Spanish Open (tennis)

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Spanish Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1972
Ended1995
Event nameSpanish Championships (197278)
Spanish Open (198594)
Ford Spanish Open (1995)
TourWTA Tour (197295)
SurfaceClay (197295)

The Spanish Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1995. It was held at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona in Spain and played on outdoor clay courts. It was a Tier V event from 1988 to 1989, a Tier IV event in 1990, a Tier III event from 1991 to 1992 and a Tier II event from 1993 to 1995.

In the 1970s the event was known as the Spanish Championships before becoming an Open in the 1980s and 90s. It was replaced on the WTA Tour by the Madrid Open in 1996.

Results

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1972 France Gail Chanfreau France Nathalie Fuchs 61, 64
1973 Not Held
1974 France Nathalie Fuchs United Kingdom Glynis Coles 75, 86
1975 Not Held
1976 Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová Romania Virginia Ruzici 36, 64, 62
1977 Not Held
1978 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Italy Sabina Simmonds 61, 57, 63
1979
-

1984
Not Held
1985 Italy Sandra Cecchini Italy Raffaella Reggi 63, 64
1986 Austria Petra Huber Italy Laura Garrone 76 (74), 60
1987 Not Held
1988 Brazil Neige Dias Argentina Bettina Fulco 63, 63
1989 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Canada Helen Kelesi 62, 57, 61
1990 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario West Germany Isabel Cueto 64, 62
1991 Spain Conchita Martínez Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva 64, 61
1992 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 36, 62, 63
1993 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Spain Conchita Martínez 61, 64
1994 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Croatia Iva Majoli 60, 62
1995 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Croatia Iva Majoli 57, 60, 62

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1972 France Gail Sherriff / France Nathalie Fuchs Belgium Michele Gurdal / Belgium Monique Van Haver 64, 62
1973
-

1975
Not Held
1976 Romania Florenţa Mihai / Brazil Patricia Medrado France Nathalie Fuchs / Belgium Michele Gurdal 62, 64
1977 Not Held
1978 Not Available
1979
-

1984
Not Held
1985 Switzerland Petra Delhees / Brazil Patricia Medrado United States Penny Barg / Argentina Adriana Villagran 61, 60
1986 Czechoslovakia Iva Budařová / France Catherine Tanvier Austria Petra Huber / West Germany Petra Keppeler 62, 61
1987 Not Held
1988 Czechoslovakia Iva Budařová / Belgium Sandra Wasserman Sweden Anna-Karin Olsson / Spain Maria-Jose Llorca 16, 63, 62
1989 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen Spain Arantxa Sánchez / Austria Judith Wiesner 62, 26, 76 (73)
1990 Argentina Mercedes Paz / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš / Argentina Patricia Tarabini 67 (79), 62, 61
1991 United States Martina Navrátilová / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario France Nathalie Tauziat / Austria Judith Wiesner 61, 63
1992 Spain Conchita Martínez / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario France Nathalie Tauziat / Austria Judith Wiesner 64, 61
1993 Spain Conchita Martínez / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva / Switzerland Manuela Maleeva 46, 61, 60
1994 Latvia Larisa Neiland / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario France Julie Halard / France Nathalie Tauziat 62, 64
1995 Latvia Larisa Neiland / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario South Africa Mariaan de Swardt / Croatia Iva Majoli 75, 46, 75

References

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