Nuremberg Cup

The Nuremberg Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Nuremberg, Germany.[1] Held from 2013 until 2019, this 250-level tournament was played on outdoor clay courts.

Nürnberger Versicherungscup
Tournament information
Founded2013
LocationNuremberg, Bavaria
Germany
VenueTennisclub 1. FC Nürnberg (2013-19)
CategoryWTA 250
SurfaceClay – outdoors (2013–19)
Draw32S / 8Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$235,000 (2013)

Tournament history
The centre court of the former clay court tournament

The Nuremberg Open was a defunct men's tennis tournament that was played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1976. The event was held in Nuremberg, West Germany and was played on indoor carpet courts. Frew McMillan won the singles title while partnering with Karl Meiler to win the doubles title.

The Nürnberger Versicherungscup (sponsored by Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Nuremberg. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour.[2][3] The inaugural 2013 edition took place the week after the French Open while from 2014 to 2019, the event was scheduled the week before the French Open.

In January 2020, the tournament licence was reported to be taken over by an association around the former manager of German hockey club Kölner Haie, Oliver Mueller, after the Austrian Reichel family had retired, hence a relocation to Cologne was expected for 2021.[4] This reestablishment in the Rhineland has not been achieved.

Past finals

Singles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg
2013Romania Simona HalepGermany Andrea Petkovic6–3, 6–3
2014Canada Eugenie BouchardCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2015Italy Karin KnappItaly Roberta Vinci7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
2016Netherlands Kiki BertensColombia Mariana Duque Mariño6–2, 6–2
2017Netherlands Kiki Bertens (2) Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková6–2, 6–1
2018Sweden Johanna LarssonUnited States Alison Riske7–6(7–4), 6–4
2019Kazakhstan Yulia PutintsevaSlovenia Tamara Zidanšek4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Cologne
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Doubles
Nuremberg Cup
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg
2013Romania Raluca Olaru
Russia Valeria Solovyeva		Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Czech Republic Květa Peschke		2–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
2014Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková		Romania Raluca Olaru
Israel Shahar Pe'er		6–0, 4–6, [10–6]
2015Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues		Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Romania Raluca Olaru		6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2016Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson		Japan Shuko Aoyama
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová		6–3, 6–4
2017United States Nicole Melichar
United Kingdom Anna Smith		Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Sweden Johanna Larsson		3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2018Netherlands Demi Schuurs
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik		Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Sweden Johanna Larsson		3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
2019Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
China Xu Yifan		Canada Sharon Fichman
United States Nicole Melichar		4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Cologne
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Singles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg 1976South Africa Frew McMillanBrazil Thomaz Koch2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg 1976South Africa Frew McMillan
Germany Karl Meiler		Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell
Australia Paul Kronk		7–6, 6–4

References
  1. "tennis.com - Seeded Italians Vinci, Knapp advance at Nuremberg Cup". Tennis magazine. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. "Nürnberg bekommt zweites deutsches WTA-Turnier". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 8 February 2013.
  3. "Erstes WTA-Turnier in Nürnberg". Mittelbayerische Zeitung (in German). 27 March 2013.
  4. "Lizenz des WTA-Turniers in Nürnberg wandert ins Rheinland". tennisnet.com (in German). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
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