Zurich Open

Zurich Open
Tournament information
Founded	1984
Abolished	2008
Location	Zurich Switzerland
Venue	Hallenstadion
Category	Tier I (1993-2007) Tier II (1990-1992, 2008) Tier III (1989) Tier IV (1988)
Surface	Hard / Indoors
Draw	28M/32Q/16D
Prize money	$1,340,000 $600,000 (from 2008)

The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.^[1]

The Open was held at the Hallenstadion, a multifunctional sports arena. It takes 150 specialist workers and 300 tonnes of material to prepare the Hallenstadion into the Zurich Open tennis venue. The event has two tennis courts available for tournament play.

Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Steffi Graf Lindsay Davenport, Martina Hingis, Venus Williams, Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova. Swiss champions included Hingis, Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (formerly of Bulgaria), and Patty Schnyder.

In 2012, it is set to return as a round-robin exhibition tournament, where former players play rising U18 players.^[2]

Name history

• European Indoors: 1984-1989
• BMW European Indoors: 1990-1992
• Barilla Indoors: 1993-1996
• European Indoor Championships: 1997
• European Swisscom Challenge: 1998
• Swisscom Challenge: 1999-2004
• Zurich Open: 2005-2007
• TENNIS.com Zurich Open: 2008
• BNP Paribas Zurich Open: 2012

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1984	Zina Garrison	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–1, 0–6, 6–2
1985	Zina Garrison	Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 6–3
1986	Steffi Graf	Helena Suková	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1987	Steffi Graf	Hana Mandlíková	6–2, 6–2
↓  Tier IV tournament  ↓
1988	Pam Shriver	Manuela Maleeva	6–3, 6–4
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
1989	Steffi Graf	Jana Novotná	6–1, 7–6^(8–6)
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1990	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 6–2
1991	Steffi Graf	Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–4
1992	Steffi Graf	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
1993	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
1994	Magdalena Maleeva	Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
1995	Iva Majoli	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–4
1996	Jana Novotná	Martina Hingis	6–2, 6–2
1997	Lindsay Davenport	Nathalie Tauziat	7–6^(7–3), 7–5
1998	Lindsay Davenport	Venus Williams	7–5, 6–3
1999	Venus Williams	Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–4
2000	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
2001	Lindsay Davenport	Jelena Dokić	6–3, 6–1
2002	Patty Schnyder	Lindsay Davenport	6–7^(7–5), 7–6^(10–8), 6–3
2003	Justine Henin	Jelena Dokić	6–0, 6–4
2004	Alicia Molik	Maria Sharapova	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
2005	Lindsay Davenport	Patty Schnyder	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
2006	Maria Sharapova	Daniela Hantuchová	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
2007	Justine Henin	Tatiana Golovin	6–4, 6–4
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2008	Venus Williams	Flavia Pennetta	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
2009-	Not Held

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1984	Andrea Leand Andrea Temesvári	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 6–3
1985	Hana Mandlíková Andrea Temesvári	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
1986	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	Lori McNeil Alycia Moulton	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1987	Nathalie Herreman Pascale Paradis	Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
↓  Tier IV tournament  ↓
1988	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–3, 6–3
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
1989	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Judith Polzl-Wiesner Nathalie Tauziat	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1990	Manon Bollegraf Eva Pfaff	Catherine Suire Dinky Van Rensburg	7–5, 6–4
1991	Jana Novotná Andrea Strnadová	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	6–4, 6–3
1992	Helena Suková Natasha Zvereva	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
1993	Zina Garrison Martina Navratilova	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1994	Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
1995	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	Chanda Rubin Caroline Vis	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4
1996	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	Nicole Arendt Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–4
1997	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Helena Suková	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1998	Serena Williams Venus Williams	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
1999	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Nathalie Tauziat Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–2
2000	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–3, 6–4
2001	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
2002	Elena Bovina Justine Henin	Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
2003	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
2004	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–4
2005	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–7(6), 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2006	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Liezel Huber Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 7–5
2007	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	Lisa Raymond Francesca Schiavone	7–5, 7–6^(7–1)
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2008	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Patty Schnyder	6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
2009-	Not Held

Records

• Most singles wins: Steffi Graf (6)
• Most consecutive single wins: Steffi Graf (4: 1989–1992)

References

1. "Williams wins final Zurich Open". Swissinfo.ch. 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
2. "BNP Paribas Zurich Open". Retrieved 11 July 2011.

External links

• Zurich Open