Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte

Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte
2012 Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte
ITF Women's Tour
Event name	Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte
Location	Biella  Italy
Venue	Circolo Tennis Biella
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Surface	Clay / Outdoor
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	US$100,000
Website	http://www.itfbiella.com/default.aspx?Lang=ITA

The Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte (also called the Biella Challenger) is a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. The event is classified as an ITF $100,000 Tournament. It is held annually in Biella, Italy, since 2000.

Romanian Alexandra Cadanțu was the 2011 singles champion

Czech Renata Voráčová has won four titles here- 1 in singles and 3 in doubles. She was also runner-up on 3 other doubles occasions.

Future World No. 2, Polish Agnieszka Radwańska, was the singles champion here in 2007.

History

The tournament began as an ITF $10,000 event in 2000. It was upgraded to a $25,000 event in 2001. From 2002 to 2006, it was a $50,000 event. Since 2007, it has been a $100,000 event.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2012	Johanna Larsson	Anna Tatishvili	6–3, 6–4
2011	Alexandra Cadanțu	Mariana Duque-Mariño	6–4, 6–3
2010	Renata Voráčová	Zuzana Ondrášková	6–4, 6–2
2009	Petra Martić	Sharon Fichman	7–5, 6–4
2008	Mara Santangelo	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–3, 6–1
2007	Agnieszka Radwańska	Karin Knapp	6–3, 6–3
↑   ITF 100K event   ↑
2006	Stéphanie Foretz	Tathiana Garbin	7–5, 3–1r
2005	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Giulia Gabba	6–2, 6–4
2004	Květa Peschke	Virginie Razzano	6–1, 6–1
2003	Henrieta Nagyová	Zsófia Gubacsi	6–3, 6–1
2002	Flavia Pennetta	Sandra Kleinová	6–3, 6–2
↑   ITF 50K event   ↑
2001	Dally Randriantefy	Joana Cortez	6–1, 6–1
↑   ITF 25K event   ↑
2000	Maja Matevžič	Nathalie Viérin	6–0, 6–2
↑   ITF 10K event   ↑

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runner-ups	Score
2012	Eva Hrdinová Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Malek	1–6, 6–3, 10–8
2011	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Ekaterina Ivanova	Janette Husárová Renata Voráčová	6–3, 0–6, 10–3
2010	Mariya Koryttseva Raluca Olaru	Andreja Klepač Aurélie Védy	7–5, 6–4
2009	Sandra Klemenschits Vladimíra Uhlířová	Darya Kustova Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–3, 10–6
2008	Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 6–0, 10–5
2007	Maret Ani Kaia Kanepi	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–1
↑   ITF 100K event   ↑
2006	Barbora Strýcová Renata Voráčová	Lucie Hradecká Michaela Paštiková	6–3, 6–2
2005	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	Maret Ani Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2004	Erica Krauth Martina Müller	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	6–2, 6–3
2003	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Libuše Průšová	Martina Müller Lenka Němečková	6–2, 6–4
2002	Lubomira Bacheva Eva Bes Ostáriz	María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
↑   ITF 50K event   ↑
2001	Joana Cortez Vanessa Menga	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
↑   ITF 25K event   ↑
2000	Kirstin Freye Adrienn Hegedűs	Eva Fislová Zuzana Hejdová	6–2, 6–4
↑   ITF 10K event   ↑

References

• http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-calendar.aspx?tour=biella&reg=EUR&nat=&sur=&cate=AL&iod=&fromDate=01-05-1960&toDate=31-05-2012