Barcelona Ladies Open

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Barcelona Ladies Open
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Tournament information
Founded2003
Abolished2012
Editions10
Location Barcelona, Catalonia
Spain
Venue David Lloyd Club Turó
(2008–2010)
Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron (2007, 2011–2012)
Category Tier IV (2007–2008)
International (2009)
Surface Clay / outdoors
Draw32M/32Q/16D
Prize money$220,000
Website barcelonaladiesopen.com

The Barcelona Ladies Open was a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona in Catalonia (Spain) and was played on outdoor clay courts. It was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour with total prize money of $220,000.

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The tournament began in November 2003 as a $10,000 challenger event on the ITF Women's Circuit. Prize money was increased to $25,000 the following year; in 2005, the event was moved to October with the prize money increasing to $75,000. In 2007, the tournament was upgraded to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, becoming a Tier IV played in June, and remained in this classification through 2008. Since 2009, the event has been held in April.

In 2013 the event was cancelled due to financial reasons and replaced on the tour by the Nuremberg Cup in Nuremberg, Germany, held the week before Roland Garros. [1] [2]

Results

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2003 Flag of Spain.svg Marta Fraga Pérez Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Ana Ivanovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
2004 Flag of Spain.svg Laura Pous Tió Flag of Bulgaria.svg Tsvetana Pironkova 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
2005 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Böhmová Flag of Spain.svg María Sánchez Lorenzo 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2006 Flag of Italy.svg Tathiana Garbin Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Ivanova 6–3, 7–5
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Shaughnessy Flag of Romania.svg Edina Gallovits 6–3, 6–2
2008 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko Flag of Spain.svg María José Martínez Sánchez 6–0, 6–2
2009 Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko 6–0, 6–4
2010 Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci 6–1, 6–1
2011 Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci (2) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková 6–2, 6–2
succeeded by Nuremberg Cup

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2003 Flag of Spain.svg Marta Fraga Pérez
Flag of Spain.svg Adriana González Peñas
Flag of Spain.svg Núria Roig
Flag of Ukraine.svg Julia Vakulenko
6–3, 6–3
2004 Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Flag of Spain.svg Laura Pous Tió
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Bratchikova
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Kozhokhina
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2005 Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino (2)
Flag of Spain.svg María Sánchez Lorenzo
Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Granados
Flag of Spain.svg María José Martínez Sánchez
7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3)
2006 Flag of Poland.svg Klaudia Jans
Flag of Poland.svg Alicja Rosolska
Flag of Romania.svg Edina Gallovits
Flag of Germany.svg Vanessa Henke
6–1, 6–2
2007 Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Llagostera Vives
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja
Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
7–6(7–3), 2–6, [12–10]
2008 Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino (3)
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja (2)
Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Llagostera Vives
Flag of Spain.svg María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
2009 Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Llagostera Vives (2)
Flag of Spain.svg María José Martínez Sánchez
Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea
Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač
3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
2010 Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani
Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci
Flag of Switzerland.svg Timea Bacsinszky
Flag of Italy.svg Tathiana Garbin
6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
2011 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Iveta Benešová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Flag of South Africa.svg Natalie Grandin
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimíra Uhlířová
5–7, 6–4, [11–9]
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani (2)
Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci (2)
Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone
6–0, 6–2
succeeded by Nuremberg Cup

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