Zurich Open

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The Zurich Open is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament since 1993.

The Zurich Open is 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 Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Martina Hingis, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova.

[edit] Past finals

[edit] Singles

Since 1993:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1993	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Martina Navratilova	6-3, 7-6(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(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(5), 7-6(8), 6-3
2003	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Jelena Dokić	6-0, 6-4
2004	Alicia Molik	Maria Sharapova	4-6, 6-2, 6-3
2005	Lindsay Davenport	Patty Schnyder	7-6(5), 6-3
2006	Maria Sharapova	Daniela Hantuchova	6-1 4-6 6-3