Ladies Open Lugano

The inaugural edition of the Ladies Open Lugano, formerly the Ladies Open Biel/Bienne, an International-level WTA tennis event, was held in April 2017 at the Swiss National Tennis Centre in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.[1] The new indoor arena was completed in February 2017.

Ladies Open Lugano
Tournament information
Founded2017
(as Ladies Open Biel Bienne)
LocationLugano
Switzerland
VenueTennis Club Lido Lugano
CategoryWTA International
SurfaceClay - outdoors
Draw32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$250,000 (2019)
Websitesamsungopen.ch
Current champions (2019)
Women's singles Polona Hercog
Women's doubles Sorana Cîrstea
Andreea Mitu

The tournament lasted only one year in Biel/Bienne and was moved to Lugano in 2018. The surface was also changed from indoor hard to outdoor clay.[2]

Past finals

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2017 Markéta Vondroušová Anett Kontaveit 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
↓  Changed from Indoor Hard to Clay Court  ↓
2018 Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka7–5, 6–2
2019 Polona Hercog Iga Świątek6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2017 Hsieh Su-wei
Monica Niculescu		 Timea Bacsinszky
Martina Hingis		5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
↓  Changed from Indoor Hard to Clay Court  ↓
2018 Kirsten Flipkens
Elise Mertens		 Vera Lapko
Aryna Sabalenka		6–1, 6–3
2019 Sorana Cîrstea
Andreea Mitu		 Veronika Kudermetova
Galina Voskoboeva		1–6, 6–2, [10–8]

See also
  • Zurich Open – Swiss Indoor WTA tournament held between 1984 and 2008

Official website

References
  1. "New WTA Tournament to be staged in Biel as of 2017". Infront Sports and Media.
  2. "Lugano (Ticino/SUI) is the new outdoor venue for InfrontRingier's WTA Ladies Open". Infront Sports and Media.


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