Women's Stuttgart Open

The Stuttgart Open, also known by its sponsored name Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, is a women's tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany (until 2005, in Filderstadt, a southern suburb of Stuttgart). Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest women's indoor tournament in Europe. The event was part of the Tier II category from 1990 until 2008 and as of 2009 has been a Premier tournament on the WTA Tour.[1] The singles champion receives prize money and a Porsche sports car.[2] Until 2008 the tournament was played on hardcourt in autumn. Since 2009 it is played on clay court in spring, as a warm-up tournament to the French Open, making it the first indoor clay court event on the women's tour.[3]

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Tournament information
Founded1978
Editions40 (2017)
LocationFilderstadt (1978–2005)
Stuttgart (2006–)
Germany
VenueTennis Sporthalle Filderstadt (1978–2005)
Porsche Arena (2006–)
CategoryTier II (1990-2008)
Premier (2009-)
SurfaceHard - indoors (1978-2008)
Clay - indoors (2009-)
Draw28S / 32Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$886,077 (2019)
Websiteporsche-tennis.de
Current champions (2019)
Women's singles Petra Kvitová
Women's doubles Mona Barthel
Anna-Lena Friedsam

The players voted for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix as their favourite Premier tournament in 2007, 2008, 2010–2012, 2014–2017.

The tournament has been won by many former number ones and Grand Slam champions. Martina Navratilova holds the record for most singles wins at the event, with six titles between 1982 and 1992, in addition to eight doubles titles. Tracy Austin and Martina Hingis both come second with four wins each in the singles event, with Austin winning four consecutive. This is followed by Lindsay Davenport and Maria Sharapova with three wins each.

Petra Kvitová is the current champion.

History

The tournament was founded by businessman Dieter Fischer who had organized a men's exhibition tournament[lower-alpha 1] in Filderstadt in 1977 to open his tennis centre.[4] After failing to schedule a men's event in 1978 a license for a Tier II women's tournament was purchased for $100,000 and the first edition was held in October 1978, won by 15-year old Tracy Austin.[5] In March 1979 a men's tournament was held, won by Wojciech Fibak, but this event was discontinued as it required too much effort to organize two tournaments annually with a volunteer force. In 1992 a request for promotion to the Tier I category was rejected by the WTA on the grounds that the tournament's centre court, with a 3,000-seat capacity, was too small.[1] In 2002 Fischer sold the tournament licence to Porsche who had been the official sponsor since the first edition.[6]

