Allianz Cup

Allianz Cup
Allianz Cup
ITF Women's Tour
Event name	Sofia
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Venue	TC Levski Sofia
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Surface	Clay
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$25,000
Website	Official website

Last updated March 01, 2024

The Allianz Cup was a tournament for professional female tennis players. The event, played on outdoor clay courts, was classified as a $25,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament in its final year and was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was a $100,000 event for four years in a row until it was downgraded in 2012. The first edition was held in 1991.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2018	Barbara Haas	Katharina Hobgarski	6–3, 6–2
2017	Viktoriya Tomova	Jessica Pieri	7–6^(9–7), 4–6, 6–3
2016	Viktoria Kamenskaya	Viktoriya Tomova	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–0
2015	Ana Bogdan	Viktoria Kamenskaya	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
2014	Andreea Mitu	Victoria Kan	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
2013	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	Kristína Kučová	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
2012	Andreea Mitu	Sharon Fichman	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2011	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Romina Oprandi	2–6, 6–6 ret.
2010	Mathilde Johansson	Carla Suárez Navarro	6–4, 3–1 ret.
2009	Alexandra Dulgheru	Tathiana Garbin	6–7^(4–7), 7–5, 6–1
2008	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Tsvetana Pironkova	6–2, 6–3
2007	Danica Krstajić	Magda Mihalache	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2006	Andrea Petkovic	Simona Matei	7–5, 7–5
2005	Tamira Paszek	Kristina Barrois	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
2004	Virág Németh	Zuzana Kučová	5–1 ret.
2003	Séverine Beltrame	Patricia Wartusch	6–3, 6–4
2002	Margalita Chakhnashvili	Desislava Topalova	6–3, 4–6, 6–0
2001	Olga Blahotová	Maria Goloviznina	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
2000	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Evelyn Fauth	7–5, 6–4
1999	Marta Marrero	Lubomira Bacheva	6–2, 6–3
1998	Desislava Topalova	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1997	Ana Alcazar	Pavlina Stoyanova	2–6, 6–3, 6–1
1996	Lenka Němečková	Francesca Romano	6–2, 6–3
1995	Emanuela Zardo	Ivana Havrlíková	6–2, 6–3
1994	Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková	Sofia Prazeres	6–3, 6–3
1993	Laurence Courtois	Svetlana Krivencheva	6–1, 6–1
1992	Heike Rusch	Sandra van der Aa	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1991	Monique Kiene	Meike Babel	7–5, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2018	Manon Arcangioli Marie Benoît	Amina Anshba Polina Monova	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
2017	Jaqueline Cristian Anastasiya Komardina	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6–3, 6–0
2016	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Quirine Lemoine	Lina Gjorcheska Viktoriya Tomova	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
2015	Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva	Elitsa Kostova Kateřina Kramperová	6–2, 6–2
2014	Lina Gjorcheska Despina Papamichail	Rebecca Šramková Julia Terziyska	6–1, 6–4
2013	Dia Evtimova Viktoriya Tomova	Beatriz García Vidagany Réka-Luca Jani	6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
2012	Katarzyna Piter Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	Marina Melnikova Raluca Olaru	7–5, 6–1
2011	Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak	Alexandra Cadanțu Ioana Raluca Olaru	6–4, 7–5
2010	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Malek	6–3, 6–4
2009	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	Polona Hercog Petra Martić	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
2008	Maret Ani Renata Voráčová	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(11–9)
2007	Mihaela Buzărnescu Magdalena Kiszczyńska	Joana Cortez Teliana Pereira	6–4, 6–7^(2–7), [10–4]
2006	Matea Mezak Nika Ožegović	Danica Krstajić Maša Zec Peškirič	6–4, 6–3
2005	Sanja Ančić Tamira Paszek	Joana Cortez Karolina Kosińska	6–7^(9–11), 6–2, 6–4
2004	Kira Nagy Virág Németh	Gabriela Niculescu Sandra Záhlavová	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
2003	Desislava Topalova Dragana Zarić	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 7–5
2002	Vera Dushevina Galina Voskoboeva	Laura Dell'Angelo Nathalie Viérin	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
2001	Olga Blahotová Magdalena Zděnovcová	Olena Antypina Yuliana Fedak	6–3, 6–3
2000	Antoaneta Pandjerova Desislava Topalova	Natalia Galouza Shelley Stephens	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
1999	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados	Katalin Marosi Nadejda Ostrovskaya	walkover
1998	Lubomira Bacheva Maaike Koutstaal	Magda Mihalache Zuzana Váleková	6–1, 7–5
1997	Sandra Klösel Karin Kschwendt	Sandra Načuk Dragana Zarić	6–4, 6–4
1996	Laura Montalvo Lenka Němečková	Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova	6–2, 6–0
1995	Geraldine Aizenberg Laura Montalvo	Lubomira Bacheva Réka Vidáts	6–2, 6–2
1994	Caroline Schneider Katarzyna Teodorowicz	Petra Kučová Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková	6–1, 6–1
1993	Galia Angelova Lubomira Bacheva	Patrícia Marková Kirrily Sharpe	6–0, 7–5
1992	Karina Kuregian Kirrily Sharpe	Galia Angelova Lubomira Bacheva	7–6, 6–2
1991	Meike Babel Valda Lake	Ivana Havrlíková Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková	7–5, 6–0

External links

Official website (in Bulgarian)
ITF search Archived 2018-10-23 at the Wayback Machine

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