Nuremberg Cup

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Nürnberger Versicherungscup
Tournament information
Founded2013
Abolished2019
LocationNuremberg
Germany
VenueTennisclub 1. FC Nürnberg
CategoryWTA International
SurfaceClay - outdoors
Draw32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$250,000 (2019)
Current champions (2019)
Women's singlesKazakhstan Yulia Putintseva
Women's doublesCanada Gabriela Dabrowski
China Xu Yifan

The Nuremberg Cup (sponsored by Nürnberger Versicherunggruppe and called the Nürnberger Versicherungscup) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.[1] The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour.[2][3] The inaugural 2013 edition took place the week after the French Open while from 2014 to 2019, the event was scheduled the week before the French Open. The licence was sold and the tournament venue is going to move to the Rhineland. [4]

Past finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2013 Romania Simona Halep Germany Andrea Petkovic 6–3, 6–3
2014 Canada Eugenie Bouchard Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2015 Italy Karin Knapp Italy Roberta Vinci 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
2016 Netherlands Kiki Bertens Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño 6–2, 6–2
2017 Netherlands Kiki Bertens (2) Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 6–2, 6–1
2018 Sweden Johanna Larsson United States Alison Riske 7–6(7–4), 6–4
2019 Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Nuremberg Cup
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2013 Romania Raluca Olaru
Russia Valeria Solovyeva
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
2–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
2014 Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Romania Raluca Olaru
Israel Shahar Pe'er
6–0, 4–6, [10–6]
2015 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Romania Raluca Olaru
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2016 Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
Japan Shuko Aoyama
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–4
2017 United States Nicole Melichar
United Kingdom Anna Smith
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2018 Netherlands Demi Schuurs
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
2019 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
China Xu Yifan
Canada Sharon Fichman
United States Nicole Melichar
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "tennis.com - Seeded Italians Vinci, Knapp advance at Nuremberg Cup". Tennis magazine. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. ^ "Nürnberg bekommt zweites deutsches WTA-Turnier". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 8 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Erstes WTA-Turnier in Nürnberg". Mittelbayerische Zeitung (in German). 27 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Lizenz des WTA-Turniers in Nürnberg wandert ins Rheinland". tennisnet.com (in German). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-05-13.