Croatian Bol Ladies Open Explained

Croatian Bol Ladies Open
Type:	defunct
Founded:	1991
Abolished:	2021
City:	Bol
Country:	Croatia
Venue:	Bluesun Tennis Center Zlatni rat
Tier:	Tier V (1991) Tier III (1995, 2000–03) Tier IV (1996–99) WTA 125k (2016–2021)
Surface:	Clay
Draw:	32S/8Q/16D
Prize Money:	$115,000 (2021)
Singles:	Jasmine Paolini
Doubles:	Aliona Bolsova Katarzyna Kawa

Croatian Bol Ladies Open was an annual women's tennis tournament on the WTA Challenger Tour, played in the town of Bol on the Croatian Adriatic island of Brač. The first edition was held in late April 1991, and then again every year from 1995 to 2003. The tournament was then sold to the organizers of the Western & Southern Open and moved to Cincinnati.^[1] In 2022, it was moved to Makarska.^[2]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Tier	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1991	V	Sandra Cecchini	Magdalena Maleeva	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
1995^[3]	III	Sabine Appelmans	Silke Meier	6–4, 6–3
1996	IV	Gloria Pizzichini	Silvija Talaja	6–0, 6–2
1997	IV	Mirjana Lučić	Corina Morariu	7–5, 6–7, 7–6
1998	IVa	Mirjana Lučić (2)	Corina Morariu	6–2, 6–4
1999	IV	Corina Morariu	Julie Halard	6–2, 6–0
2000	III	Tina Pisnik	Amélie Mauresmo	7–6, 7–6
2001	III	Ángeles Montolio	Mariana Díaz Oliva	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
2002	III	Åsa Svensson	Iva Majoli	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
2003	III	Vera Zvonareva	Conchita Martínez G.	6–1, 6–3
↓ WTA 125K series ↓
2016	125k	Mandy Minella	Polona Hercog	6–2, 6–3
2017	125k	Aleksandra Krunić	Alexandra Cadanțu	6–3, 3–0 ret.
2018	125k	Tamara Zidanšek	Magda Linette	6–1, 6–3
2019	125k	Tamara Zidanšek (2)	Sara Sorribes Tormo	7–5, 7–5
2020		colspan="3" align="center"
2021	125k		Arantxa Rus	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles

Year	Tier	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1991	V	Laura Golarsa Magdalena Maleeva	Sandra Cecchini Laura Garrone	walkover
1995	III	Mercedes Paz Rene Simpson	Laura Golarsa Irina Spîrlea	7–5, 6–2
1996	IV	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	Alexia Dechaume Alexandra Fusai	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
1997	IV	Laura Montalvo (2) Henrieta Nagyová	María José Gaidano Marion Maruska	6–3, 6–1
1998	IVa	Laura Montalvo (3) Paola Suárez (2)	Joannette Kruger Mirjana Lučić	walkover
1999	IV	Jelena Kostanić Michaela Paštiková	Meghann Shaughnessy Andreea Vanc	7–5, 6–7, 6–2
2001	III	Julie Halard Corina Morariu	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 6–2
2001	III	María Martínez Anabel Medina	Nadia Petrova Tina Pisnik	7–5, 6–4
2002	III	Tathiana Garbin Angelique Widjaja	Elena Bovina Henrieta Nagyová	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
2003	III	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Patty Schnyder	6–3, 6–2
↓ WTA 125K series ↓
2016	125k	Xenia Knoll Petra Martić	Raluca Olaru İpek Soylu	6–3, 6–2
2017	125k	Chuang Chia-jung Renata Voráčová	Lina Gjorcheska Aleksandrina Naydenova	6–4, 6–2
2018	125k	Mariana Duque Mariño Wang Yafan	Sílvia Soler Espinosa Barbora Štefková	6–3, 7–5
2019	125k	Timea Bacsinszky Mandy Minella	Cornelia Lister Renata Voráčová	0–6, 7–6^(7–3), [10–4]
2020		colspan="3" align="center"
2021	125k	Aliona Bolsova Katarzyna Kawa	Ekaterine Gorgodze Tereza Mihalíková	6–1, 4–6, [10–6]