Barcelona Ladies Open

The Barcelona Ladies Open was a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona in Catalonia (Spain) and was played on outdoor clay courts. It was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour with total prize money of $220,000.

Barcelona Ladies Open
Tournament information
Founded2003
Abolished2012
Editions10
LocationBarcelona, Catalonia
Spain
VenueDavid Lloyd Club Turó
(2008–2010)
Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron (2007, 2011–2012)
CategoryTier IV (2007–2008)
International (2009)
SurfaceClay / outdoors
Draw32M/32Q/16D
Prize money$220,000
Websitebarcelonaladiesopen.com

The tournament began in November 2003 as a $10,000 challenger event on the ITF Women's Circuit. Prize money was increased to $25,000 the following year; in 2005, the event was moved to October with the prize money increasing to $75,000. In 2007, the tournament was upgraded to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, becoming a Tier IV played in June, and remained in this classification through 2008. Since 2009, the event has been held in April.

In 2013 the event was cancelled due to financial reasons and replaced on the tour by the Nuremberg Cup in Nuremberg, Germany, held the week before Roland Garros.[1][2]

Results

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓   ITF event   ↓
2003Spain Marta Fraga PérezFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Ana Ivanovic6–4, 5–7, 6–4
2004Spain Laura Pous TióBulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova4–6, 7–5, 6–2
2005Czech Republic Kateřina BöhmováSpain María Sánchez Lorenzo3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2006Italy Tathiana GarbinRussia Ekaterina Ivanova6–3, 7–5
↓   WTA Tier IV event   ↓
2007United States Meghann ShaughnessyRomania Edina Gallovits6–3, 6–2
2008Russia Maria KirilenkoSpain María José Martínez Sánchez6–0, 6–2
↓   WTA International event   ↓
2009Italy Roberta VinciRussia Maria Kirilenko6–0, 6–4
2010Italy Francesca SchiavoneItaly Roberta Vinci6–1, 6–1
2011Italy Roberta Vinci (2)Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2012Italy Sara ErraniSlovakia Dominika Cibulková6–2, 6–2
succeeded by Nuremberg Cup

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓   ITF event   ↓
2003Spain Marta Fraga Pérez
Spain Adriana González Peñas		Spain Núria Roig
Ukraine Julia Vakulenko		6–3, 6–3
2004Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Laura Pous Tió		Russia Nina Bratchikova
Russia Ekaterina Kozhokhina		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2005Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino (2)
Spain María Sánchez Lorenzo		Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez		7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3)
2006Poland Klaudia Jans
Poland Alicja Rosolska		Romania Edina Gallovits
Germany Vanessa Henke		6–1, 6–2
↓   WTA Tier IV event   ↓
2007Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja		Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Italy Flavia Pennetta		7–6(7–3), 2–6, [12–10]
2008Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino (3)
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja (2)		Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez		4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
↓   WTA International event   ↓
2009Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives (2)
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez		Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Slovenia Andreja Klepač		3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
2010Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci		Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin		6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
2011Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová		South Africa Natalie Grandin
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová		5–7, 6–4, [11–9]
2012Italy Sara Errani (2)
Italy Roberta Vinci (2)		Italy Flavia Pennetta
Italy Francesca Schiavone		6–0, 6–2
succeeded by Nuremberg Cup

See also

References
  1. Pedro Gutiérrez (7 February 2013). "Desaparece el WTA de Barcelona". Puntodebreak.com (in Spanish).
  2. "Nürnberg bekommt zweites deutsches WTA-Turnier". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 8 February 2013.

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