Zurich Open

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Zürich Open

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Location	Zürich Switzerland
Venue	Hallenstadion
Category	Tier II (From 2008)
Surface	Hard / Indoors
Draw	28M/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$1,340,000 $600,000 (from 2008)
Website	zurichopen.net

The Zurich Open is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993, until 2007. From 2008 it is Tier II tournament.

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 current world number one Justine Henin, former world number ones Lindsay Davenport, Martina Hingis, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova. The famous swiss miss Patty Schnyder is also another champ in Zurich. The defending champion is Justine Henin.

1 Past finals
- 1.1 Singles
- 1.2 Doubles
2 External links

[edit] Past finals

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-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
1988	Pam Shriver	Manuela Maleeva	6–3, 6–4
1989	Steffi Graf	Jana Novotná	6–1, 7–6(6)
1990	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 6–2
1991	Steffi Graf	Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–4
1992	Steffi Graf	Martina Navrátilová	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
1993	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Martina Navrátilová	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	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 Hantuchová	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
2007	Justine Henin	Tatiana Golovin	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1984	Andrea Leand Andrea Temesvari	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 6–3
1985	Hana Mandlíková Andrea Temesvari	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
1988	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–3, 6–3
1989	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Judith Polzl-Wiesner Nathalie Tauziat	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
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 Navrátilová Pam Shriver	7–6(5), 6–4
1993	Zina Garrison-Jackson Martina Navrátilová	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1994	Manon Bollegraf Martina Navrátilová	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	7–6(3), 6–1
1995	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	Chanda Rubin Caroline Vis	4–6, 7–6(4), 6–4
1996	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	Nicole Arendt Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–4
1997	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	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(2)
2003	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	7–6(3), 6–2
2004	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–4
2005	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–7(6), 7–6(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(1)

[edit] External links

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