Barcelona Ladies Open
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The Barcelona Ladies Open is a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona in Spain and is played on outdoor clay courts. It is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour with total prize money of $220,000.
The tournament began in November 2003 as a $10,000 challenger event on the ITF Women's Circuit. Prize money was increased to $25,000 the following year; in 2005, the event was moved to October with the prize money increasing to $75,000. In 2007, the tournament was upgraded to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, becoming a Tier IV played in June, and remained in this classification through 2008. Since 2009, the event has been held in April.
[edit] Results
[edit] Singles
| Year |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Score |
| 2003 |
Marta Fraga |
Ana Ivanović |
6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
| 2004 |
Laura Pous Tió |
Tsvetana Pironkova |
4–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| 2005 |
Katerina Bohmova |
María Sánchez Lorenzo |
3–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| 2006 |
Tathiana Garbin |
Ekaterina Ivanova |
6–3, 7–5 |
| 2007 |
Meghann Shaughnessy |
Edina Gallovits |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 2008 |
Maria Kirilenko |
María José Martínez Sánchez |
6–0, 6–2 |
| 2009 |
Roberta Vinci |
Maria Kirilenko |
6–0, 6–4 |
| 2010 |
Francesca Schiavone |
Roberta Vinci |
6–1, 6–1 |
| 2011 |
Roberta Vinci |
Lucie Hradecká |
4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
[edit] Doubles
| Year |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Score |
| 2003 |
Marta Fraga
Adriana González Peñas |
Nuria Roig
Julia Vakulenko |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 2004 |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Laura Pous Tió |
Nina Bratchikova
Ekaterina Kozhokina |
6–4, 7–64 |
| 2005 |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo |
Conchita Martínez Granados
María José Martínez Sánchez |
7–5, 6–74, 7–63 |
| 2006 |
Klaudia Jans
Alicja Rosolska |
Edina Gallovits
Vanessa Henke |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 2007 |
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Arantxa Parra Santonja |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Flavia Pennetta |
7–63, 2–6, [12–10] |
| 2008 |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Arantxa Parra Santonja |
Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez |
4–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
| 2009 |
Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez |
Sorana Cîrstea
Andreja Klepač |
3–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
| 2010 |
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci |
Timea Bacsinszky
Tathiana Garbin |
6–1 3–6 [10–2] |
| 2011 |
Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová |
Natalie Grandin
Vladimíra Uhlířová |
5–7, 6–4, [11–9] |
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