The WTA Singapore Tennis Open is a WTA Tour affiliated WTA 500-level tennis event held at the OCBC Arena at The Kallang in Singapore on indoor hardcourts.
The tournament was also held indoors in 1986, and then on outdoor hardcourts from 1987 to 1994. It was part of the WTA 250 tournaments in 2025 and was part of the WTA Tier IV category in 1990 and 1994. It was founded in 1986 as the Carlsberg Singapore Women's Open.Need for stadium made plain by rain The Straits Times, 11 November 1986, Page 29. Websource: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19861111-1.2.46.13. The event ran till 1994, and resumed in 2025. In 2026 it was upgraded to a WTA 500-level event. Singapore Tennis Open Overview WTA Tour Tennis
Results
Singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 1986 Gigi Fernández Mercedes Paz 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 1987 Anne Minter Barbara Gerken 6–4, 6–1 1988 Monique Javer Leila Meskhi 7–6, 6–3 1989 Belinda Cordwell Akiko Kijimuta 6–1, 6–0 1990 Naoko Sawamatsu Sarah Loosemore 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–4 1991-1993 Not held 1994 Naoko Sawamatsu (2) Florencia Labat 7–5, 7–5 1995-2024 Not held ↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓ 2025 Elise Mertens Ann Li 6–1, 6–4 ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ 2026 Leylah Fernandez Talia Gibson 7–5, 6–0
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 1986 Anna-Maria Fernandez Julie Richardson Sandy Collins Sharon Walsh 6–3, 6–2 1987 Anna-Maria Fernandez Julie Richardson Barbara Gerken Heather Ludloff 6–1, 6–4 1988 Natalia Bykova Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi Svetlana Parkhomenko 7–6, 6–3 1989 Belinda Cordwell Elizabeth Smylie Ann Henricksson Beth Herr 6–7, 6–2, 6–1 1990 Jo Durie Jill Hetherington Pascale Paradis Catherine Suire 6–4, 6–1 1991-1993 Not held 1994 Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath Nicole Arendt Kristine Radford 6–4, 6–1 1995-2024 Not held ↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓ 2025 Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai 7–5, 6–0 ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ 2026 Erin Routliffe Aldila Sutjiadi Tang Qianhui Xu Yifan 6–3, 6–2
See also Singapore Open Championships (official ITF combined event 1921 to 1986) Singapore Open – men's ATP tournament
References
External links WTA 500 Singapore Tennis Open Overview WTA Tour Tennis WTA 250 Singapore Tennis Open Overview WTA Tour Tennis WTA results archive