Past finals

Singles
Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Filderstadt 1978 Tracy Austin Betty Stöve6–3, 6–3
1979 Tracy Austin (2) Martina Navratilova6–3, 6–2
1980 Tracy Austin (3) Sherry Acker6–2, 7–5
1981 Tracy Austin (4) Martina Navratilova4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1982 Martina Navratilova Tracy Austin6–3, 6–3
1983 Martina Navratilova (2) Catherine Tanvier6–1, 6–2
1984 Catarina Lindqvist Steffi Graf6–1, 6–4
1985 Pam Shriver Catarina Lindqvist6–1, 7–5
1986 Martina Navratilova (3) Hana Mandlíková6–2, 6–3
1987 Martina Navratilova (4) Chris Evert7–5, 6–1
1988 Martina Navratilova (5) Chris Evert6–2, 6–3
1989 Gabriela Sabatini Mary Joe Fernández7–6(7–5), 6–4
1990 Mary Joe Fernández Barbara Paulus6–1, 6–3
1991 Anke Huber Martina Navratilova2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
1992 Martina Navratilova (6) Gabriela Sabatini7–6(7–1), 6–3
1993 Mary Pierce Natasha Zvereva6–3, 6–3
1994 Anke Huber (2) Mary Pierce6–4, 6–2
1995 Iva Majoli Gabriela Sabatini6–4, 7–6(7–4)
1996 Martina Hingis Anke Huber6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1997 Martina Hingis (2) Lisa Raymond6–4, 6–2
1998 Sandrine Testud Lindsay Davenport7–5, 6–3
1999 Martina Hingis (3) Mary Pierce6–4, 6–1
2000 Martina Hingis (4) Kim Clijsters6–0, 6–3
2001 Lindsay Davenport Justine Henin7–5, 6–4
2002 Kim Clijsters Daniela Hantuchová4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2003 Kim Clijsters (2) Justine Henin5–7, 6–4, 6–2
2004 Lindsay Davenport (2) Amélie Mauresmo6–2, ret.
2005 Lindsay Davenport (3) Amélie Mauresmo6–2, 6–4
Stuttgart 2006 Nadia Petrova Tatiana Golovin6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2007 Justine Henin Tatiana Golovin2–6, 6–2, 6–1
2008 Jelena Janković Nadia Petrova6–4, 6–3
2009 Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina6–4, 6–3
2010 Justine Henin (2) Samantha Stosur6–4, 2–6, 6–1
2011 Julia Görges Caroline Wozniacki7–6(7–3), 6–3
2012 Maria Sharapova Victoria Azarenka6–1, 6–4
2013 Maria Sharapova (2) Li Na6–4, 6–3
2014 Maria Sharapova (3) Ana Ivanovic3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2015 Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki3–6, 6–1, 7–5
2016 Angelique Kerber (2) Laura Siegemund6–4, 6–0
2017 Laura Siegemund Kristina Mladenovic6–1, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
2018 Karolína Plíšková CoCo Vandeweghe7–6(7–2), 6–4
2019 Petra Kvitová Anett Kontaveit6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2020Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic

