WTA Swiss Open

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Ladies Open Lausanne
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameWTA Swiss Open (1977–85)
European Open (1986–94)
Ladies Championship Gstaad (2016–2018)
Ladies Open Lausanne (2019–2023)
TourWTA Tour
Founded1899
Abolished2023
LocationLausanne
Switzerland
CategoryWTA 250
SurfaceClay (red) - outdoors
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$259,303 (2023)
Websiteladiesopenlausanne.ch

The Ladies Open Lausanne was originally founded in 1899 as the Swiss International Championships. It was a women's professional tennis tournament last held in Lausanne but has been held in a number of locations in Switzerland.

History

The Swiss International Championships was founded in 1897 as a men's only event and staged at the Grasshopper Club, Zurich under the auspices of the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association. In 1898 the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association staged the event at Château d’Oex. In 1899 an open women's singles event was added to the schedule, when the venue was still in Saint Moritz. It was then hosted at multiple locations throughout its run including Gstaad. The first edition of the Gstaad International tournament was played in 1915 at the Gstaad Palace Hotel, which was known at the time as the Royal Hotel, Winter & Gstaad Palace, and was organized in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Club (LTC) Gstaad. In 1968 the tournament was renamed the Swiss Open International Championships or simply Swiss Open Championships, and was then staged permanently at Gstaad. The women's event was called the Gstaad International from 1969.

The Swiss International Championships were staged at the following locations throughout its run including Basel, Champéry, Geneva, Gstaad, Les Avants, Montreux, Lausanne, Lugano, Lucerne, Ragatz, St. Moritz, Zermatt, and Zurich from 1897 to 1967.

The event was called the WTA Swiss Open from 1977 to 1985, and was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament underwent a name change in 1986, when it was titled the European Open until its discontinuation. It formed part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. When the WTA introduced the tiering format to its circuit, the event gradually moved up, from being a Tier V in 1988–1989, a Tier IV from 1990 to 1992, and a Tier III for its remaining years. The WTA announced that the tournament would return in Gstaad as a clay event on the 2016 Tour,[1][2] replacing another clay court event held in Bad Gastein.

Four Swiss players won the event: Viktorija Golubic in 2016 as well as Manuela Maleeva (who formerly represented Bulgaria) in 1991 won the singles, and Xenia Knoll (in 2016) as well as Christiane Jolissaint won the doubles, the latter on three occasions: 1983, 1984, and 1988. Maleeva holds the record, along with Chris Evert, for most singles wins; both players won the event three times, and Maleeva finished runner-up a further three occasions.

In November 2023, it was announced that the tournament would cease existing, with the license bought out along with another WTA 250 tournament to form a WTA 500 tournament elsewhere.[3]

