WTA Zurich

Tennis.com Zurich Open
WTA tour
venue	Zurich Switzerland
First run	1984
Last event	2008
category	WTA Tier II
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	28E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 600,000
Status: May 6, 2013

Game scene 2008: Venus Williams versus Ana Ivanović

The WTA Zurich (officially: Tennis.com Zurich Open ) was a women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour , which was held in October from 1984 to 2008. From 1993 the tournament was part of the Tier I series, which was the highest category at the time after the four Grand Slam tournaments . The prize money was $ 1.3 million. When it was last held in 2008, the tournament was endowed with 600,000 dollars and listed in the Tier II category, and from 2002 onwards it was played on hard courts.

history

In 1984 Zurich received its first WTA tournament, the European Indoors in the Zurich Saalsporthalle . Due to a lack of space, it was held in Kloten im Schluefweg from 1997 to 2004 , and from 1998 onwards under the name Swisscom Challenge . In 2005 the event returned to the renovated Hallenstadion in Zurich as the Zurich Open under the motto "The girls are back in town" . In 2008 the 25th and, for the time being, last edition took place.

The record winner with six tournament wins is Steffi Graf . The winners from Switzerland were Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (1993), Martina Hingis (2000) and Patty Schnyder (2002).

From 2010 to 2012 a tournament of the ATP Champions Tour was held in the Saalsporthalle Zurich under the name "Zurich Open" .

Winners list

singles

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1984	Zina Garrison	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6: 1, 0: 6, 6: 2
1985	Zina Garrison	Hana Mandlíková	6: 1, 6: 3
1986	Steffi Graf	Helena Suková	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
1987	Steffi Graf	Hana Mandlíková	6: 2, 6: 2
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
1988	Pam Shriver	Manuela Maleewa	6: 3, 6: 4
↓ Category: Tier III ↓
1989	Steffi Graf	Jana Novotná	6: 1, 7: 6 6
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1990	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 3, 6: 2
1991	Steffi Graf	Nathalie Tauziat	6: 4, 6: 4
1992	Steffi Graf	Martina Navrátilová	2: 6, 7: 5, 7: 5
↓ Category: Tier I ↓
1993	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Martina Navrátilová	6: 3, 7: 6 1
1994	Magdalena Maleewa	Natallja Sverava	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 4
1995	Iva Majoli	Mary Pierce	6: 4, 6: 4
1996	Jana Novotná	Martina Hingis	6: 2, 6: 2
1997	Lindsay Davenport	Nathalie Tauziat	7: 6, 7: 5
1998	Lindsay Davenport	Venus Williams	7: 5, 6: 3
1999	Venus Williams	Martina Hingis	6: 3, 6: 4
2000	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 5
2001	Lindsay Davenport	Jelena Dokic	6: 3, 6: 1
2002	Patty Schnyder	Lindsay Davenport	6: 7 5 , 7: 6 8 , 6: 3
2003	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Jelena Dokic	6-0, 6-4
2004	Alicia Molik	Maria Sharapova	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
2005	Lindsay Davenport	Patty Schnyder	7: 6 5 , 6: 3
2006	Maria Sharapova	Daniela Hantuchová	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 3
2007	Justine Henin	Tatiana Golovin	6: 4, 6: 4
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
2008	Venus Williams	Flavia Pennetta	7: 6 1 , 6: 2

Double

year	Winners	Final opponents	Result
1984	Andrea Leand Andrea Temesvári	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková	6: 1, 6: 3
1985	Andrea Temesvári Hana Mandlíková	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6
1986	Steffi Count Gabriela Sabatini	Lori McNeil Alycia Moulton	1: 6, 6.4, 6: 4
1987	Nathalie Herreman Pascale Paradis	Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 3
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
1988	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 3, 6: 3
↓ Category: Tier III ↓
1989	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Nathalie Tauziat Judith Wiesner	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1990	Manon Bollegraf Eva Pfaff	Catherine Suire Dinky Van Rensburg	7: 5, 6: 4
1991	Jana Novotná Andrea Strnadová	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	6: 4, 6: 3
1992	Helena Suková Natallja Swerawa	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	7: 6 5 , 6: 4
↓ Category: Tier I ↓
1993	Zina Garrison-Jackson Martina Navrátilová	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 3
1994	Manon Bollegraf Martina Navrátilová	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	7: 6 3 , 6: 1
1995	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	Chanda Rubin Caroline Vis	6: 4, 6: 7 4 , 6: 4
1996	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	Nicole Arendt Natallja Swerawa	7: 5, 6: 4
1997	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Larisa Neiland Helena Suková	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
1998	Serena Williams Venus Williams	Mariaan de Swardt Olena Tatarkowa	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 3
1999	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Nathalie Tauziat Natallja Swerawa	6: 2, 6: 2
2000	Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6: 3, 6: 4
2001	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2
2002	Jelena Bowina Justine Henin	Jelena Dokic Nadja Petrowa	6: 2, 7: 6 2
2003	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	7: 6 3 , 6: 2
2004	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	6: 4, 6: 4
2005	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6: 7 6 , 7: 6 4 , 6: 3
2006	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Liezel Huber Katarina Srebotnik	7: 5, 7: 5
2007	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	Lisa Raymond Francesca Schiavone	7: 5, 7: 6 1
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
2008	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Patty Schnyder	6: 1, 7: 6 3

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