Doubles
Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Filderstadt 1978 Tracy Austin
Betty Stöve		 Mima Jaušovec
Virginia Ruzici		6–3, 6–3
1979 Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova		 Betty Stöve
Wendy Turnbull		6–3, 6–3
1980 Hana Mandlíková
Betty Stöve (2) 		Kathy Jordan
Anne Smith		6–4, 7–5
1981 Mima Jaušovec
Martina Navratilova (2) 		Barbara Potter
Anne Smith		6–4, 6–1
1982 Martina Navratilova (3)
Pam Shriver		 Candy Reynolds
Anne Smith		6–2, 6–3
1983 Martina Navratilova (4)
Candy Reynolds		 Virginia Ruzici
Catherine Tanvier		6–2, 6–1
1984 Claudia Kohde Kilsch
Helena Suková		 Bettina Bunge
Eva Pfaff		6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1985 Hana Mandlíková
Pam Shriver (2) 		Carina Karlsson
Tine Scheuer-Larsen		6–2, 6–1
1986 Martina Navratilova (5)
Pam Shriver (3) 		Zina Garrison
Gabriela Sabatini		7–6(7–5), 6–4
1987 Martina Navratilova (6)
Pam Shriver (4) 		Zina Garrison
Lori McNeil		6–1, 6–2
1988 Martina Navratilova (7)
Iwona Kuczyńska		 Elna Reinach
Raffaella Reggi		6–1, 6–4
1989 Gigi Fernández
Robin White		 Elna Reinach
Raffaella Reggi		6–4, 7–6(7–2)
1990 Mary Joe Fernández
Zina Garrison		 Mercedes Paz
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		7–5, 6–3
1991 Martina Navratilova (8)
Jana Novotná		 Pam Shriver
Natalia Zvereva		6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1992 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Helena Suková (2) 		Pam Shriver
Natalia Zvereva		6–4, 7–5
1993 Gigi Fernández (2)
Natalia Zvereva		 Patty Fendick
Martina Navratilova		7–6(8–6), 6–4
1994 Gigi Fernández (3)
Natalia Zvereva (2) 		Manon Bollegraf
Larisa Savchenko Neiland		7–6(7–5), 6–4
1995 Gigi Fernández (4)
Natalia Zvereva (3) 		Meredith McGrath
Larisa Savchenko Neiland		5–7, 6–1, 6–4
1996 Nicole Arendt
Jana Novotná (2) 		Martina Hingis
Helena Suková		6–2, 6–3
1997 Martina Hingis
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) 		Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná		7–6(7–4), 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
1998 Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva (4) 		Anna Kournikova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		6–4, 6–2
1999 Chanda Rubin
Sandrine Testud		 Larisa Savchenko Neiland
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		6–3, 6–4
2000 Martina Hingis (2)
Anna Kournikova		 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Barbara Schett		6–4, 6–2
2001 Lindsay Davenport (2)
Lisa Raymond		 Justine Henin
Meghann Shaughnessy		6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
2002 Lindsay Davenport (3)
Lisa Raymond (2) 		Meghann Shaughnessy
Paola Suárez		6–2, 6–4
2003 Lisa Raymond (3)
Rennae Stubbs		 Cara Black
Martina Navratilova		6–2, 6–4
2004 Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs (2) 		Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Julia Schruff		6–3, 6–2
2005 Daniela Hantuchová
Anastasia Myskina		 Květa Hrdličková Peschke
Francesca Schiavone		6–0, 3–6, 7–5
Stuttgart 2006 Lisa Raymond (4)
Samantha Stosur		 Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs		6–3, 6–4
2007 Květa Peschke
Rennae Stubbs (3) 		Chan Yung-jan
Dinara Safina		6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–2]
2008 Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Patty Schnyder		 Květa Peschke
Rennae Stubbs		6–2, 6–4
2009 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Nadia Petrova		 Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta		5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
2010 Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta		 Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik		3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5]
2011 Sabine Lisicki
Samantha Stosur (2) 		Kristina Barrois
Jasmin Wöhr		6–1, 7–6(7–5)
2012 Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová		 Julia Görges
Anna-Lena Grönefeld		6–4, 7–5
2013 Mona Barthel
Sabine Lisicki (2) 		Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Sania Mirza		6–4, 7–5
2014 Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci		 Cara Black
Sania Mirza		6–2, 6–3
2015 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2)
Lucie Šafářová		 Caroline Garcia
Katarina Srebotnik		6–4, 6–3
2016 Caroline Garcia
Kristina Mladenovic		 Martina Hingis
Sania Mirza		2–6, 6–1, [10–6]
2017 Raquel Atawo
Jeļena Ostapenko		 Abigail Spears
Katarina Srebotnik		6–4, 6–4
2018 Raquel Atawo (2)
Anna-Lena Grönefeld (2)		 Nicole Melichar
Květa Peschke		6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
2019 Mona Barthel (2)
Anna-Lena Friedsam		 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Lucie Šafářová		2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2020Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic

See also

Notes
  1. The two-day event had a four-player field consisting of Mark Cox, Charlie Pasarell, Jeff Borowiak and Ray Moore.

References
  1. Hans-Jürgen Pohmann (16 October 1995). "Filderstadt kämpft brav gegen den Einheitsbrei". Die Welt (in German).
  2. "Caroline Wozniacki loses to Julia Goerges in Stuttgart". BBC News. 24 April 2011.
  3. David Werner (14 April 2016). "Ein Traum wird Realität". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German).
  4. Bernd Dassel (31 October 1980). "Schmetterball in der Provinz". Die Zeit (in German).
  5. Jörg Allmeroth (29 April 2017). "Die Vision des Dieter Fischer". Tennisnet.com (in German). Spox.
  6. Simon David (23 April 2014). "Ein Turnier mit großer Geschichte". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German).
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Indian Wells		 Favorite WTA Tier I - II Tournament
2007, 2008		 Succeeded by
Indian Wells
(Premier)
Preceded by
Indian Wells
Indian Wells		 Favorite WTA Premier Tournament
2010, 2011, 2012
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017		 Succeeded by
Indian Wells
TBD
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