The tournament began in November 2003 as a $10,000 challenger event on the ITF Women's Circuit. Prize money was increased to $25,000 the following year; in 2005, the event was moved to October with the prize money increasing to $75,000. In 2007, the tournament was upgraded to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, becoming a Tier IV played in June, and remained in this classification through 2008. Since 2009, the event has been held in April.
In 2013 the event was cancelled due to financial reasons and replaced on the tour by the Nuremberg Cup in Nuremberg, Germany, held the week before Roland Garros.[1][2]
barcelona, ladies, open, tennis, tournament, women, held, barcelona, catalonia, spain, played, outdoor, clay, courts, international, level, tournament, tour, with, total, prize, money, tournament, informationfounded2003abolished2012editions10locationbarcelona,. The Barcelona Ladies Open was a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona in Catalonia Spain and was played on outdoor clay courts It was an International level tournament on the WTA Tour with total prize money of 220 000 Barcelona Ladies OpenTournament informationFounded2003Abolished2012Editions10LocationBarcelona CataloniaSpainVenueDavid Lloyd Club Turo 2008 2010 Tennis de la Vall d Hebron 2007 2011 2012 CategoryTier IV 2007 2008 International 2009 SurfaceClay outdoorsDraw32M 32Q 16DPrize money 220 000Websitebarcelonaladiesopen comThe tournament began in November 2003 as a 10 000 challenger event on the ITF Women s Circuit Prize money was increased to 25 000 the following year in 2005 the event was moved to October with the prize money increasing to 75 000 In 2007 the tournament was upgraded to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour becoming a Tier IV played in June and remained in this classification through 2008 Since 2009 the event has been held in April In 2013 the event was cancelled due to financial reasons and replaced on the tour by the Nuremberg Cup in Nuremberg Germany held the week before Roland Garros 1 2 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Singles 1 2 Doubles 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksResults editSingles edit Year Champions Runners up Score ITF event 2003 nbsp Marta Fraga Perez nbsp Ana Ivanovic 6 4 5 7 6 42004 nbsp Laura Pous Tio nbsp Tsvetana Pironkova 4 6 7 5 6 22005 nbsp Katerina Bohmova nbsp Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 3 6 6 3 7 52006 nbsp Tathiana Garbin nbsp Ekaterina Ivanova 6 3 7 5 WTA Tier IV event 2007 nbsp Meghann Shaughnessy nbsp Edina Gallovits 6 3 6 22008 nbsp Maria Kirilenko nbsp Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6 0 6 2 WTA International event 2009 nbsp Roberta Vinci nbsp Maria Kirilenko 6 0 6 42010 nbsp Francesca Schiavone nbsp Roberta Vinci 6 1 6 12011 nbsp Roberta Vinci 2 nbsp Lucie Hradecka 4 6 6 2 6 22012 nbsp Sara Errani nbsp Dominika Cibulkova 6 2 6 2succeeded by Nuremberg CupDoubles edit Year Champions Runners up Score ITF event 2003 nbsp Marta Fraga Perez nbsp Adriana Gonzalez Penas nbsp Nuria Roig nbsp Julia Vakulenko 6 3 6 32004 nbsp Lourdes Dominguez Lino nbsp Laura Pous Tio nbsp Nina Bratchikova nbsp Ekaterina Kozhokhina 6 4 7 6 7 4 2005 nbsp Lourdes Dominguez Lino 2 nbsp Maria Sanchez Lorenzo nbsp Conchita Martinez Granados nbsp Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 7 5 6 7 4 7 7 6 7 3 2006 nbsp Klaudia Jans nbsp Alicja Rosolska nbsp Edina Gallovits nbsp Vanessa Henke 6 1 6 2 WTA Tier IV event 2007 nbsp Nuria Llagostera Vives nbsp Arantxa Parra Santonja nbsp Lourdes Dominguez Lino nbsp Flavia Pennetta 7 6 7 3 2 6 12 10 2008 nbsp Lourdes Dominguez Lino 3 nbsp Arantxa Parra Santonja 2 nbsp Nuria Llagostera Vives nbsp Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 4 6 7 5 10 4 WTA International event 2009 nbsp Nuria Llagostera Vives 2 nbsp Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez nbsp Sorana Cirstea nbsp Andreja Klepac 3 6 6 2 10 8 2010 nbsp Sara Errani nbsp Roberta Vinci nbsp Timea Bacsinszky nbsp Tathiana Garbin 6 1 3 6 10 2 2011 nbsp Iveta Benesova nbsp Barbora Zahlavova Strycova nbsp Natalie Grandin nbsp Vladimira Uhlirova 5 7 6 4 11 9 2012 nbsp Sara Errani 2 nbsp Roberta Vinci 2 nbsp Flavia Pennetta nbsp Francesca Schiavone 6 0 6 2succeeded by Nuremberg CupSee also editBarcelona Open Barcelona WCT List of tennis tournamentsReferences edit Pedro Gutierrez 7 February 2013 Desaparece el WTA de Barcelona Puntodebreak com in Spanish Nurnberg bekommt zweites deutsches WTA Turnier Augsburger Allgemeine in German 8 February 2013 External links editOfficial website in Spanish Catalan and English ITF website 41 22 58 N 2 6 31 E 41 38278 N 2 10861 E 41 38278 2 10861 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barcelona Ladies Open amp oldid 1207120687, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
