Baku Cup

The Baku Cup was a professional women's tennis tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It made its debut on the 2011 WTA Tour and as one of the international tier of events.[1] This WTA Tour event is an international tournament and was played at the Baku Tennis Academy on outdoor hardcourts. The 2015 Baku Cup was the last edition.

Baku Cup
Tournament information
Founded2011
Abolished2015
LocationBaku
Azerbaijan
VenueBaku Tennis Academy
CategoryInternational
SurfaceHardcourt / outdoor
Draw32S / 32SQ / 16D
Prize moneyUS$ 250,000
Websitebakucup.az

History

Baku Cup is the first WTA event to be held in the city. It became the first professional tennis tournament hosted by the country, with the inaugural event beginning on 18 July 2011.[2] The event offered $220,000 in prize money and was played on outdoor hard courts with a field of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams.[2]

Results

Singles
YearChampionRunner-upScore
2015 Margarita Gasparyan Patricia Maria Țig6–3, 5–7, 6–0
2014 Elina Svitolina (2) Bojana Jovanovski6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2013 Elina Svitolina Shahar Pe'er6–4, 6–4
2012 Bojana Jovanovski Julia Cohen6–3, 6–1
2011 Vera Zvonareva Ksenia Pervak6–1, 6–4

Doubles
YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2015 Margarita Gasparyan
Alexandra Panova (2) 		Vitalia Diatchenko
Olga Savchuk		 6–3, 7–5
2014 Alexandra Panova
Heather Watson		 Raluca Olaru
Shahar Pe'er		 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2013 Irina Buryachok (2)
Oksana Kalashnikova		 Eleni Daniilidou
Aleksandra Krunić		 4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]
2012 Irina Buryachok
Valeria Solovyeva		 Eva Birnerová
Alberta Brianti		 6–3, 6–2
2011 Mariya Koryttseva
Tatiana Poutchek		 Monica Niculescu
Galina Voskoboeva		 6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
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References
  1. "2011 WTA Tour Calendar". WTA. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
  2. "WTA Welcomes Baku". WTA Tour. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 12 May 2011.


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