Spanish Open (tennis)

Spanish Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSpanish Championships (1972–78)
Spanish Open (1985–94)
Ford Spanish Open (1995)
TourWTA Tour
Founded1972
Abolished1995
Editions14
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Spanish Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1995. It was held at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain and played on outdoor clay courts. It was a Tier V event from 1988 to 1989, a Tier IV event in 1990, a Tier III event from 1991 to 1992 and a Tier II event from 1993 to 1995.

In the 1970s the event was known as the Spanish Championships before becoming an Open in the 1980s and 1990s. It was replaced on the WTA Tour by the Madrid Open in 1996.

Finals

Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
1907 San Sebastian Margarita Jimenez Alecia Jimenez 6–1, 6–2
1911 San Sebastian Mary Towler Anita Heimann Lent 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1912 San Sebastian Luisa Marnet Millicent Elwell 6–1, 6–4
1920 San Sebastian Daisy Speranza Mlle Castejon 6–4, 7–5
1923[1] San Sebastian Suzanne Lenglen Germaine Le Conte 6–1, 6–0
1924[2] San Sebastian Daisy Speranza (2) Elisabeth Raoul-Duval 6–3, 6–1
1927 San Sebastian Daisy Speranza (3) Mlle Carnet 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1929 San Sebastian Ida Adamoff María de Lerena-de Morales 6–0, 6–2
1931 Santander Bella Duttón de Pons Guadalupe Pombo 6–0, 6–3
1934 San Sebastian Simonne Mathieu Simone Iribarne 6–1, 6–4
1935 San Sebastian Simone Iribarne Nelly Adamson 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1936 Barcelona Josefa de Chavarri Ruth Kamann 6–1, 7–5
1940 Santander Lili de Alvarez Josefa de Chavarri 6–0, 2–6, 6–3
1963 San Sebastian Mary Habicht Pilar Barril 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1967 San Sebastian Carmen Mandarino Alice Tym 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1968 Barcelona Michelle Rodriguez Kerstin Seelbach[3] 7–5, 6–4
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969 Barcelona Kerry Melville Helen Gourlay 5–7, 6–4, 7–5
1970 Barcelona Helga Hosl Sue Alexander 6–1, 6–1
1971 Barcelona Helga Hosl (2) Ana Maria Arias Pinto Bravo 6–2, 6–1
1972 Barcelona Gail Chanfreau Nathalie Fuchs 6–1, 6–4
1973 Barcelona Helga Hosl (3) Nathalie Fuchs 6–2, 7–5
1974 Barcelona Nathalie Fuchs Glynis Coles 7–5, 8–6
1975 Barcelona Janice Metcalf Iris Riedel 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1976 Barcelona Renáta Tomanová Virginia Ruzici 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1977 Barcelona Regina Marsikova Mariana Simionescu 6–3, 6–4
1978 Barcelona Hana Mandlíková Sabina Simmonds 6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1979 Barcelona Lena Sandin Iva Budarova 6–2, 6–3
1980 Barcelona Nora Blom Lauteslager Carmen Perea 7–6, 6–3
1985 Barcelona Sandra Cecchini Raffaella Reggi 6–3, 6–4
1986 Barcelona Petra Huber Laura Garrone 7–6(7–4), 6–0
1987 Not held
1988 Barcelona Neige Dias Bettina Fulco 6–3, 6–3
1989 Barcelona Arantxa Sánchez Helen Kelesi 6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1990 Barcelona Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Isabel Cueto 6–4, 6–2
1991 Barcelona Conchita Martínez Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière 6–4, 6–1
1992 Barcelona Monica Seles Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1993 Barcelona Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–4
1994 Barcelona Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4) Iva Majoli 6–0, 6–2
1995 Barcelona Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Iva Majoli 5–7, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1972 Gail Sherriff
Nathalie Fuchs		 Michele Gurdal
Monique Van Haver		 6–4, 6–2
1973
-
1975		 Not held
1976 Florența Mihai
Patricia Medrado		 Nathalie Fuchs
Michele Gurdal		 6–2, 6–4
1977 Not held
1978 Not available
1979
-
1984		 Not held
1985 Petra Jauch-Delhees
Patricia Medrado		 Penny Barg
Adriana Villagrán		 6–1, 6–0
1986 Iva Budařová
Catherine Tanvier		 Petra Huber
Petra Keppeler		 6–2, 6–1
1987 Not held
1988 Iva Budařová
Sandra Wasserman		 Anna-Karin Olsson
María José Llorca		 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1989 Jana Novotná
Tine Scheuer-Larsen		 Arantxa Sánchez
Judith Wiesner		 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
1990 Mercedes Paz
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 Sabrina Goleš
Patricia Tarabini		 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–1
1991 Martina Navratilova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 Nathalie Tauziat
Judith Wiesner		 6–1, 6–3
1992 Conchita Martínez
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 Nathalie Tauziat
Judith Wiesner		 6–4, 6–1
1993 Conchita Martínez
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 Magdalena Maleeva
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière		 4–6, 6–1, 6–0
1994 Larisa Neiland
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 Julie Halard
Nathalie Tauziat		 6–2, 6–4
1995 Larisa Neiland
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 Mariaan de Swardt
Iva Majoli		 7–5, 4–6, 7–5

Event names

Source:[4]

Official (English)
  • International Championships of Spain (1904-1936)[5] men & women
  • Spanish International Championships (1940-1967)[6] men & women
  • Spanish International Championships & Count of Godo Trophy (1968-1980) men & women[7]
  • Spanish International Championships & Count of Godo Trophy (1981-2007) men
  • Spanish International Championships (1985-2002) women
Official (Spanish)
  • Campeonatos Internacionales de España (1904-1967)[8] men & women
  • Campeonatos Internacionales de España & Trofeo Conde de Godó (1968-1980) men & women[9]
  • Campeonatos Internacionales de España & Trofeo Conde de Godó(1981-2007) men
  • Campeonatos Internacionales de España (1985-2002) women

References

  1. ^ Real Club Tenis de San Sebastián
  2. ^ Real Club Tenis de San Sebastián
  3. ^ "Kerstin Seelbach (FRG): Player Stats & More". Women's Tennis Association. WTA Official. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Archivo Histórico: Trofeo Conde de Godo". archivo.rctb1899.es. Barcelona, Spain: Reial Club de Tennis Barcelona 1899. 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ^ RCT Barcelona
  6. ^ RCT Barcelona
  7. ^ RCT Barcelona
  8. ^ RCT Barcelona
  9. ^ RCT Barcelona
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