WTA Prague

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tennis Prague Open
Logo of the "Prague Open" tournament
WTA tour
venue Prague Czech Republic
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
First run 1992
category WTA International
Tournament type Free place tournament
Game surface sand
draw 32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money US $ 226,750 
Website Official website
As of April 10, 2019

The WTA Prague (officially: J&T Banka Prague Open ) is a women's tennis tournament of the WTA Tour , which takes place in the Czech capital Prague .

The first WTA tournament was held there in 1992. Radka Zrubáková in singles and Karin Kschwendt and Petra Ritter in doubles were the first winners. After various interruptions, the tournament was stopped again in 2010.

In 2015, the WTA Tour returned to Prague with an International category tournament that was previously a $ 100,000 tournament at the ITF Women's Circuit .

Winners list

singles

year Winner Final opponent Result
↓ Category: Tier V ↓
1992 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Radka Zrubáková CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Kateřina Kroupová 6: 3, 7: 5
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
1993 UkraineUkraine Natalia Medvedeva GermanyGermany Meike Babel 6: 3, 6: 2
1994 South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer SwedenSweden Åsa Carlsson 6: 1, 7: 6 14
1995 FranceFrance Julie Halard Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ludmila Richterová 6: 4, 6: 4
1996 see WTA Karlsbad
1997 South AfricaSouth Africa Joannette Kruger AustriaAustria Marion Maruska 6: 1, 6: 1
↓ Category: Tier III ↓
1998 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jana Novotná FranceFrance Sandrine Testud 6: 3, 6: 0
1999 see WTA Prostějov
2000-2004 there was no WTA tournament in Prague
2005 RussiaRussia Dinara Safina Czech RepublicCzech Republic Zuzana Ondrášková 7: 6 2 , 6: 3
2006 IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
2007 JapanJapan Akiko Morigami FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 6: 1, 6: 3
2008 RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka 7: 6 2 , 6: 2
↓ Category: International ↓
2009 AustriaAustria Sybille Bammer ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone 7: 6 4 , 6: 2
2010 HungaryHungary Ágnes Szávay Czech RepublicCzech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 2
2011–2014 there was no WTA tournament in Prague
2015 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
2016 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Šafářová AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur 3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
2017 GermanyGermany Mona Barthel Czech RepublicCzech Republic Kristýna Plíšková 2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
2018 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová RomaniaRomania Mihaela Buzărnescu 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
2019 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jil Teichmann Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karolína Muchová 7: 6 5 , 3: 6, 6: 4
2020 RomaniaRomania Simona Halep BelgiumBelgium Elise Mertens 6: 2, 7: 5

Double

year Winners Final opponents Result
↓ Category: Tier V ↓
1992 GermanyGermany Karin Kschwendt Petra Ritter
AustriaAustria 
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Eva Švíglerová Noëlle van Lottum
FranceFrance 
6: 4, 2: 6, 7: 5
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
1993 ArgentinaArgentina Inés Gorrochategui Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
ItalyItaly Laura Golarsa Caroline Vis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 2, 6: 1
1994 South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Linda Harvey-Wild
United StatesUnited States 
NetherlandsNetherlands Kristie Boogert Laura Golarsa
ItalyItaly 
6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2
1995 United StatesUnited States Chanda Rubin Linda Harvey-Wild
United StatesUnited States 
SwedenSweden Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund
SwedenSweden 
6: 7 3 , 6: 3, 6: 2
1996 see WTA Karlsbad
1997 RomaniaRomania Ruxandra Dragomir Karina Habšudová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Eva Martincová Helena Vildová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 2
↓ Category: Tier III ↓
1998 ItalyItaly Silvia Farina Elia Karina Habšudová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Hrdličková Michaela Paštiková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
1999 see WTA Prostějov
2000-2004 there was no WTA tournament in Prague
2005 FranceFrance Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt
AustraliaAustralia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Barbora Strýcová Jelena Kostanić
CroatiaCroatia 
6: 7 6 , 6: 4, 6: 4
2006 FranceFrance Marion Bartoli Shahar Peer
IsraelIsrael 
United StatesUnited States Ashley Harkleroad Bethanie Mattek
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 6: 4
2007 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ji Chun-Mei Sun Sheng-Nan
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
7: 6 7 , 6: 2
2008 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
United StatesUnited States Jill Craybas Michaëlla Krajicek
NetherlandsNetherlands 
1: 6, 6: 3, [10: 6]
↓ Category: International ↓
2009 UkraineUkraine Aljona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
UkraineUkraine 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 1, 6: 2
2010 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin
ItalyItaly 
RomaniaRomania Monica Niculescu Ágnes Szávay
HungaryHungary 
7: 5, 7: 6 4
2011–2014 there was no WTA tournament in Prague
2015 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Belinda Bencic Kateřina Siniaková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
UkraineUkraine Kateryna Bondarenko Eva Hrdinová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 2, 6: 2
2016 RussiaRussia Margarita Gasparjan Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
ArgentinaArgentina María Irigoyen Paula Kania
PolandPoland 
6: 4, 6: 2
2017 GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 4, 7: 6 3
2018 United StatesUnited States Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
RomaniaRomania Mihaela Buzărnescu Lidsija Marosawa
BelarusBelarus 
6: 4, 6: 2
2019 RussiaRussia Anna Kalinskaja Viktória Kužmová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
United StatesUnited States Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
4: 6, 7: 5, [10: 7]
2020 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká Kristýna Plíšková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
RomaniaRomania Monica Niculescu Raluca Olaru
RomaniaRomania 
6: 2, 6: 2

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Big WTA Calendar Changes For 2015. Accessed December 31, 2014 .