Austrian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1896 (1896)
Abolished2015
LocationVarious, Austria
VenueVarious
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Austrian Open was a WTA Tour affiliated women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1896 as the Championships of Austria a combined men's and women's tournament.[1] Following World War II it was known as the Austrian International Championships up to the open era.[2]

The women's tournament was discontinued in 2015, the men's ATP event the Austrian Open Kitzbühel is still being held.

History

The men's tournament the Championships of Austria was established in 1894,[3] with the women's event following two years later in 1896.[4] It was originally held in Prague in what was then (Bohemia) up until World War One; then in Vienna from 1921 to 1951, '54 '55 '57 '64, then moved to Salzburg in '1952, then held in Portschach in 1954 '58 '60 '63? '66 '68, it was held for year Linz in 1956, then in Kitzbühel in '59 '61 '65 .[5] Following World War II the event was known as the.[6][7]

In the Open Era, seven locations hosted the event: Pörtschach in 1968 and 1999; Kitzbühel from 1969 to 1983 and from 1990 to 1993; Vienna in 1979 and from 2001 to 2004; Bregenz from 1985 to 1986; Maria Lankowitz from 1994 to 1998, Klagenfurt in 2000 and Bad Gastein from 2007 to 2015 where it took place as Nürnberger Gastein Ladies. The tournament which is held on outdoor clay courts was not contested in 1984, 1987 to 1989 and from 2005 to 2006.

Four Austrians won the singles event: Judith Wiesner in 1995, Barbara Paulus in 1996, Barbara Schett in 1997 and 1999 and Yvonne Meusberger in 2013. Two Austrians were victorious in the doubles event: Petra Huber in 1986 partnering West German Petra Keppeler, Patricia Wartusch in 2002 partnering Hungarian Petra Mandula along with Sandra Klemenschits in 2013, partnering Slovenian Andreja Klepač. Romanian Virginia Ruzici holds the Open Era record for singles titles, with three victories in 1980, 1982 and 1985.

Nürnberger Gastein Ladies was a tennis tournament held in Bad Gastein, Austria between 2007 and 2015. It was an International event on the WTA Tour with total prize-money of $250,000 and was played on red clay. In 2016, a new addition to the 2016 calendar was announced on March 11, the Ladies Championship Gstaad, Switzerland, which replaced the Nurnberger Gastein Ladies International tournament, held in Bad Gastein since 2007.

In 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the WTA announced the Carinthian Ladies Open, a WTA 125K tournament, to be held in Austria on clay courts. The tournament will be held during the same week as the 2020 US Open, and will allow players affected by the cancellation of US Open qualifying to compete.[8][9] However, the tournament was cancelled just days after the announcement due to the pandemic.

Finals

Singles

(incomplete list)

