded as a combined men's and women's tournament called the Argentina International Championships. It was initially played from 1928 to 1987 and restarted in 2021. It is held at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina and played on outdoor clay courts.
The tournament made a return to the WTA 125 tournaments calendar in 2021. It was the first professional women's tennis tournament in Argentina since 1987. The tournament takes place in November on outdoor clay courts. [1]
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | |
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1928 | Analia Obarrio de Aguirre | Maria Elena Bushell | 6-0, 6-1 | |
1929 | Analia Obarrio de Aguirre (2) | Maria Elena Bushell | 6-4, 6-1 | |
1930 | Lili de Alvarez | Phoebe Holcroft Watson | 6-2, 6-2 | |
1931 | Cilly Aussem | Irmgard Rost | 6-1, 6-4 | |
1932 | Anita Lizana | Julieta Ezcurra Dellepiane | 6-3, 6-3 | |
1933 | Maria Elena Bushell de Moss | Monica Ricketts | 6-2, 6-8, 6-3 | |
1934 | Monica Ricketts | Maria Garcia de Sola | 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 | |
1935 | Monica Ricketts (2) | Ana Pauwels de Madrid | 6-0, 6-3 | |
1936 | Leonilda Giusti | Maria Elena Bushell de Moss | 6-2, 6-4 | |
1937 | Maria Elena Bushell de Moss (2) | Denise Rutherford de Zappa | 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 | |
1938 | Felisa Piedrola | Denise Rutherford de Zappa | 6-4, 7-5 | |
1939 | Felisa Piedrola (2) | Maria Terán | 4-6, 7-5, 4-0, ret. | |
1940 | Dorothy Bundy | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 | |
1941 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | Dorothy Bundy | 3-6, 9-7, 7-5 | |
1942 | Felisa Piedrola (3) | Maria Terán | 8-6, 6-2 | |
1943 | Felisa Piedrola (4) | Mary Terán de Weiss | 6-4, 6-3 | |
1944 | Felisa Piedrola (5) | Mary Terán de Weiss | 3-6, 13-11, 6-1 | |
1945 | women's event not held | |||
1946 | Margaret Osborne | Louise Brough | 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 | |
1947 | Pat Canning Todd | Doris Hart | 6-3, 6-4 | |
1948 | Pat Canning Todd (2) | Mary Terán de Weiss | 7-5, 6-4 | |
1949 | Barbara Scofield | Nancy Chaffee | 6-3, 6-2 | |
1950 | Felisa Piedrola de Zappa | Elena Lehmann | 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 | |
1951 | Elena Lehmann | Felisa Piedrola de Zappa | 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 | |
1952 | women's event not held | |||
1953 | Edda Buding | Julia Borzone | 7-5, 6-3 | |
1954 | Silvana Lazzarino | Edda Buding | 8-6, 6-2 | |
1955 | Ingrid Metzner | June Hanson | 6-1, 6-4 | |
1956 | Nora Bonifacino de Somoza | June Hanson | 6-4, 6-0 | |
1957 | June Hanson | Nora Bonifacino de Somoza | 6-1, 6-1 | |
1958 | Shirley Bloomer | Margaret Hellyer | 2-6, 6-2, 12-10 | |
1959 | Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (2) | Norma Baylon | 6-3, 5-7, divided | |
1960 | Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (3) | Mabel Bove | 7-5, 6-4 | |
1961 | Yola Ramírez | Darlene Hard | 6-1, 6-2 | |
1962 | Norma Baylon | Vera Puzejova Sukova | 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 | |
1963 | Vera Puzejova Sukova | Norma Baylon | 6-2, 6-4 | |
1964 | Nancy Richey | Maria Bueno | 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 | |
1965 | Nancy Richey (2) | Norma Baylon | 6-2, 6-4 | |
1966 | Norma Baylon (3) | Nancy Richey | 6-3, 7-9, 6-4 | |
1967 | Billie Jean Moffitt King | Rosie Casals | 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 | |
Open era | ||||
1968 | Ann Haydon Jones | Nancy Richey | walkover | |
1969 | Helga Niessen | Rosie Casals | 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 | |
1970 | Beatriz Araujo | Raquel Giscafré | 6-4, 6-4 | |
1971 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (2) | Heide Orth | 6-1, 7-5 | |
1972 | Virginia Wade | Fiorella Bonicelli | 6-4, 6-1 | |
1973 | Julie Heldman | Fiorella Bonicelli | 6-3, 6-1 | |
1974 | Raquel Giscafré | Beatriz Araujo | 7-6, 1-6, 6-2 | |
1975 | Raquel Giscafré (2) | Kristien Shaw | 6-2, 6-4 | |
1976 | Laura duPont | Beatriz Araujo | 6-1, 6-2 | |
1977 | Patricia Medrado | Ivanna Madruga | 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 | |
1978 | women's event not held | |||
1979 | Ivanna Madruga | Hana Strachonova | 6-1, 6-3 | |
1980 | Ivanna Madruga (2) | Liliana Giussani | 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 | |
1981 | women's event not held | |||
1982 | Liliana Giussani | Andrea Tiezzi | 6-1, 7-5 | |
1983 | Ivanna Madruga (3) | Viviana Gonzalez-Locicero | 6-4, 6-3 | |
1984 | Gabriela Sabatini | Laura Arraya | 6-0, 6-3 | |
1985 | women's event not held | |||
1986 | Gabriela Sabatini (2) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6-1, 6-1 | |
1987 | Gabriela Sabatini (3) | Isabel Cueto | 6-0, 6-3 | |
1988–2020 | Not held | |||
2021 | Anna Bondár | Diane Parry | 6–3, 6–3 | |
2022 | Panna Udvardy | Danka Kovinić | 6–4, 6–1 | |
2023 | Laura Pigossi | María Carlé | 6–3, 6–2 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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1930 | Phoebe Holcroft Watson Ermyntrude Harvey | Lilí de Álvarez Miss Anderson | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
1968 | Rosemary Casals Ann Jones | Julie Heldman Mabel Vrancovich | 6–1, 6–2 |
1971 | Olga Morozova Betty Stöve | Beatriz Araujo Ines Roget | 7–5, 6–1 |
1972 | Helga Masthoff Pam Teeguarden | Ana María Arias Virginia Wade | 7–5, 6–2 |
1974 | Katja Ebbinghaus Helga Masthoff | Beatriz Araujo Raquel Giscafre | 6–0, 6–1 |
1978 | Françoise Dürr Valerie Ziegenfuss | Laura duPont Regina Maršíková | 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
1986 | Lori McNeil Mercedes Paz | Manon Bollegraf Nicole Jagerman | 6–1, 2–6, 6–1 |
1987 | Mercedes Paz Gabriela Sabatini | Jill Hetherington Christiane Jolissaint | 6–2, 6–2 |
1988–2020 | Not held | ||
2021 | Irina Bara Ekaterine Gorgodze | María Lourdes Carlé Despina Papamichail | 5–7, 7–5, [10–4] |
2022 | Irina Bara (2) Sara Errani | Jang Su-jeong You Xiaodi | 6–1, 7–5 |
2023 | María Lourdes Carlé Despina Papamichail | María Paulina Pérez García Sofia Sewing | 6–3, 4–6, [11–9] |
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