WTA Austrian Open

Austrian Open
Austrian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1896
Abolished	2015
Location	Various, Austria
Venue	Various
Surface	Clay / outdoor

The Austrian Open was a WTA Tour affiliated women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1896 as the Championships of Austria a combined men's and women's tournament.^[1] Following World War II it was known as the Austrian International Championships up to the open era.^[2]

The women's tournament was discontinued in 2015, the men's ATP event the Austrian Open Kitzbühel is still being held.

History

The men's tournament the Championships of Austria was established in 1894,^[3] with the women's event following two years later in 1896.^[4] It was originally held in Prague in what was then (Bohemia) up until World War One; then in Vienna from 1921 to 1951, '54 '55 '57 '64, then moved to Salzburg in '1952, then held in Portschach in 1954 '58 '60 '63? '66 '68, it was held for year Linz in 1956, then in Kitzbühel in '59 '61 '65 .^[5] Following World War II the event was known as the.^[6]^[7]

In the Open Era, seven locations hosted the event: Pörtschach in 1968 and 1999; Kitzbühel from 1969 to 1983 and from 1990 to 1993; Vienna in 1979 and from 2001 to 2004; Bregenz from 1985 to 1986; Maria Lankowitz from 1994 to 1998, Klagenfurt in 2000 and Bad Gastein from 2007 to 2015 where it took place as Nürnberger Gastein Ladies. The tournament which is held on outdoor clay courts was not contested in 1984, 1987 to 1989 and from 2005 to 2006.

Four Austrians won the singles event: Judith Wiesner in 1995, Barbara Paulus in 1996, Barbara Schett in 1997 and 1999 and Yvonne Meusberger in 2013. Two Austrians were victorious in the doubles event: Petra Huber in 1986 partnering West German Petra Keppeler, Patricia Wartusch in 2002 partnering Hungarian Petra Mandula along with Sandra Klemenschits in 2013, partnering Slovenian Andreja Klepač. Romanian Virginia Ruzici holds the Open Era record for singles titles, with three victories in 1980, 1982 and 1985.

Nürnberger Gastein Ladies was a tennis tournament held in Bad Gastein, Austria between 2007 and 2015. It was an International event on the WTA Tour with total prize-money of $250,000 and was played on red clay. In 2016, a new addition to the 2016 calendar was announced on March 11, the Ladies Championship Gstaad, Switzerland, which replaced the Nurnberger Gastein Ladies International tournament, held in Bad Gastein since 2007.

In 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the WTA announced the Carinthian Ladies Open, a WTA 125K tournament, to be held in Austria on clay courts. The tournament will be held during the same week as the 2020 US Open, and will allow players affected by the cancellation of US Open qualifying to compete.^[8]^[9] However, the tournament was cancelled just days after the announcement due to the pandemic.

Finals

Singles

(incomplete list)

