Copa Bionaire

Copa Bionaire
2011 Copa Bionaire
 ITF Women's Tour
Event name Copa Bionaire
Location Cali, Colombia
Venue Club Campestre de Cali
Category ITF Women's Circuit
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Draw 32S/32Q/16D
Prize money US$100,000
Website Official (Spanish language)

The Copa Bionaire is a tournament for female professional tennis players played on outdoor clay courts. The event is classified as a 100K ITF Women's Circuit Tournament. It is held annually in Cali, Colombia, since 2008. The first edition of the tournament was held in Bogotá in 2007.[1]

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History

I Copa Bionaire – USD$25.000 – August 11 to 19, 2007. Bogotá, Colombia

The first Copa Bionaire took place at the Country Club Los Arrayanes with more than 55 players participating from 13 different countries around the world. The winner was Brazilian Teliana Pereira and the runner up was Federica Piedade of Portugal. In the doubles category the winners were Joana Cortés and Roxana Vaisemnberg of Brazil.

II Copa Bionaire – USD$25.000 – February 2 to 10, 2008. Cali, Colombia

The second Copa Bionaire was held in the Farallones Club in Cali, Colombia as the largest ITF female tennis event and most important held in the city that year. More than 61 players participated from 19 countries worldwide. The winner in the singles category was Matilde Johansson of France defeating Canadian Ekaterina Shulaeva. In doubles the winners were Mailen Auroux of Argentina and Estefania Craciun from Uruguay.

III Copa Bionaire – USD$50.000 – February 7 to 15, 2009. Cali, Colombia

The third annual Copa Bionaire was the most important ITF professional women’s tournament in Latin America. It took place in the Country Club and had 56 players participating from 25 different countries, 3 of the players were ranked in the top 100 female tennis players in the ITF. The winner was Anastasia Yakimova of Belarus who beat Rosanna de los Rios of Paraguay. In doubles, the winners were Betina Jozami from Argentina and Arantxa Parra from Spain.

IV Copa Bionaire – USD$75.000 – February 6 to 14, 2010. Cali, Colombia

The fourth annual Copa Bionaire was the most important ITF professional women’s tournament in Latin America that year. It took place in the Cali Country Club and had 62 players participating from 20 different countries, 6 of the players were ranked in the top 100 female tennis players in the ITF such as Polona Hercog of Solvenia who won that year beating Colombian Mariana Duque. In doubles, the winning team was Polona Hercog and Edina Gallovits of Romania.

V Copa Bionaire – USD$100.000 – February 3 to 13, 2011 Cali, Colombia

The Copa Bionaire has become the most relevant ITF women’s professional tournament in all of Latin America. Once again, the tournament took place at the Cali Country Club and had 58 players participating from 22 different countries around the world, 5 of which were ranked in the top 100 and 23 in the top 200. The winner was Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania who also won the doubles tournament with teammate and fellow Romanian Elena Bogdan.

VI Copa Bionaire – USD$100.000 + H – February 4 to 12, 2011 Cali, Colombia

In February 2012 the VI Copa Bionaire will take place with an increased prize of $100,000+H, evolving into an even bigger tournament and offering a higher ranking for WTA players. The ITF considers the Copa Bionaire as the most important tennis cup in Latin Ameria bringing together some of the best international female tennis players to Cali, Colombia.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2011 Irina-Camelia Begu Laura Pous Tió 6–3, 7–6(1)
↑   ITF 100K event   ↑
2010 Polona Hercog Mariana Duque 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
↑   ITF 75K event   ↑
2009 Anastasiya Yakimova Rossana de los Ríos 6–3, 6–0
↑   ITF 50K event   ↑
2008 Mathilde Johansson Ekaterina Shulaeva 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
2007 Teliana Pereira Frederica Piedade 7–6(2), 6–2
↑   ITF 25K event   ↑

Doubles

Year Champions Runner-ups Score
2011 Irina-Camelia Begu
Elena Bogdan
Ekaterina Ivanova
Kathrin Wörle
2–6, 7–6(6), [11–9]
↑   ITF 100K event   ↑
2010 Edina Gallovits
Polona Hercog
Estrella Cabeza Candela
Laura Pous Tió
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
↑   ITF 75K event   ↑
2009 Betina Jozami
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Frederica Piedade
Anastasiya Yakimova
6–3, 6–1
↑   ITF 50K event   ↑
2008 Mailen Auroux
Estefania Craciun
Melanie Klaffner
Ksenia Milevskaya
6–1, 6–4
2007 Joana Cortez
Roxane Vaisemberg
Ana-Clara Duarte
Teliana Pereira
5–7, 6–4, 6–4
↑   ITF 25K event   ↑

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