Zurich Open
The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zürich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.[1][2]
Zurich Open | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Founded | 1984 |
Abolished | 2008 |
Editions | 25 |
Location | Zürich Switzerland |
Venue | Saalsporthalle (1984–1996) Schluefweg (1997–2004) Hallenstadion (2005–2008) |
Category | Tier I (1993–2007) Tier II (1990–1992, 2008) Category 4 (1989) Category 3 (1986–1988) |
Surface | Hard / Indoors |
Draw | 28M/32Q/16D |
Prize money | $1,340,000 $600,000 (from 2008) |
The Open was held at the Hallenstadion, a multifunctional sports arena. It takes 150 specialist workers and 300 tonnes of material to prepare the Hallenstadion into the Zurich Open tennis venue. The event has two tennis courts available for tournament play.
Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Steffi Graf, Lindsay Davenport, Martina Hingis, Venus Williams, Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova. Swiss champions included Hingis, Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (formerly of Bulgaria) and Patty Schnyder.
Name history
- European Indoors: 1984–1989
- BMW European Indoors: 1990–1992
- Barilla Indoors: 1993
- European Indoor Championships: 1994–1997
- European Swisscom Challenge: 1998
- Swisscom Challenge: 1999–2004
- Zurich Open: 2005–2007
- TENNIS.com Zurich Open: 2008
- BNP Paribas Zurich Open: 2012
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
Records
References
- "Williams wins final Zurich Open". Swissinfo.ch. 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- "Von den European Indoors zum Zurich Open". Blick (in German). 13 October 2005.