Bangalore Open

Canara Bank Bangalore Open
WTA Tour
Location Hyderabad (2003-2005)
Bangalore (2006-2008)
 India
Category Premier Mandatory (2003-2007)
Tier II (2008)
Surface Hard / Outdoors
Draw 28M/32Q/16D
Prize Money US $175,000 (2003-2007)
US $600,000 (2008)
Website Bangalore Open

The Bangalore Open (sponsored name: Canara Bank Bangalore Open) (called Hyderabad Open from 2003-2005) was a tennis tournament held in Bangalore, India. The tournament began in Hyderabad in 2003, and moved to Bangalore in 2006. This WTA Tour event was played on outdoor hardcourts. It as a Premier Mandatory event with a prize Money of US$175,000. It was upgraded to a Tier II event for 2008, a prize money of US$ 600,000. In 2008, this was the biggest Women's Tennis Tournament in South and South East Asia.

The 2008 edition was won by 26-year old, 8 time grand-slam champion Serena Williams, who defeated the fourth-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder 7-5, 6-3, in the finals, winning her 29th WTA Tour title.[1]

Following the restructure of the WTA Tour, there has been no WTA event in India since 2009.

Contents

Past finals

Singles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Hyderabad 2003 Tamarine Tanasugarn Iroda Tulyaganova 6–4, 6–4
2004 Nicole Pratt Maria Kirilenko 7–6, 6–1
2005 Sania Mirza Alona Bondarenko 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Bangalore 2006 Mara Santangelo Jelena Kostanić 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2007 Yaroslava Shvedova Mara Santangelo 6–4, 6–4
2008 Serena Williams Patty Schnyder 7–5, 6–3

Doubles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Hyderabad 2003 Elena Likhovtseva
Iroda Tulyaganova		 Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Tatiana Poutchek		 6–4, 6–4
2004 Sania Mirza
Liezel Huber		 Li Ting
Sun Tiantian		 7–6, 6–4
2005 Yan Zi
Zheng Jie		 Li Ting
Sun Tiantian		 6–4, 6–1
Bangalore 2006 Sania Mirza
Liezel Huber		 Elena Vesnina
Anastasia Rodionova		 6–3, 6–3
2007 Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung		 Hsieh Su-wei
Alla Kudryavtseva		 6–7(4–7), 6–2, [11–9]
2008 Peng Shuai
Sun Tiantian		 Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung		 6–4, 5–7, [10–8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Serena reigns supreme

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