Baku Cup

Baku Cup
Tournament information
Founded	2011
Abolished	2015
Location	Baku Azerbaijan
Venue	Baku Tennis Academy
Category	International
Surface	Hardcourt / outdoor
Draw	32S / 32SQ / 16D
Prize money	US$ 250,000
Website	bakucup.az

The Baku Cup was a professional women's tennis tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It made its debut on the 2011 WTA Tour and as one of the international tier of events.^[1] This WTA Tour event is an international tournament and was played at the Baku Tennis Academy on outdoor hardcourts. The 2015 Baku Cup was the last edition.

History

Baku Cup is the first WTA event to be held in the city. It became the first professional tennis tournament hosted by the country, with the inaugural event beginning on 18 July 2011.^[2] The event offered $220,000 in prize money and was played on outdoor hard courts with a field of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams.^[2]

Results

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2015	Margarita Gasparyan	Patricia Maria Țig	6–3, 5–7, 6–0
2014	Elina Svitolina (2)	Bojana Jovanovski	6–1, 7–6^(7–2)
2013	Elina Svitolina	Shahar Pe'er	6–4, 6–4
2012	Bojana Jovanovski	Julia Cohen	6–3, 6–1
2011	Vera Zvonareva	Ksenia Pervak	6–1, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2015	Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova (2)	Vitalia Diatchenko Olga Savchuk	6–3, 7–5
2014	Alexandra Panova Heather Watson	Raluca Olaru Shahar Pe'er	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
2013	Irina Buryachok (2) Oksana Kalashnikova	Eleni Daniilidou Aleksandra Krunić	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), [10–4]
2012	Irina Buryachok Valeria Solovyeva	Eva Birnerová Alberta Brianti	6–3, 6–2
2011	Mariya Koryttseva Tatiana Poutchek	Monica Niculescu Galina Voskoboeva	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]

References

1. "2011 WTA Tour Calendar". WTA. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
2. "WTA Welcomes Baku". WTA Tour. Retrieved 12 May 2011.

External links

• Official website (English)
• WTA Tour calendar