WTA Taiwan Open

Taiwan Open
Tournament information
Founded2016 (2016)
(as WTA tournament)
LocationKaohsiung (2016)
Taipei (since 2017)
Taiwan
VenueYangming Tennis Center (2016)
Taipei Arena (2017)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium (since 2018)
CategoryWTA International tournaments
SurfaceHard - outdoors (2016)
Hard - indoors (since 2017)
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$226,750 (2017)
Websitetaiwanopen.com.tw
Current champions (2018)
Women's singles Tímea Babos
Women's doubles Duan Yingying
Wang Yafan

The Taiwan Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Taipei, Taiwan. The tournament began in 2016 and was held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for its first year.[1] Affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the Taiwan Open was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. The Taiwan Open was discontinued from the 2019 season, with the Hua Hin Championships replacing it on the calendar.

Results

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2016 Venus Williams Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–2
2017 Elina Svitolina Peng Shuai 6–3, 6–2
2018 Tímea Babos Kateryna Kozlova 7–5, 6–1
2019 succeeded by Hua Hin Championships

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2016 Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan
Eri Hozumi
Miyu Kato
6–4, 6–3
2017 Chan Hao-ching (2)
Chan Yung-jan (2)
Lucie Hradecká
Kateřina Siniaková
6–4, 6–2
2018 Duan Yingying
Wang Yafan
Nao Hibino
Oksana Kalashnikova
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
2019 succeeded by Hua Hin Championships

See also

References

  1. ^ "Taiwan Open Moves To Taipei". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2016-04-21.