Zurich Open

Template:Infobox tennis tournament 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.

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

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1984	Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–1, 0–6, 6–2
1985	Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison	Template:Flagicon Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 6–3
1986	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1987	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Hana Mandlíková	6–2, 6–2
↓  Category 3  ↓
1988	Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver	Template:Flagicon Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	6–3, 6–4
↓  Category 4  ↓
1989	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná	6–1, 7–6(8–6)
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1990	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 6–2
1991	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–4
1992	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
1993	Template:Flagicon Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
1994	Template:Flagicon Magdalena Maleeva	Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
1995	Template:Flagicon Iva Majoli	Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–4
1996	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	6–2, 6–2
1997	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Tauziat	7–6(7–3), 7–5
1998	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	Template:Flagicon Venus Williams	7–5, 6–3
1999	Template:Flagicon Venus Williams	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–4
2000	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
2001	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	Template:Flagicon Jelena Dokić	6–3, 6–1
2002	Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	6–7(7–5), 7–6(10–8), 6–3
2003	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin	Template:Flagicon Jelena Dokić	6–0, 6–4
2004	Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
2005	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder	7–6(7–5), 6–3
2006	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova	Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
2007	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin	6–4, 6–4
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2008	Template:Flagicon Venus Williams	Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta	7–6(7–1), 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1984	Template:Flagicon Andrea Leand Template:Flagicon Andrea Temesvári	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Template:Flagicon Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 6–3
1985	Template:Flagicon Hana Mandlíková Template:Flagicon Andrea Temesvári	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
1986	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini	Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil Template:Flagicon Alycia Moulton	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1987	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Herreman Template:Flagicon Pascale Paradis	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Catherine Suire	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
↓  Category 3  ↓
1988	Template:Flagicon Isabelle Demongeot Template:Flagicon Nathalie Tauziat	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	6–3, 6–3
↓  Category 4  ↓
1989	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	Template:Flagicon Judith Polzl-Wiesner Template:Flagicon Nathalie Tauziat	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1990	Template:Flagicon Manon Bollegraf Template:Flagicon Eva Pfaff	Template:Flagicon Catherine Suire Template:Flagicon Dinky Van Rensburg	7–5, 6–4
1991	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Andrea Strnadová	Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil	6–4, 6–3
1992	Template:Flagicon Helena Suková Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver	7–6(7–5), 6–4
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
1993	Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1994	Template:Flagicon Manon Bollegraf Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Patty Fendick Template:Flagicon Meredith McGrath	7–6(7–3), 6–1
1995	Template:Flagicon Nicole Arendt Template:Flagicon Manon Bollegraf	Template:Flagicon Chanda Rubin Template:Flagicon Caroline Vis	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
1996	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	Template:Flagicon Nicole Arendt Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–4
1997	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez	Template:Flagicon Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1998	Template:Flagicon Serena Williams Template:Flagicon Venus Williams	Template:Flagicon Mariaan de Swardt Template:Flagicon Elena Tatarkova	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
1999	Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Tauziat Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–2
2000	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Anna Kournikova	Template:Flagicon Kimberly Po Template:Flagicon Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–3, 6–4
2001	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond	Template:Flagicon Sandrine Testud Template:Flagicon Roberta Vinci	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
2002	Template:Flagicon Elena Bovina Template:Flagicon Justine Henin	Template:Flagicon Jelena Dokić Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
2003	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama	Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez	7–6(7–3), 6–2
2004	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–4
2005	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2006	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 7–5
2007	Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone	7–5, 7–6(7–1)
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2008	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber	Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder	6–1, 7–6(7–3)

Records

• Most singles wins: Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf (6)
• Most consecutive single wins: Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf (4: 1989–1992)

External links

• Zurich Open