Past finals

Singles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
For historical winners of this event see Swiss International Championships 1899–1967
Lugano 1968 Annette Van Zyl DuPlooy Helga Niessen 6–3, 6–3
Gstaad 1969 Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1970 Rosie Casals Françoise Dürr 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1971 Françoise Dürr (2) Lesley Hunt 6–3, 6–3
1972 Kazuko Sawamatsu Pam Teeguarden 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1973 Not held
1974 Helga Schultze Lea Pericoli 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1975 Glynis Coles Linky Boshoff 9–7, 2–6, 8–6
1976 Michèle Gurdal Gail Sherriff 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1977 Lesley Hunt Helen Gourlay 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
1978 Virginia Ruzici Petra Delhees 6–2, 6–2
1979–80 Not held
Lugano 1981 Chris Evert Virginia Ruzici 6–1, 6–1
1982 Chris Evert (2) Andrea Temesvári 6–0, 6–3
1983 Cancelled after the third round because of rain
1984 Manuela Maleeva Iva Budařová 6–1, 6–1
1985 Bonnie Gadusek Manuela Maleeva 6–2, 6–2
1986 Raffaella Reggi Manuela Maleeva 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Geneva 1987 Chris Evert (3) Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1988 Barbara Paulus Lori McNeil 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1989 Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (2) Conchita Martínez 6–4, 6–0
1990 Barbara Paulus (2) Helen Kelesi 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
1991 Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (3) Helen Kelesi 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Lucerne 1992 Amy Frazier Radka Zrubáková 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1993 Lindsay Davenport Nicole Bradtke 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1994 Lindsay Davenport (2) Lisa Raymond 7–6(7–3), 6–4
1995–2015 Not held
Gstaad 2016 Viktorija Golubic Kiki Bertens 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2017 Kiki Bertens Anett Kontaveit 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
2018 Alizé Cornet Mandy Minella 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Lausanne 2019 Fiona Ferro Alizé Cornet 6–1, 2–6, 6–1
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Tamara Zidanšek Clara Burel 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1
2022 Petra Martić Olga Danilović 6–4, 6–2
2023 Elisabetta Cocciaretto Clara Burel 7–5, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Gstaad 1971 Brenda Kirk
Laura Rossouw		 Françoise Dürr
Lea Pericoli		 8–6, 6–3
1972–73 Not held
1974 Helga Schultze
Lea Pericoli		 Kayoko Fukuoka
Michelle Rodríguez		 6–2, 6–0
1975 Not held
1976 Betsy Nagelsen
Wendy Turnbull		 Brigitte Cuypers
Annette Van Zyl		 6–4, 6–4
1977 Helen Gourlay
Rayni Fox		 Mary Carillo
Lesley Hunt		 6–0, 6–4
1978–80 Not held
Lugano 1981 Rosalyn Fairbank
Tanya Harford		 Candy Reynolds
Paula Smith		 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1982 Candy Reynolds
Paula Smith		 Joanne Russell
Virginia Ruzici		 6–2, 6–4
1983 Christiane Jolissaint
Marcella Mesker		 Petra Delhees
Pat Medrado		 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1984 Christiane Jolissaint
Marcella Mesker		 Iva Budařová
Marcela Skuherská		 6–4, 6–3
1985 Bonnie Gadusek
Helena Suková		 Bettina Bunge
Eva Pfaff		 6–2, 6–4
1986 Elise Burgin
Betsy Nagelsen		 Jenny Byrne
Janine Thompson		 6–2, 6–3
Geneva 1987 Betsy Nagelsen
Elizabeth Smylie		 Laura Gildemeister
Catherine Tanvier		 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1988 Christiane Jolissaint
Dianne Van Rensburg		 Maria Lindström
Claudia Porwik		 6–1, 6–3
1989 Katrina Adams
Lori McNeil		 Larisa Neiland
Natasha Zvereva		 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1990 Louise Field
Dianne Van Rensburg		 Elise Burgin
Betsy Nagelsen		 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 7–5
1991 Nicole Bradtke
Elizabeth Smylie		 Cathy Caverzasio
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière		 6–1, 6–2
Lucerne 1992 Amy Frazier
Elna Reinach		 Karina Habšudová
Marianne Werdel		 7–5, 6–2
1993 Mary Joe Fernández
Helena Suková		 Lindsay Davenport
Marianne Werdel		 6–2, 6–4
1994 Canceled due to rain after two of the quarterfinals[note 1]
1995–2015 Not held
Gstaad 2016 Lara Arruabarrena
Xenia Knoll		 Annika Beck
Evgeniya Rodina		 6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
2017 Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson		 Viktorija Golubic
Nina Stojanović		 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–7]
2018 Alexa Guarachi
Desirae Krawczyk		 Lara Arruabarrena
Timea Bacsinszky		 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Lausanne 2019 Anastasia Potapova
Yana Sizikova		 Monique Adamczak
Han Xinyun		 6–2, 6–4
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Susan Bandecchi
Simona Waltert		 Ulrikke Eikeri
Valentini Grammatikopoulou		 6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]
2022 Olga Danilović
Kristina Mladenovic		 Ulrikke Eikeri
Tamara Zidanšek		 Walkover
2023 Anna Bondár
Diane Parry		 Amina Anshba
Anastasia Dețiuc		 6–2, 6–1

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "1994 Eurocard Open Draw" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2023.

References

  1. ^ "Gstaad event first WTA tournament in Switzerland since 2008". ESPN.com. ESPN. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. ^ Jake Best (3 January 2016). "Gstaad, Switzerland, to host WTA tournament for first time since 1964". Vavel.
  3. ^ "Tennis: Il n'y aura plus de tournoi WTA à Lausanne".
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