Year	Location	Champion	Finalist(s)	Score
1968	Pörtschach	Winnie Shaw	Elena Subirats	6–1, 7–5
1969	Kitzbühel	Judy Tegart	Pat Walkden	8–6, 6–2
1970	Kitzbühel	Helga Niessen	Evonne Goolagong	7–5, 6–3
1971	Kitzbühel	Billie Jean King	Laura Rossouw	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
1972	Kitzbühel	Katja Ebbinghaus	Marijke Schaar	7–5, 6–3
1973	Kitzbühel		Evonne Goolagong Olga Morozova	not completed
1974	Kitzbühel	Mirka Koželuhová	Mima Jaušovec	6–3, 6–0
1975	Kitzbühel	Sue Barker	Pam Teeguarden	6–4, 6–4
1976	Kitzbühel	Wendy Turnbull	Virginia Ruzici	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1977	Kitzbühel	Renáta Tomanová	Katja Ebbinghaus	6–3, 7–5
1978	Kitzbühel	Virginia Ruzici	Sylvia Hanika	6–4, 6–3
1979	Vienna	Chris Evert	Caroline Stoll	6–1, 6–1
1979	Kitzbühel	Hana Mandlíková	Sylvia Hanika	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
1980	Kitzbühel	Virginia Ruzici	Hana Mandlíková	3–6, 6–1, ret.
1981	Kitzbühel	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Sylvia Hanika	7–5, 7–6
1982	Kitzbühel	Virginia Ruzici	Lea Plchová	6–2, 6–2
1983	Kitzbühel	Pascale Paradis	Petra Huber	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1984	Kitzbühel	Helena Suková	Virginia Ruzici	6–2, 6–2
1985	Bregenz	Virginia Ruzici	Mima Jaušovec	6–2, 6–3
1986	Bregenz	Sandra Cecchini	Mariana Pérez-Roldán	6–4, 6–0
1987	not held
1988	not held
1989	not held
1990	Kitzbühel	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Rachel McQuillan	7–6, 6–4
1991	Kitzbühel	Conchita Martínez	Judith Wiesner	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1992	Kitzbühel	Conchita Martínez	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
1993	Kitzbühel	Anke Huber	Judith Wiesner	6–4, 6–1
1994	Maria Lankowitz	Anke Huber	Judith Wiesner	6–3, 6–3
1995	Maria Lankowitz	Judith Wiesner	Ruxandra Dragomir	7–6, 6–3
1996	Maria Lankowitz	Barbara Paulus	Sandra Cecchini	w/o
1997	Maria Lankowitz	Barbara Schett	Henrieta Nagyová	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1998	Maria Lankowitz	Patty Schnyder	Gala León García	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1999	Pörtschach	Karina Habšudová	Silvija Talaja	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2000	Klagenfurt	Barbara Schett	Patty Schnyder	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2001	Vienna	Iroda Tulyaganova	Patty Schnyder	6–3, 6–2
2002	Vienna	Anna Smashnova	Iroda Tulyaganova	6–4, 6–1
2003	Vienna	Paola Suárez	Karolina Šprem	7–6, 2–6, 6–4
2004	Vienna	Anna Smashnova	Alicia Molik	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
2005	not held
2006	not held
2007	Bad Gastein	Francesca Schiavone	Yvonne Meusburger	6–1, 6–4
2008	Bad Gastein	Pauline Parmentier	Lucie Hradecká	6–4, 6–4
2009	Bad Gastein	Andrea Petkovic	Ioana Raluca Olaru	6–2, 6–3
2010	Bad Gastein	Julia Görges	Timea Bacsinszky	6–1, 6–4
2011	Bad Gastein	María José Martínez Sánchez	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6–0, 7–5
2012	Bad Gastein	Alizé Cornet	Yanina Wickmayer	7–5, 7–6^(7–1)
2013	Bad Gastein	Yvonne Meusburger	Andrea Hlaváčková	7–5, 6–2
2014	Bad Gastein	Andrea Petkovic (2)	Shelby Rogers	6–3, 6–3
2015	Bad Gastein	Samantha Stosur	Karin Knapp	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2
2016–2019	replaced by the WTA Swiss Open

