Bangalore Open

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Canara Bank Bangalore Open
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WTA Tour
Location Hyderabad (2003-2005)
Bangalore (2006-2008)
 India
Category Premier Mandatory (2003-2007)
Tier II (2008)
Surface Hard / Outdoors
Draw 28M/32Q/16D
Prize Money US $175,000 (2003-2007)
US $600,000 (2008)
Website Bangalore Open

The Bangalore Open (sponsored name: Canara Bank Bangalore Open) (called Hyderabad Open from 2003-2005) was a tennis tournament held in Bangalore, India. The tournament began in Hyderabad in 2003, and moved to Bangalore in 2006. This WTA Tour event was played on outdoor hardcourts. It as a Premier Mandatory event with a prize Money of US$175,000. It was upgraded to a Tier II event for 2008, a prize money of US$ 600,000. In 2008, this was the biggest Women's Tennis Tournament in South and South East Asia.

The 2008 edition was won by 26-year old, 8 time grand-slam champion Serena Williams, who defeated the fourth-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder 7-5, 6-3, in the finals, winning her 29th WTA Tour title.[1]

Following the restructure of the WTA Tour, there has been no WTA event in India since 2009.

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[edit] Past finals

[edit] Singles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Hyderabad 2003 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova 6–4, 6–4
2004 Australia Nicole Pratt Russia Maria Kirilenko 7–6, 6–1
2005 India Sania Mirza Ukraine Alona Bondarenko 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Bangalore 2006 Italy Mara Santangelo Croatia Jelena Kostanić 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2007 Russia Yaroslava Shvedova Italy Mara Santangelo 6–4, 6–4
2008 United States Serena Williams Switzerland Patty Schnyder 7–5, 6–3

[edit] Doubles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Hyderabad 2003 Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova		 Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek		 6–4, 6–4
2004 India Sania Mirza
South Africa Liezel Huber		 China Li Ting
China Sun Tiantian		 7–6, 6–4
2005 China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie		 China Li Ting
China Sun Tiantian		 6–4, 6–1
Bangalore 2006 India Sania Mirza
South Africa Liezel Huber		 Russia Elena Vesnina
Russia Anastasia Rodionova		 6–3, 6–3
2007 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung		 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva		 6–7(4–7), 6–2, [11–9]
2008 China Peng Shuai
China Sun Tiantian		 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung		 6–4, 5–7, [10–8]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Serena reigns supreme

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