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.

Barcelona Ladies Open
Tournament information
Founded2003
Abolished2012
Editions10
LocationBarcelona, Catalonia
Spain
VenueDavid Lloyd Club Turó
(2008–2010)
Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron (2007, 2011–2012)
CategoryTier IV (2007–2008)
International (2009)
SurfaceClay / outdoors
Draw32M/32Q/16D
Prize money$220,000
Websitebarcelonaladiesopen.com

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.[1][2]

Results

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓   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, 6–2
2008   Maria Kirilenko   María José Martínez Sánchez 6–0, 6–2
↓   WTA International event   ↓
2009   Roberta Vinci   Maria Kirilenko 6–0, 6–4
2010   Francesca Schiavone   Roberta Vinci 6–1, 6–1
2011   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

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓   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

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References

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  1. ^ Pedro Gutiérrez (7 February 2013). "Desaparece el WTA de Barcelona". Puntodebreak.com (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "Nürnberg bekommt zweites deutsches WTA-Turnier". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 8 February 2013.
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