WTA Paris

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tennis Open GDF Suez
Logo of the tournament "Open GDF Suez"
WTA tour
venue Paris France
FranceFrance 
First run 1987
Last event 2014
category WTA Premier
Tournament type Indoor tournament
Game surface Hard court
draw 32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money US $ 710,000 
Website Official website
As of January 24, 2014

The WTA Paris (officially: Open GDF Suez ) was a women's tennis tournament of the WTA Tour , which was held in the French capital Paris . Initially, it was played on clay courts outdoors. In 1993 they moved to the Stade Pierre de Coubertin , where the upgrading of the tournament (from Tier IV to Tier II) was played on carpet up to and including 2008. From 2009 to 2014 the event was a premier hard court tournament .

For the 2015 season it was discontinued and a WTA tournament in Antwerp replaced.

Winners list

singles

year Winner Final opponent Result
1987 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Sabrina Goleš BelgiumBelgium Sandra Wasserman 7: 5, 6: 1
↓ Category: Tier V ↓
1988 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Petra Langrová BelgiumBelgium Sandra Wasserman 7: 6, 6: 2
1989 ItalyItaly Sandra Cecchini CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Regina Rajchrtová 6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 1
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
1990 SpainSpain Conchita Martínez ArgentinaArgentina Patricia Tarabini 7: 5, 6: 3
1991 SpainSpain Conchita Martínez ArgentinaArgentina Inés Gorrochategui 6: 0, 6: 3
1992 ItalyItaly Sandra Cecchini SwitzerlandSwitzerland Emanuela Zardo 6: 2, 6: 1
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1993 United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Monica Seles 6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 6
1994 United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová FranceFrance Julie Halard 7: 5, 6: 3
1995 GermanyGermany Steffi Graf FranceFrance Mary Pierce 6: 2, 6: 2
1996 FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis CroatiaCroatia Iva Majoli 7: 5, 7: 6 4
1997 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis GermanyGermany Anke Huber 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
1998 FranceFrance Mary Pierce Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Dominique Van Roost 6: 3, 7: 5
1999 United StatesUnited States Serena Williams FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 6: 2, 3: 6, 7: 6 4
2000 FranceFrance Nathalie Tauziat United StatesUnited States Serena Williams 7: 5, 6: 2
2001 FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo GermanyGermany Anke Huber 7: 6 2 , 6: 1
2002 United StatesUnited States Venus Williams Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic without a fight
2003 United StatesUnited States Serena Williams FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 6: 3, 6: 2
2004 BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters FranceFrance Mary Pierce 6: 2, 6: 1
2005 Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Safina FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 3
2006 FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo FranceFrance Mary Pierce 6: 1, 7: 6 2
2007 Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Šafářová 4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
2008 Flag of Russia.svg Anna Chakvetadze HungaryHungary Ágnes Szávay 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2
↓ Category: Premier ↓
2009 FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa 7: 6 7 , 2: 6, 6: 4
2010 RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Šafářová 6: 7 5 , 6: 1, 6: 4
2011 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters 6: 4, 6: 3
2012 GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 3
2013 GermanyGermany Mona Barthel ItalyItaly Sara Errani 7: 5, 7: 6 4
2014 RussiaRussia Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova ItalyItaly Sara Errani 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3

Double

year Winners Final opponents Result
1987 FranceFrance Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
ItalyItaly Sandra Cecchini Sabrina Goleš
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia 
1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
↓ Category: Tier V ↓
1988 FranceFrance Alexia Dechaume Emmanuelle Derly
FranceFrance 
AustraliaAustralia Louise Field Nathalie Herreman
FranceFrance 
6-0, 6-2
1989 ArgentinaArgentina Patricia Tarabini Sandra Cecchini
ItalyItaly 
FranceFrance Nathalie Herreman Catherine Suire
FranceFrance 
6: 1, 6: 1
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
1990 AustraliaAustralia Kristin Godridge Kirrily Sharpe
AustraliaAustralia 
FranceFrance Alexia Dechaume Nathalie Herreman
FranceFrance 
4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
1991 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
FranceFrance Alexia Dechaume Julie Halard
FranceFrance 
6: 4, 6: 4
1992 ArgentinaArgentina Patricia Tarabini Sandra Cecchini
ItalyItaly 
United StatesUnited States Rachel McQuillan Noëlle van Lottum
FranceFrance 
7: 5, 6: 1
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1993 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jana Novotná Andrea Strnadová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jo Durie Catherine Suire
FranceFrance 
7: 6, 6: 2
1994 BelgiumBelgium Sabine Appelman's Laurence Courtois
BelgiumBelgium 
FranceFrance Mary Pierce Andrea Temesvári
HungaryHungary 
6: 4, 6: 4
1995 United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland
LatviaLatvia 
NetherlandsNetherlands Manon Bollegraf Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 4, 6: 1
1996 NetherlandsNetherlands Kristie Boogert Jana Novotná
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
6: 4, 6: 3
1997 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Jana Novotná
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
FranceFrance Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande
ItalyItaly 
6: 3, 6: 0
1998 BelgiumBelgium Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans
NetherlandsNetherlands 
RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Larisa Neiland
LatviaLatvia 
1: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
1999 RomaniaRomania Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
RussiaRussia Jelena Lichowzewa Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 3
2000 FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Sandrine Testud
FranceFrance 
FranceFrance Émilie Loit Åsa Carlsson
SwedenSweden 
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
2001 CroatiaCroatia Iva Majoli Virginie Razzano
FranceFrance 
United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
6: 3, 7: 5
2002 FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Miles Tu
United StatesUnited States 
RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa Janette Husárová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
without a fight
2003 AustriaAustria Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
FranceFrance Marion Bartoli Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
FranceFrance 
2: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6 5
2004 AustriaAustria Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
ItalyItaly Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone
ItalyItaly 
6: 3, 6: 2
2005 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina
RussiaRussia 
6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 2
2006 FranceFrance Émilie Loit Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
7: 6 5 , 6: 4
2007 ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová Vladimíra Uhlířová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 2, 6: 0
2008 UkraineUkraine Aljona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
UkraineUkraine 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Eva Hrdinová Vladimíra Uhlířová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 1, 6: 4
↓ Category: Premier ↓
2009 ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 4]
2010 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
without a fight
2011 United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
RussiaRussia Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova
RussiaRussia 
6: 4, 6: 2
2012 United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić
CroatiaCroatia 
7: 6 3 , 6: 1
2013 ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Liesel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
6: 1, 6: 1
2014 GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
HungaryHungary Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
FranceFrance 
7: 6 7 , 4: 6, [10: 5]