YearLocationChampionFinalist(s)Score
1968United Kingdom Winnie ShawMexico Elena Subirats6–1, 7–5
1969Australia Judy TegartSouth Africa Pat Walkden8–6, 6–2
1970West Germany Helga NiessenAustralia Evonne Goolagong7–5, 6–3
1971United States Billie Jean KingSouth Africa Laura Rossouw6–2, 4–6, 7–5
1972West Germany Katja EbbinghausNetherlands Marijke Schaar7–5, 6–3
1973Australia Evonne Goolagong
Soviet Union Olga Morozova
not completed
1974Czechoslovakia Mirka KoželuhováSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec6–3, 6–0
1975United Kingdom Sue BarkerUnited States Pam Teeguarden6–4, 6–4
1976Australia Wendy TurnbullRomania Virginia Ruzici6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1977Czechoslovakia Renáta TomanováWest Germany Katja Ebbinghaus6–3, 7–5
1978Romania Virginia RuziciWest Germany Sylvia Hanika6–4, 6–3
1979United States Chris EvertUnited States Caroline Stoll6–1, 6–1
1979Czechoslovakia Hana MandlíkováWest Germany Sylvia Hanika2–6, 7–5, 6–3
1980Romania Virginia RuziciCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková3–6, 6–1, ret.
1981West Germany Claudia Kohde-KilschWest Germany Sylvia Hanika7–5, 7–6
1982Romania Virginia RuziciCzechoslovakia Lea Plchová6–2, 6–2
1983France Pascale ParadisAustria Petra Huber3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1984Czech Republic Helena SukováRomania Virginia Ruzici6–2, 6–2
1985Romania Virginia RuziciSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec6–2, 6–3
1986Italy Sandra CecchiniArgentina Mariana Pérez-Roldán6–4, 6–0
1987not held
1988not held
1989not held
1990West Germany Claudia Kohde-KilschAustralia Rachel McQuillan7–6, 6–4
1991Spain Conchita MartínezAustria Judith Wiesner6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1992Spain Conchita MartínezSwitzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière6–0, 3–6, 6–2
1993Germany Anke HuberAustria Judith Wiesner6–4, 6–1
1994Germany Anke HuberAustria Judith Wiesner6–3, 6–3
1995Austria Judith WiesnerRomania Ruxandra Dragomir7–6, 6–3
1996Austria Barbara PaulusItaly Sandra Cecchiniw/o
1997Austria Barbara SchettSlovakia Henrieta Nagyová3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1998Switzerland Patty SchnyderSpain Gala León García6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1999Slovakia Karina HabšudováCroatia Silvija Talaja2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2000Austria Barbara SchettSwitzerland Patty Schnyder5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2001Uzbekistan Iroda TulyaganovaSwitzerland Patty Schnyder6–3, 6–2
2002Israel Anna SmashnovaUzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova6–4, 6–1
2003Argentina Paola SuárezCroatia Karolina Šprem7–6, 2–6, 6–4
2004Israel Anna SmashnovaAustralia Alicia Molik6–2, 3–6, 6–2
2005not held
2006not held
2007Italy Francesca SchiavoneAustria Yvonne Meusburger6–1, 6–4
2008France Pauline ParmentierCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká6–4, 6–4
2009Germany Andrea PetkovicRomania Ioana Raluca Olaru6–2, 6–3
2010Germany Julia GörgesSwitzerland Timea Bacsinszky6–1, 6–4
2011Spain María José Martínez SánchezAustria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner6–0, 7–5
2012France Alizé CornetBelgium Yanina Wickmayer7–5, 7–6(7–1)
2013Austria Yvonne MeusburgerCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková7–5, 6–2
2014Germany Andrea Petkovic (2) United States Shelby Rogers6–3, 6–3
2015Australia Samantha StosurItaly Karin Knapp3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
2016–2019replaced by the WTA Swiss Open

