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Tennis tournament
The German Open (currently known as the Grass Court Championships Berlin ) is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women played in West Berlin , West Germany (until 1990), then Berlin , Germany from 1991 to 2008 following reunification . Held since 1896, it was one of the oldest tournaments for women. Until 1978 the tournament was held in Hamburg together with the men's tournament . From 1988, it was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament.
After an absence of more than a decade, the tournament is returning to the WTA calendar from the 2020 season onwards. The new event will be classified as a Premier -level tournament and serve as a warm-up event towards the Wimbledon Championships , having switched its surface from clay to grass.[1]
History
The former logo, used between 2005–08.
Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Billie Jean King , Chris Evert , Steffi Graf , Monica Seles , Arantxa Sánchez Vicario , Martina Hingis , Amélie Mauresmo , Justine Henin , Ana Ivanovic and Dinara Safina .
Tournament names:
1971–1979: German Open
1980: No tournament
1981–1988: German Open
1989–1990: Lufthansa Cup
1991–1992: Lufthansa Cup German Open
1993–2000: German Open
2001–2002: Eurocard German Open
2003: MasterCard German Open
2004: Ladies German Open
2005: Qatar Total German Open
2006–2008: Qatar Telecom German Open
2020–present: bett1open
Past finals
Singles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
2020
Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
↑ Berlin (Grass) ↑
2009– 2019
Not held
2008
Dinara Safina
Elena Dementieva
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2007
Ana Ivanovic
Svetlana Kuznetsova
3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2006
Nadia Petrova
Justine Henin
4–6, 6–4, 7–5
2005
Justine Henin
Nadia Petrova
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2004
Amélie Mauresmo
Venus Williams
walkover
2003
Justine Henin
Kim Clijsters
6–4, 4–6, 7–5
2002
Justine Henin
Serena Williams
6–2, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)
2001
Amélie Mauresmo
Jennifer Capriati
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
2000
Conchita Martínez
Amanda Coetzer
6–1, 6–2
1999
Martina Hingis
Julie Halard-Decugis
6–0, 6–1
1998
Conchita Martínez
Amélie Mauresmo
6–4, 6–4
1997
Mary Joe Fernandez
Mary Pierce
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1996
Steffi Graf
Karina Habšudová
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1995
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Magdalena Maleeva
6–4, 6–1
1994
Steffi Graf
Brenda Schultz
7–6(8–6) , 6–4
1993
Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini
7–6(7–3) , 2–6, 6–4
1992
Steffi Graf
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1991
Steffi Graf
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
1990
Monica Seles
Steffi Graf
6–4, 6–3
1989
Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini
6–3, 6–1
1988
Steffi Graf
Helena Suková
6–3, 6–2
1987
Steffi Graf
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
6–2, 6–3
1986
Steffi Graf
Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–3
1985
Chris Evert-Lloyd
Steffi Graf
6–4, 7–5
1984
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Kathleen Horvath
7–6(10–8) , 6–1
1983
Chris Evert-Lloyd
Kathleen Horvath
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
1982
Bettina Bunge
Kathy Rinaldi
6–2, 6–2
1981
Regina Maršíková
Ivanna Madruga-Osses
6–2, 6–1
1980
Not held to make room for Federation Cup which took place at same location
1979
Caroline Stoll
Regina Maršíková
7–6(7–4) , 6–0
↑ Berlin (Clay) ↑
↓ Hamburg (Clay) ↓
1978
Mima Jausovec
Virginia Ruzici
6–2, 6–3
1977
Laura duPont
Heidi Eisterlehner
6–1, 6–4
1976
Sue Barker
Renata Tomanová
6–3, 6–1
1975
Renata Tomanová
Kazuko Sawamatsu
7–6, 5–7, 10–8
1974
Helga Masthoff
Martina Navratilova
6–4, 5–7, 7–3
1973
Helga Masthoff
Pat Walkden Pretorius
6–4, 6–1
1972
Helga Masthoff
Linda Tuero
6–3, 3–6 8–6
