The İstanbul Cup is a WTA tennis tournament held in Istanbul , Turkey , organised for professional female tennis players. It is classified as an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour . Held annually since May 2005, it was played on outdoor clay courts until 2009, after which the organisers decided to switch the surface to outdoor hard courts . It was not held in between 2011–2013, due to the WTA Tour Championships moving to Istanbul for those years. It resumed for the 2014 WTA season . In 2016, the tournament surface was changed back to clay.
Past finals [ edit ]
Singles [ edit ]
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
2005
Venus Williams
Nicole Vaidišová
6–3, 6–2
2006
Shahar Pe'er
Anastasia Myskina
1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2007
Elena Dementieva
Aravane Rezaï
7–6(7–5) , 3–0 ret.
2008
Agnieszka Radwańska
Elena Dementieva
6–3, 6–2
2009
Vera Dushevina
Lucie Hradecká
6–0, 6–1
2010
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Elena Vesnina
5–7, 7–5, 6–4
2011–2013
Not held because of the WTA Tour Championships
2014
Caroline Wozniacki
Roberta Vinci
6–1, 6–1
2015
Lesia Tsurenko
Urszula Radwańska
7–5, 6–1
2016
Çağla Büyükakçay
Danka Kovinić
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
2017
Elina Svitolina
Elise Mertens
6–2, 6–4
2018
Pauline Parmentier
Polona Hercog
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2019
Petra Martić
Markéta Vondroušová
1–6, 6–4, 6–1
2020
Patricia Maria Țig
Eugenie Bouchard
2–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Doubles [ edit ]
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
2005
Marta Marrero Antonella Serra Zanetti
Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits
6–4, 6–0
2006
Alona Bondarenko Anastasiya Yakimova
Sania Mirza Alicia Molik
6–2, 6–4
2007
Agnieszka Radwańska Urszula Radwańska
Chan Yung-jan Sania Mirza
6–1, 6–3
2008
Jill Craybas Olga Govortsova
Marina Erakovic Polona Hercog
6–1, 6–2
2009
Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová
Julia Görges Patty Schnyder
2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
2010
Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr
Maria Kondratieva Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
2011–2013
Not held because of the WTA Tour Championships
2014
Misaki Doi Elina Svitolina
Oksana Kalashnikova Paula Kania
6–4, 6–0
2015
Daria Gavrilova Elina Svitolina (2)
Çağla Büyükakçay Jelena Janković
5–7, 6–1, [10–4]
2016
Andreea Mitu İpek Soylu
Xenia Knoll Danka Kovinić
w/o
2017
Dalila Jakupović Nadiia Kichenok
Nicole Melichar Elise Mertens
7–6(8–6) , 6–2
2018
Liang Chen Zhang Shuai
Xenia Knoll Anna Smith
6–4, 6–4
2019
Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
Alexa Guarachi Sabrina Santamaria
6–1, 6–0
2020
Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk
Ellen Perez Storm Sanders
6–1, 6–3
See also [ edit ]
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