Doubles

YearLocationChampionsRunners-upScore
1968Pörtschachunavailable
1969KitzbühelAustralia Judy Tegart
South Africa Pat Walkden
South Africa Marianna Brummer
South Africa Anita Van Deventer
6–0, 6–3
1970KitzbühelSouth Africa Brenda Kirk
South Africa Annette Van Zyl
West Germany Helga Niessen
United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
6–4, 6–3
1971KitzbühelUnited States Rosemary Casals
United States Billie Jean King
West Germany Helga Niessen
West Germany Heide Orth
6–2, 6–4
1972KitzbühelWest Germany Katja Ebbinghaus
West Germany Heide Orth
Australia Mandy Morgan
Uruguay Lucia Sarno
6–0, 6–1
1973KitzbühelSoviet Union Aleksandra Ivanova
Soviet Union Olga Morozova
Australia Evonne Goolagong
Australia Janet Young
2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1974KitzbühelHungary Beatrix Klein
Hungary Éva Szabó
Chile Ana María Pinto Bravo
West Germany Iris Riedel
6–1, 6–4
1975KitzbühelUnited Kingdom Sue Barker
United States Pam Teeguarden
Peru Fiorella Bonicelli
Argentina Raquel Giscafré
6–4, 6–3
1976KitzbühelSweden Helena Anliot
Sweden Mimmi Wikstedt
West Germany Katja Ebbinghaus
West Germany Heidi Eisterlehner
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1977KitzbühelAustralia Helen Gourlay-Cawley
United States Rayni Fox
United Kingdom Lesley Charles
United Kingdom Jackie Fayter
6–1, 6–4
1978KitzbühelRomania Virginia Ruzici
Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová
Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková
Romania Florența Mihai
7–5, 6–2
1979ViennaAustralia Dianne Fromholtz
South Africa Marise Kruger
South Africa Ilana Kloss
United States Betty-Ann Stuart
3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1979KitzbühelSweden Helena Anliot
Australia Dianne Evers
Romania Virginia Ruzici
Netherlands Elly Vessies
6–0, 6–4
1980KitzbühelWest Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
West Germany Eva Pfaff
Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
w/o
1981KitzbühelWest Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
West Germany Eva Pfaff
Australia Elizabeth Little
South Africa Yvonne Vermaak
6–4, 6–3
1982KitzbühelCzechoslovakia Yvona Brzáková
Czechoslovakia Kateřina Skronská
United States Jill Patterson
United States Courtney Lord
6–1, 7–5
1983KitzbühelNew Zealand Chris Newton
Australia Pam Whytcross
France Nathalie Herreman
France Pascale Paradis
2–6, 6–4, 7–6
1984not held
1985BregenzSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec
Romania Virginia Ruzici
Czechoslovakia Andrea Holíková
Czechoslovakia Kateřina Skronská
6–2, 6–3
1986BregenzAustria Petra Huber
West Germany Petra Keppeler
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš
Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen
6–2, 6–4
1987not held
1988not held
1989not held
1990KitzbühelCzechoslovakia Petra Langrová
Czechoslovakia Radka Zrubáková
Italy Sandra Cecchini
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
6–0, 6–4
1991KitzbühelArgentina Bettina Fulco
Netherlands Nicole Muns-Jagerman
Italy Sandra Cecchini
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
7–5, 6–4
1992KitzbühelArgentina Florencia Labat
France Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
South Africa Amanda Coetzer
Germany Wiltrud Probst
6–3, 6–3
1993KitzbühelChina Fang Li
Belgium Dominique Monami
Croatia Maja Murić
Czech Republic Pavlína Rajzlová
6–2, 6–1
1994Maria LankowitzItaly Sandra Cecchini
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
France Alexandra Fusai
Slovakia Karina Habšudová
7–5, 7–5
1995Maria LankowitzItaly Silvia Farina
Hungary Andrea Temesvári
France Alexandra Fusai
Germany Wiltrud Probst
6–2, 6–2
1996Maria LankowitzSlovakia Janette Husárová
Ukraine Natalia Medvedeva
Czech Republic Lenka Cenková
Czech Republic Kateřina Šišková
6–4, 7–5
1997Maria LankowitzCzech Republic Eva Melicharová
Czech Republic Helena Vildová
Czech Republic Radka Bobková
Germany Wiltrud Probst
6–2, 6–2
1998Maria LankowitzArgentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Paola Suárez
Slovenia Tina Križan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–1, 6–2
1999PörtschachItaly Silvia Farina Elia
Slovakia Karina Habšudová
Ukraine Olga Lugina
Argentina Laura Montalvo
6–4, 6–4
2000KlagenfurtArgentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Paola Suárez
Austria Barbara Schett
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
7–6, 6–1
2001ViennaArgentina Paola Suárez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
Germany Vanessa Henke
Czech Republic Lenka Němečková
6–4, 6–2
2002ViennaHungary Petra Mandula
Austria Patricia Wartusch
Austria Barbara Schwartz
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
6–2, 6–4
2003ViennaChina Ting Li
China Tiantian Sun
China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
6–3, 6–4
2004ViennaUnited States Martina Navratilova
United States Lisa Raymond
Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 7–5
2005not held
2006not held
2007Bad GasteinCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–3, 7–5
2008Bad GasteinCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Bulgaria Sesil Karatantcheva
Serbia Nataša Zorić
6–3, 6–3
2009Bad GasteinCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Germany Tatjana Malek
Germany Andrea Petkovic
6–2, 6–4
2010Bad GasteinCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin
6–7(2–7), 6–1, [10–5]
2011Bad GasteinCzech Republic Eva Birnerová
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Australia Jarmila Gajdošová
Germany Julia Görges
4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
2012Bad GasteinUnited States Jill Craybas
Germany Julia Görges
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Croatia Petra Martić
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [11–9]
2013Bad GasteinAustria Sandra Klemenschits
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Germany Kristina Barrois
Greece Eleni Daniilidou
6–1, 6–4
2014Bad GasteinCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Spain María Teresa Torró Flor
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2015Bad GasteinMontenegro Danka Kovinić
Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt
Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
2016–2019replaced by the WTA Swiss Open

See also

References

  1. Grasso, John (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-8108-7237-0.
  2. Grasso (2011)
  3. Grasso (2011)
  4. Grasso (2011)
  5. Grasso (2011)
  6. Austrian International Championships
  7. Grasso (2011)
  8. WTA Announces Two $125k Events to Make up for US Open 2020 Qualifying
  9. WTA Tour adds two $125K series events in Prague & Portschach to provisional calendar
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