Zurich Open
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Founded 1984 Abolished 2008 Editions 25 City Zürich Country Switzerland Venue Saalsporthalle (1984–1996) Schluefweg (1997–2004) Hallenstadion (2005–2008) Tier Tier I (1993–2007) Surface Hard / Indoors Draw 28M/32Q/16D Prize money $1,340,000
The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zürich , Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.[1] [2]
The Open was held at the Hallenstadion , a multifunctional sports arena. It takes 150 specialist workers and 300 tonnes of material to prepare the Hallenstadion into the Zurich Open tennis venue. The event has two tennis courts available for tournament play.
Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Steffi Graf , Lindsay Davenport , Martina Hingis , Venus Williams , Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova . Swiss champions included Hingis, Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (formerly of Bulgaria) and Patty Schnyder .
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Name history
European Indoors : 1984–1989BMW European Indoors : 1990–1992Barilla Indoors : 1993European Indoor Championships : 1994–1997European Swisscom Challenge : 1998Swisscom Challenge : 1999–2004Zurich Open : 2005–2007TENNIS.com Zurich Open : 2008BNP Paribas Zurich Open : 2012Past finals
Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score 1984 Zina Garrison Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6–1, 0–6, 6–2 1985 Zina Garrison Hana Mandlíková 6–1, 6–3 1986 Steffi Graf Helena Suková 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 1987 Steffi Graf Hana Mandlíková 6–2, 6–2 ↓ Category 3 ↓ 1988 Pam Shriver Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière 6–3, 6–4 ↓ Category 4 ↓ 1989 Steffi Graf Jana Novotná 6–1, 7–6(8–6) ↓ Tier II tournament ↓ 1990 Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini 6–3, 6–2 1991 Steffi Graf Nathalie Tauziat 6–4, 6–4 1992 Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova 2–6, 7–5, 7–5 ↓ Tier I tournament ↓ 1993 Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière Martina Navratilova 6–3, 7–6(7–1) 1994 Magdalena Maleeva Natasha Zvereva 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 1995 Iva Majoli Mary Pierce 6–4, 6–4 1996 Jana Novotná Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–2 1997 Lindsay Davenport Nathalie Tauziat 7–6(7–3) , 7–5 1998 Lindsay Davenport Venus Williams 7–5, 6–3 1999 Venus Williams Martina Hingis 6–3, 6–4 2000 Martina Hingis Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 2001 Lindsay Davenport Jelena Dokić 6–3, 6–1 2002 Patty Schnyder Lindsay Davenport 6–7(7–5) , 7–6(10–8) , 6–3 2003 Justine Henin Jelena Dokić 6–0, 6–4 2004 Alicia Molik Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 2005 Lindsay Davenport Patty Schnyder 7–6(7–5) , 6–3 2006 Maria Sharapova Daniela Hantuchová 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 2007 Justine Henin Tatiana Golovin 6–4, 6–4 ↓ Tier II tournament ↓ 2008 Venus Williams Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–1) , 6–2
Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score 1984 Andrea Leand Andrea Temesvári Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková 6–1, 6–3 1985 Hana Mandlíková Andrea Temesvári Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 1986 Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini Lori McNeil Alycia Moulton 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 1987 Nathalie Herreman Pascale Paradis Jana Novotná Catherine Suire 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 ↓ Category 3 ↓ 1988 Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková 6–3, 6–3 ↓ Category 4 ↓ 1989 Jana Novotná Helena Suková Judith Polzl-Wiesner Nathalie Tauziat 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 ↓ Tier II tournament ↓ 1990 Manon Bollegraf Eva Pfaff Catherine Suire Dinky Van Rensburg 7–5, 6–4 1991 Jana Novotná Andrea Strnadová Zina Garrison Lori McNeil 6–4, 6–3 1992 Helena Suková Natasha Zvereva Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 7–6(7–5) , 6–4 ↓ Tier I tournament ↓ 1993 Zina Garrison Martina Navratilova Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 1994 Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath 7–6(7–3) , 6–1 1995 Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf Chanda Rubin Caroline Vis 4–6, 7–6(7–4) , 6–4 1996 Martina Hingis Helena Suková Nicole Arendt Natasha Zvereva 7–5, 6–4 1997 Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Helena Suková 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 1998 Serena Williams Venus Williams Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova 5–7, 6–1, 6–3 1999 Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs Nathalie Tauziat Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 6–2 2000 Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 6–3, 6–4 2001 Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 2002 Elena Bovina Justine Henin Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova 6–2, 7–6(7–2) 2003 Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez 7–6(7–3) , 6–2 2004 Cara Black Rennae Stubbs Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–4 2005 Cara Black Rennae Stubbs Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama 6–7(6–8) , 7–6(7–4) , 6–3 2006 Cara Black Rennae Stubbs Liezel Huber Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 7–5 2007 Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs Lisa Raymond Francesca Schiavone 7–5, 7–6(7–1) ↓ Tier II tournament ↓ 2008 Cara Black Liezel Huber Anna-Lena Grönefeld Patty Schnyder 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Records
Most singles wins: Steffi Graf (6) Most consecutive single wins: Steffi Graf (4: 1989–1992) References
^ "Williams wins final Zurich Open" . Swissinfo.ch. 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-11-09.[dead link] ^ "Von den European Indoors zum Zurich Open" (in German). Blick External links