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.
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.
Results
Singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore ↓ ITF event ↓ 2003 Marta Fraga Pérez Ana Ivanovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 2004 Laura Pous Tió Tsvetana Pironkova 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 2005 Kateřina Böhmová María Sánchez Lorenzo 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 2006 Tathiana Garbin Ekaterina Ivanova 6–3, 7–5 ↓ WTA Tier IV event ↓2007 Meghann Shaughnessy Edina Gallovits 6–3, 6–22008 Maria Kirilenko María José Martínez Sánchez 6–0, 6–2 ↓ WTA International event ↓2009 Roberta Vinci Maria Kirilenko 6–0, 6–42010 Francesca Schiavone Roberta Vinci 6–1, 6–12011 Roberta Vinci (2) Lucie Hradecká 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 2012 Sara Errani Dominika Cibulková 6–2, 6–2 succeeded by Nuremberg Cup
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore ↓ ITF event ↓ 2003 Marta Fraga Pérez Adriana González Peñas Núria Roig Julia Vakulenko 6–3, 6–3 2004 Lourdes Domínguez Lino Laura Pous Tió Nina Bratchikova Ekaterina Kozhokhina 6–4, 7–6(7–4) 2005 Lourdes Domínguez Lino (2) María Sánchez Lorenzo Conchita Martínez Granados María José Martínez Sánchez 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3) 2006 Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska Edina Gallovits Vanessa Henke 6–1, 6–2 ↓ WTA Tier IV event ↓2007 Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–3), 2–6, [12–10]2008 Lourdes Domínguez Lino (3) Arantxa Parra Santonja (2) Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 4–6, 7–5, [10–4] ↓ WTA International event ↓2009 Nuria Llagostera Vives (2) María José Martínez Sánchez Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]2010 Sara Errani Roberta Vinci Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin 6–1, 3–6, [10–2]2011 Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová 5–7, 6–4, [11–9]2012 Sara Errani (2) Roberta Vinci (2) Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone 6–0, 6–2 succeeded by Nuremberg Cup
See also Spanish Open Barcelona Open Barcelona WCT List of tennis tournaments
References
External links Official website ITF website