Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte

The Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte (also called the Biella Challenger) was a women's professional tournament played on outdoor clay courts. The event was classified as a $100k ITF Women's Circuit tournament, and held annually in Biella, Italy, from 2000 to 2012.

Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte
ITF Women's Tour
Event name	Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte
Location	Biella, Italy
Venue	Circolo Tennis Biella
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Surface	Clay / Outdoor
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	US$ 100,000
Website	www.itfbiella.com

Romanian Alexandra Cadanțu was the 2011 singles champion

Czech Renata Voráčová won four titles here- one in singles and three in doubles. She was also runner-up on three other doubles occasions.

Future world No. 2, Agnieszka Radwańska, was the singles champion here in 2007.

History

The tournament began as a $10k event in 2000. It was upgraded to a $25k event in 2001. From 2002 to 2006, it was a $50k event. Since 2007, it has been a $100k event.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2012	Johanna Larsson	Anna Tatishvili	6–3, 6–4
2011	Alexandra Cadanțu	Mariana Duque-Mariño	6–4, 6–3
2010	Renata Voráčová	Zuzana Ondrášková	6–4, 6–2
2009	Petra Martić	Sharon Fichman	7–5, 6–4
2008	Mara Santangelo	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–3, 6–1
2007	Agnieszka Radwańska	Karin Knapp	6–3, 6–3
2006	Stéphanie Foretz	Tathiana Garbin	7–5, 3–1r
2005	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Giulia Gabba	6–2, 6–4
2004	Květa Peschke	Virginie Razzano	6–1, 6–1
2003	Henrieta Nagyová	Zsófia Gubacsi	6–3, 6–1
2002	Flavia Pennetta	Sandra Kleinová	6–3, 6–2
2001	Dally Randriantefy	Joana Cortez	6–1, 6–1
2000	Maja Matevžič	Nathalie Viérin	6–0, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2012	Eva Hrdinová Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Malek	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2011	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Ekaterina Ivanova	Janette Husárová Renata Voráčová	6–3, 0–6, [10–3]
2010	Mariya Koryttseva Raluca Olaru	Andreja Klepač Aurélie Védy	7–5, 6–4
2009	Sandra Klemenschits Vladimíra Uhlířová	Darya Kustova Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2008	Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 6–0, [10–5]
2007	Maret Ani Kaia Kanepi	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–1
2006	Barbora Strýcová Renata Voráčová	Lucie Hradecká Michaela Paštiková	6–3, 6–2
2005	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	Maret Ani Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2004	Erica Krauth Martina Müller	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	6–2, 6–3
2003	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Libuše Průšová	Martina Müller Lenka Němečková	6–2, 6–4
2002	Lubomira Bacheva Eva Bes Ostáriz	María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
2001	Joana Cortez Vanessa Menga	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
2000	Kirstin Freye Adrienn Hegedűs	Eva Fislová Zuzana Hejdová	6–2, 6–4

References

• http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-calendar.aspx?tour=biella&reg=EUR&nat=&sur=&cate=AL&iod=&fromDate=01-05-1960&toDate=31-05-2012