WTA Swiss Open

The Ladies Championship Lausanne is a women's professional tennis tournament which is currently played in Lausanne but has played in a number of locations in Switzerland. The event was called the WTA Swiss Open from 1899–1994, and was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament underwent a name change in 1986, when it was titled the European Open until its discontinuation. It formed part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. When the WTA introduced the tiering format to its circuit, the event gradually moved up, from being a Tier V in 1988–1989, a Tier IV from 1990–1992, and a Tier III for its remaining years. The WTA announced that the tournament would return in Gstaad as a clay event on the 2016 Tour,[1][2] replacing another clay court event held in Bad Gastein.

This article is about WTA Swiss/European Open. For the new 2016 ATP European Open, see European Open (tennis).
Ladies Championship Lausanne
Tournament information
Event nameWTA Swiss Open (1977–85)
European Open (1986–94)
Ladies Championship Lausanne(2016–)
TourWTA Tour
Founded1899; 2016
LocationLausanne
Switzerland
CategoryWTA International
SurfaceClay (red) - outdoors
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$250,000 (2019)
Websiteladieschampionshipgstaad.ch
Current champions (2019)
Women's singles Fiona Ferro
Women's doubles Anastasia Potapova
Yana Sizikova

Four Swiss players won the event: Viktorija Golubic in 2016 as well as Manuela Maleeva (who formerly represented Bulgaria) in 1991 won the singles, and Xenia Knoll (in 2016) as well as Christiane Jolissaint won the doubles, the latter on three occasions: 1983, 1984, and 1988. Maleeva holds the record, along with Chris Evert, for most singles wins; both players won the event three times, and Maleeva finished runner-up a further three occasions.

Past finals

Singles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Gstaad 1969 Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1970 Rosie Casals Françoise Dürr6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1971 Françoise Dürr (2) Lesley Hunt6–3, 6–3
1972 Kazuko Sawamatsu Pam Teeguarden6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1973Not held
1974 Helga Schultze Lea Pericoli4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1975 Glynis Coles Linky Boshoff9–7, 2–6, 8–6
1976 Michèle Gurdal Gail Sherriff4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1977 Lesley Hunt Helen Gourlay4–6, 7–5, 6–1
1978 Virginia Ruzici Petra Delhees6–2, 6–2
1979–80Not held
Lugano 1981 Chris Evert Virginia Ruzici6–1, 6–1
1982 Chris Evert (2) Andrea Temesvári6–0, 6–3
1983Cancelled after the third round because of rain
1984 Manuela Maleeva Iva Budařová6–1, 6–1
1985 Bonnie Gadusek Manuela Maleeva6–2, 6–2
1986 Raffaella Reggi Manuela Maleeva5–7, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Geneva 1987 Chris Evert (3) Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1988 Barbara Paulus Lori McNeil6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1989 Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (2) Conchita Martínez6–4, 6–0
1990 Barbara Paulus (2) Helen Kelesi2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
1991 Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (3) Helen Kelesi6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Lucerne 1992 Amy Frazier Radka Zrubáková6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1993 Lindsay Davenport Nicole Bradtke6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1994 Lindsay Davenport (2) Lisa Raymond7–6(7–3), 6–4
1995–2015Not held
Gstaad 2016 Viktorija Golubic Kiki Bertens4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2017 Kiki Bertens Anett Kontaveit6–4, 3–6, 6–1
2018 Alizé Cornet Mandy Minella6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Lausanne 2019 Fiona Ferro Alizé Cornet6–1, 2–6, 6–1

Doubles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Gstaad 1971 Brenda Kirk
Laura Rossouw		 Françoise Dürr
Lea Pericoli		8–6, 6–3
1972–73Not held
1974 Helga Schultze
Lea Pericoli		 Kayoko Fukuoka
Michelle Rodríguez		6–2, 6–0
1975Not held
1976 Betsy Nagelsen
Wendy Turnbull		 Brigitte Cuypers
Annette Van Zyl		6–4, 6–4
1977 Helen Gourlay
Rayni Fox		 Mary Carillo
Lesley Hunt		6–0, 6–4
1978–80Not held
Lugano 1981 Rosalyn Fairbank
Tanya Harford		 Candy Reynolds
Paula Smith		2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1982 Candy Reynolds
Paula Smith		 Joanne Russell
Virginia Ruzici		6–2, 6–4
1983 Christiane Jolissaint
Marcella Mesker		 Petra Delhees
Pat Medrado		6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1984 Christiane Jolissaint
Marcella Mesker		 Iva Budařová
Marcela Skuherská		6–4, 6–3
1985 Bonnie Gadusek
Helena Suková		 Bettina Bunge
Eva Pfaff		6–2, 6–4
1986 Elise Burgin
Betsy Nagelsen		 Jenny Byrne
Janine Thompson		6–2, 6–3
Geneva 1987 Betsy Nagelsen
Elizabeth Smylie		 Laura Gildemeister
Catherine Tanvier		4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1988 Christiane Jolissaint
Dianne Van Rensburg		 Maria Lindström
Claudia Porwik		6–1, 6–3
1989 Katrina Adams
Lori McNeil		 Larisa Neiland
Natasha Zvereva		2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1990 Louise Field
Dianne Van Rensburg		 Elise Burgin
Betsy Nagelsen		5–7, 7–6(7–2), 7–5
1991 Nicole Bradtke
Elizabeth Smylie		 Cathy Caverzasio
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière		6–1, 6–2
Lucerne 1992 Amy Frazier
Elna Reinach		 Karina Habšudová
Marianne Werdel		7–5, 6–2
1993 Mary Joe Fernández
Helena Suková		 Lindsay Davenport
Marianne Werdel		6–2, 6–4
1994Canceled due to rain after two of the quarterfinals[note 1]
1995–2015Not held
Gstaad 2016 Lara Arruabarrena
Xenia Knoll		 Annika Beck
Evgeniya Rodina		6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
2017 Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson		 Viktorija Golubic
Nina Stojanović		7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–7]
2018 Alexa Guarachi
Desirae Krawczyk		 Lara Arruabarrena
Timea Bacsinszky		4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Lausanne 2019 Anastasia Potapova
Yana Sizikova		 Monique Adamczak
Han Xinyun		6–2, 6–4

See also

Notes
  1. 1994 Eurocard Open Draw (PDF). wtatour.com.

References
  1. "Gstaad event first WTA tournament in Switzerland since 2008". ESPN.com. ESPN. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. Jake Best (3 January 2016). "Gstaad, Switzerland, to host WTA tournament for first time since 1964". Vavel.
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