WTA Biel

Ladies Open Biel Bienne
WTA tour
venue	Biel / Bienne Switzerland
First run	2017
Last event	2017
category	WTA International
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 226,750
Center Court	3,000 spectators
Website	Official website
As of December 11, 2016

The WTA Biel (officially: Ladies Open Biel Bienne ) was a men's tennis tournament of the WTA , which in April 2017 Biel / Bienne in Switzerland was held. A total of 32 players competed in singles and 16 pairings in doubles. The tournament belonged to the WTA “International” category and took place immediately after the American tournaments in Indian Wells and Key Biscayne. In 2018 the tournament moved to Lugano .

Winners list

singles

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
↓ Category: International ↓
2017	Markéta Vondroušová	Anett Kontaveit	6: 4, 7: 6 6

Double

year	Winners	Final opponents	Result
↓ Category: International ↓
2017	Hsieh Su-wei Monica Niculescu	Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis	5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 7]

Stadion

The tournament was held in the national performance center Karl-Heinz Kipp of Swiss Tennis in Biel. The new hall, which is to be built at a cost of CHF 8.5 million, offers space for 3,000 spectators and is scheduled to open in February 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swiss Tennis: After Gstaad, Switzerland is getting a second WTA tennis tournament in Biel
2. ↑ WTA: WTA Adds Biel To 2017 Schedule
3. ↑ tennisnet.com: New WTA tournament in Biel from 2017
4. ↑ WTA tournament in Biel changes location and documents. In: swisstennis.ch. October 11, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017 . 
5. ↑ New WTA tournament: Biel receives a WTA tournament in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on April 12, 2016