1971
Billie Jean King
Helga Masthoff
6–3, 6–2
1970
Helga Schultze-Hösl
Helga Niessen
6–3, 6–3
1969
Judy Tegart
Helga Niessen
6–3, 6–4
1968
Annette Van Zyl
Judy Tegart
6–1, 7–5
1967
Françoise Dürr
Lesley Turner
6–4, 6–4
1966
Margaret Smith
Maria Bueno
8–6, 6–3
1965
Margaret Smith
Edda Buding
6–3, 6–2
1964
Margaret Smith
Maria Bueno
6–1, 6–1
1963
Renée Schuurman
Lesley Turner
6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1962
Sandra Reynolds Price
Ann Haydon
4–6, 6–3, 7–5
1961
Sandra Reynolds
Yola Ramírez
5–7, 7–5, 6–1
1960
Sandra Reynolds
Maria Bueno
7–5, 8–6
1959
Edda Buding
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
walkover
1958
Lorraine Coghlan
Shirley Bloomer
6–4, 7–5
1957
Yola Ramírez
Rosie Reyes
7–5, 6–3
1956
Thelma Long
Silvana Lazzarino
7–5, 6–2
1955
Beryl Penrose
Erika Vollmer
6–4, 6–4
1954
Joy Mottram
Inge Pohmann
2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1953
Dorothy Knode
Joy Mottram
6–0, 4–6, 6–4
1952
Dorothy Head
Erika Vollmer
6–1, 6–3
1951
Nancye Bolton
Mary Terán de Weiss
6–3, 6–3
1950
Dorothy Head
Ursula Heidtmann
6–3, 6–0
1949
Mary Terán de Weiss
Inge Pohmann
6–2, 6–8, 9–7
1948
Ursula Rosenow
Inge Pohmann
6–2, 8–6
1940– 1947
Not held
1939
Hilde Sperling
Hella Kovac
6–0, 6–1
1938
Hilde Sperling
Margot Lumb
6–1, 6–0
1937
Hilde Sperling
Marie-Louise Horn
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1936
Not held
1935
Hilde Sperling
Cilly Aussem
9–7, 6–0
1934
Hilde Sperling
Cilly Aussem
6–2, 6–3
1933
Hilde Krahwinkel
Sylvie Jung Henrotin
6–2, 6–1
1932
Lolette Payot
Hilde Krahwinkel
6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1931
Cilly Aussem
Irmgard Rost
6–1, 6–2
1930
Cilly Aussem
Hilde Krahwinkel
6–4, 6–4
1929
Paula von Reznicek
Violet Chamberlain
6–2, 4–6, 6–0
1928
Daphne Akhurst
Cilly Aussem
2–6, 6–0, 6–4
1927
Cilly Aussem
Ilse Friedleben
6–3, 6–3
1926
Ilse Friedleben
Nelly Neppach
5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1925
Nelly Neppach
Ilse Friedleben
2–6, 6–4, 10–8
1924
Ilse Friedleben
Nelly Neppach
1923
Ilse Friedleben
Nelly Neppach
1922
Ilse Friedleben
Nelly Neppach
1921
Ilse Friedleben
Daisy Uhl
9–7, 6–1
1920
Ilse Friedleben
1914– 1919
Not held
1913
Dora Köring
6–4, 6–4
1912
Dora Köring
6–2 6–2
1911
Mieken Rieck
6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1910
Mieken Rieck
6–1, 6–3
1909
Anita Heimann
6–4, 0–6, 6–4
1908
Margit von Madarasz
Salusbury
2–6, 6–4, 6–0
1907
Margit von Madarasz
7–5, 0–6, 6–2
1906
Luise Berton
4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1905
Elsie Lane
K. Krug
6–0, 6–1
1904
Elsie Lane
L. Bergmann
6–3, 6–0
1903
Violet Pinckney
Hilda Meyer
6–2, 6–1
1902
Mary Ross
Hilda Meyer
8–6, 6–0
1901
Toupie Lowther
Gladys Dudell
6–0, 6–0
1900
Blanche Hillyard
Muriel Robb
2–6, 8–6, 7–5
1899
Charlotte Cooper
Clara von der Schulenburg
7–5, 6–4
1898
Elsie Lane
Toupie Lowther
7–5, 7–5
1897
Blanche Hillyard
Charlotte Cooper
6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1896
Maren Thomsen
E. Lantzius
6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Doubles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
2020
Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
↑ Berlin (Grass) ↑
2009– 2019
Not held
↓ Berlin (Clay) ↓
2008
Cara Black Liezel Huber
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
6–2, 6–2
2007
Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci
6–3, 6–4
2006
Yan Zi Zheng Jie
Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta
6–2, 6–3
2005
Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva
Cara Black Liezel Huber
3–6, 6–3, 6–1
2004
Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy
Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez
6–2, 2–6, 6–1
2003
Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2002
Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová
Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
0–6, 7–6(7–3) , 6–2
2001
Els Callens Meghann Shaughnessy
Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 6–3
See also
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