Palermo Ladies Open

The Palermo Ladies Open, is a women's tennis tournament in Palermo, Italy that is played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. The first two editions were part of the Satellite Circuit, but since 1990 it has been part of the WTA Tour. In the past it has also been known as the "Palermo International" and the "Internazionali Femminili di Palermo." The tournament was categorized as either a WTA Tier IV or Tier V event from 1990 to 2008 and became an International Tournament in 2009. In 2014, the license for the event was sold to Kuala Lumpur's Malaysian Open for 6 years (contract for 3 years with an option for additional three).[1][2] The tournament returned to Palermo in 2019 as a WTA International event, replacing Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open which was moved to the autumn calendar as part of the China Open series.[3]

Palermo Ladies Open
Tournament information
Founded1988
Editions26
LocationPalermo
Italy
VenueCountry Time Club
CategoryWTA Tier V
(1990–1992)
WTA Tier IV
(1993–2000)
WTA Tier V
(2001–2004)
WTA Tier IV
(2005–2008)
WTA International Tournaments
(2009–2013), (2019–2020)
WTA 250
(2021–)
SurfaceClay / outdoors
Draw32M/16Q/16D
Prize money$259,303
Current champions (2023)
SinglesChina Zheng Qinwen
Doubles Yana Sizikova
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
  Tier V tournament  
1990 Germany Isabel Cueto Austria Barbara Paulus 6–2, 6–3
1991 France Mary Pierce Italy Sandra Cecchini 6–0, 6–3
1992 France Mary Pierce (2) Netherlands Brenda Schultz 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
  Tier IV tournament  
1993 Czech Republic Radka Bobková France Mary Pierce 6–3, 6–2
1994 Romania Irina Spîrlea Netherlands Brenda Schultz 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)
1995 Romania Irina Spîrlea (2) Germany Sabine Hack 7–6(7–1), 6–2
1996 Austria Barbara Schett Germany Sabine Hack 6–3, 6–3
1997 France Sandrine Testud Russia Elena Makarova 7–5, 6–3
1998 Switzerland Patty Schnyder Austria Barbara Schett 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
1999 Russia Anastasia Myskina Spain Ángeles Montolio 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
2000 Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová Bulgaria Pavlina Nola 6–3, 7–5
  Tier V tournament  
2001 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Spain Cristina Torrens Valero 6–4, 6–4
2002 Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva Russia Vera Zvonareva 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–3
2003 Russia Dinara Safina Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–4
2004 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues (2) Italy Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–4
  Tier IV tournament  
2005 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues (3) Czech Republic Klára Koukalová 6–4, 6–0
2006 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues (4) Italy Tathiana Garbin 6–4, 6–4
2007 Hungary Ágnes Szávay Germany Martina Müller 6–0, 6–1
2008 Italy Sara Errani Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva 6–2, 6–3
  International tournament  
2009 Italy Flavia Pennetta Italy Sara Errani 6–1, 6–2
2010 Estonia Kaia Kanepi Italy Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–3
2011 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues (5) Slovenia Polona Hercog 6–3, 6–2
2012 Italy Sara Errani (2) Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–1, 6–3
2013 Italy Roberta Vinci Italy Sara Errani 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2014–18Not held
2019 Switzerland Jil Teichmann Netherlands Kiki Bertens 7–6(7–3), 6–2
2020 France Fiona Ferro Estonia Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 7–5
2021 United States Danielle Collins Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6–4, 6–2
2022 Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Italy Lucia Bronzetti 6–2, 6–2
2023 China Zheng Qinwen Italy Jasmine Paolini 6–4, 1–6, 6–1

Doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1990Italy Laura Garrone
Austria Karin Kschwendt
Argentina Florencia Labat
Italy Barbara Romanò
6–2, 6–4
1991France Mary Pierce
Czechoslovakia Petra Langrová
Italy Laura Garrone
Argentina Mercedes Paz
6–3, 6–7(5), 6–3
1992United States Halle Cioffi
Argentina María José Gaidano
Czechoslovakia Petra Langrová
Spain Ana Segura
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1993Austria Karin Kschwendt
Ukraine Natalia Medvedeva
Italy Silvia Farina Elia
Netherlands Brenda Schultz
6–4, 7–6
1994Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Italy Laura Garrone (2)
Italy Alice Canepa
Italy Giulia Casoni
6–1, 6–0
1995Czech Republic Radka Bobková
Czech Republic Petra Langrová (2)
Austria Petra Schwarz
Slovakia Katarína Studeníková
6–4, 6–1
1996Slovakia Janette Husárová
Austria Barbara Schett
Argentina Florencia Labat
Germany Barbara Rittner
7–6, 6–1
1997Italy Silvia Farina Elia
Austria Barbara Schett (2)
Argentina Florencia Labat
Argentina Mercedes Paz
2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1998Bulgaria Pavlina Nola
Germany Elena Wagner
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
Austria Barbara Schett
6–4, 6–2
1999Slovenia Tina Križan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Sweden Åsa Carlsson
Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan
4–6, 6–3, 6–0
2000Italy Silvia Farina Elia (2)
Italy Rita Grande
Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–4, 0–6, 7–6
2001Italy Tathiana Garbin
Slovakia Janette Husárová (2)
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2002Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Russia Ekaterina Sysoeva
Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Germany Angelika Rösch
6–4, 6–3
2003Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti
Italy Emily Stellato
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 6–2
2004Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
Slovakia Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová
6–3, 7–6(4)
2005Italy Giulia Casoni
Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Poland Klaudia Jans
Poland Alicja Rosolska
4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2006Slovakia Janette Husárová (3)
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Italy Alice Canepa
Italy Giulia Gabba
6–0, 6–0
2007Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Belarus Darya Kustova
Italy Alice Canepa
Italy Karin Knapp
6–4, 6–1
2008Italy Sara Errani
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2–6, 7–6(1), 10–4
2009Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives (2)
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Belarus Darya Kustova
6–1, 6–2
2010Italy Alberta Brianti
Italy Sara Errani (2)
United States Jill Craybas
Germany Julia Görges
6–4, 6–1
2011Italy Sara Errani (3)
Italy Roberta Vinci
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
7–5, 6–1
2012Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Croatia Darija Jurak
Hungary Katalin Marosi
7–6(7–5), 6–4
2013France Kristina Mladenovic
Poland Katarzyna Piter
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
6–1, 5–7, [10–8]
2014–18Not held
2019Sweden Cornelia Lister
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Netherlands Arantxa Rus
7–6(7–2), 6–2
2020Netherlands Arantxa Rus
Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek
Italy Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Italy Martina Trevisan
7–5, 7–5
2021New Zealand Erin Routliffe
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann
Russia Natela Dzalamidze
Russia Kamilla Rakhimova
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–4]
2022Hungary Anna Bondár
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann (2)
Amina Anshba
Hungary Panna Udvardy
6–3, 6–2
2023 Yana Sizikova
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann (3)
Italy Angelica Moratelli
Italy Camilla Rosatello
6–2, 6–4

See also

References

  1. Ivan Pasquariello (28 September 2013). "WTA Palermo moves away from Italy". Tennis World USA.
  2. Michele Alinovi (2013). "WTA Palermo, ultima vittima di una Italia povera". Tennis.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  3. Gatto Luigi (5 November 2017). "WTA Kuala Lumpur to disappear from the calendar, replaced by Palermo". Tennis World USA.
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