Doubles

Year	Location	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1968	Pörtschach			unavailable
1969	Kitzbühel	Judy Tegart Pat Walkden	Marianna Brummer Anita van Deventer	6–0, 6–3
1970	Kitzbühel	Brenda Kirk Annette Van Zyl	Helga Niessen Winnie Shaw	6–4, 6–3
1971	Kitzbühel	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Helga Niessen Heide Orth	6–2, 6–4
1972	Kitzbühel	Katja Ebbinghaus Heide Orth	Mandy Morgan Lucia Sarno	6–0, 6–1
1973	Kitzbühel	Aleksandra Ivanova Olga Morozova	Evonne Goolagong Janet Young	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1974	Kitzbühel	Beatrix Klein Éva Szabó	Ana María Pinto Bravo Iris Riedel	6–1, 6–4
1975	Kitzbühel	Sue Barker Pam Teeguarden	Fiorella Bonicelli Raquel Giscafré	6–4, 6–3
1976	Kitzbühel	Helena Anliot Mimmi Wikstedt	Katja Ebbinghaus Heidi Eisterlehner	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1977	Kitzbühel	Helen Gourlay-Cawley Rayni Fox	Lesley Charles Jackie Fayter	6–1, 6–4
1978	Kitzbühel	Virginia Ruzici Renáta Tomanová	Regina Maršíková Florența Mihai	7–5, 6–2
1979	Vienna	Dianne Fromholtz Marise Kruger	Ilana Kloss Betty-Ann Stuart	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1979	Kitzbühel	Helena Anliot Dianne Evers	Virginia Ruzici Elly Vessies	6–0, 6–4
1980	Kitzbühel	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	Renáta Tomanová Hana Mandlíková	w/o
1981	Kitzbühel	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	Elizabeth Little Yvonne Vermaak	6–4, 6–3
1982	Kitzbühel	Yvona Brzáková Kateřina Skronská	Jill Patterson Courtney Lord	6–1, 7–5
1983	Kitzbühel	Chris Newton Pam Whytcross	Nathalie Herreman Pascale Paradis	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
1984	not held
1985	Bregenz	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	Andrea Holíková Kateřina Skronská	6–2, 6–3
1986	Bregenz	Petra Huber Petra Keppeler	Sabrina Goleš Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6–2, 6–4
1987	not held
1988	not held
1989	not held
1990	Kitzbühel	Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková	Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini	6–0, 6–4
1991	Kitzbühel	Bettina Fulco Nicole Muns-Jagerman	Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 6–4
1992	Kitzbühel	Florencia Labat Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	Amanda Coetzer Wiltrud Probst	6–3, 6–3
1993	Kitzbühel	Fang Li Dominique Monami	Maja Murić Pavlína Rajzlová	6–2, 6–1
1994	Maria Lankowitz	Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini	Alexandra Fusai Karina Habšudová	7–5, 7–5
1995	Maria Lankowitz	Silvia Farina Andrea Temesvári	Alexandra Fusai Wiltrud Probst	6–2, 6–2
1996	Maria Lankowitz	Janette Husárová Natalia Medvedeva	Lenka Cenková Kateřina Šišková	6–4, 7–5
1997	Maria Lankowitz	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	Radka Bobková Wiltrud Probst	6–2, 6–2
1998	Maria Lankowitz	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–1, 6–2
1999	Pörtschach	Silvia Farina Elia Karina Habšudová	Olga Lugina Laura Montalvo	6–4, 6–4
2000	Klagenfurt	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	7–6, 6–1
2001	Vienna	Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	Vanessa Henke Lenka Němečková	6–4, 6–2
2002	Vienna	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–4
2003	Vienna	Ting Li Tiantian Sun	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–3, 6–4
2004	Vienna	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 7–5
2005	not held
2006	not held
2007	Bad Gastein	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–3, 7–5
2008	Bad Gastein	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Sesil Karatantcheva Nataša Zorić	6–3, 6–3
2009	Bad Gastein	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Tatjana Malek Andrea Petkovic	6–2, 6–4
2010	Bad Gastein	Lucie Hradecká Anabel Medina Garrigues	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	6–7^(2–7), 6–1, [10–5]
2011	Bad Gastein	Eva Birnerová Lucie Hradecká	Jarmila Gajdošová Julia Görges	4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
2012	Bad Gastein	Jill Craybas Julia Görges	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [11–9]
2013	Bad Gastein	Sandra Klemenschits Andreja Klepač	Kristina Barrois Eleni Daniilidou	6–1, 6–4
2014	Bad Gastein	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2015	Bad Gastein	Danka Kovinić Stephanie Vogt	Lara Arruabarrena Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
2016–2019	replaced by the WTA Swiss Open

References

^ Grasso, John (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-8108-7237-0.
^ Grasso (2011)
^ Grasso (2011)
^ Grasso (2011)
^ Grasso (2011)
^ Austrian International Championships
^ Grasso (2011)
^ WTA Announces Two $125k Events to Make up for US Open 2020 Qualifying
^ WTA Tour adds two $125K series events in Prague & Portschach to provisional calendar

External links

[1] Grasso, John (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-8108-7237-0.

[2] Grasso (2011)

[3] Grasso (2011)

[4] Grasso (2011)

[5] Grasso (2011)

[6] Austrian International Championships

[7] Grasso (2011)

[8] WTA Announces Two $125k Events to Make up for US Open 2020 Qualifying

[9] WTA Tour adds two $125K series events in Prague & Portschach to provisional calendar

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