WTA Shanghai

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tennis Polo Open Shanghai
WTA tour
venue Shanghai People's Republic of China
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
First run 2000
Last event 2003
category WTA Tier II
Tournament type Free place tournament
Game surface Hard court
draw 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
Prize money US $ 585,000 
As of September 14, 2009

The WTA Shanghai (officially: Polo Open Shanghai ) was a women's tennis tournament of the WTA Tour , which was held from 2000 to 2003 in the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai .

The successor to the tournament is the WTA event in Beijing .

Winners list

singles

year Winner Final opponent Result
↓ Category: Tier IVa ↓
2000 United StatesUnited States Meghann Shaughnessy UzbekistanUzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova 7: 6 2 , 7: 5
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
2001 United StatesUnited States Monica Seles AustraliaAustralia Nicole Pratt 6: 2, 6: 3
2002 IsraelIsrael Anna Smaschnowa RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa 6: 2, 6: 3
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
2003 RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa United StatesUnited States Chanda Ruby 6: 3, 7: 6 6

Double

year Winners Final opponents Result
↓ Category: Tier IVa ↓
2000 United StatesUnited States Lilia Osterloh Tamarine Tanasu yarn
ThailandThailand
ItalyItaly Rita Grande Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States
7: 5, 6: 1
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
2001 South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Lenka Němečková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
AustraliaAustralia Evie Dominikovic Tamarine Tanasugarn
ThailandThailand
6-0, 7-5
2002 RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Janet Lee
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei
JapanJapan Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan
7: 5, 6: 3
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
2003 FranceFrance Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt
AustraliaAustralia
JapanJapan Ai Sugiyama Tamarine Tanasu yarn
ThailandThailand
6: 3, 6: 3