St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy Explained

St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy should not be confused with Neva Cup.

St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy
Logo Size:100px
Tour:WTA Tour
Location:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Venue:Sibur Arena
Surface:Hard (Indoor)
Draw:32 / 32 / 16
Prize Money: (2022)
Website:lt.formulatx.com
Singles: Anett Kontaveit
Doubles: Anna Kalinskaya
Caty McNally

The St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy (; formerly known as the Ladies Neva Cup) is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on indoor hardcourts. The event is classified as a WTA 500 tournament and was first held in St. Petersburg in 2003.

History

The event is held since 2003 in St. Petersburg. It was an ITF Women's Circuit event until 2015. In 2016, it was upgraded to a WTA Premier tournament in 2016, offering a prize money of $753,000, up from only $25,000 and $50,000 in previous years.

The event replaced the Proximus Diamond Games on the WTA Tour from 2016.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
↓   ITF event   ↓
2003 Evgenia Linetskaya 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2004 Anastasiya Yakimova 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
2005 Ekaterina Bychkova 6–1, 6–2
2006 Alberta Brianti 6–1, 6–4
2007Not held
2008 Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–4, 6–2
2009–14Not held
Jeļena Ostapenko 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
↓  WTA Premier tournament   ↓
Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–3
Kristina Mladenovic 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–2
Kiki Bertens 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Kiki Bertens (2) 6–1, 6–3
↓  WTA 500 tournament   ↓
Daria Kasatkina 6–3, 2–1 ret.
Anett Kontaveit 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 7–5

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓   ITF event   ↓
2003 Goulnara Fattakhetdinova
Galina Fokina
6–0, 6–3
2004 Maria Goloviznina
Evgenia Kulikovskaya
7–5, 6–1
2005 Nina Bratchikova
Ekaterina Makarova
7–6(7–2), 6–2
2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Yulia Solonitskaya
6–1, 6–4
2007Not held
2008 Nikola Fraňková
(2)
6–2, 6–2
2009–14Not held
Viktorija Golubic
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
6–4, 7–5
↓  WTA Premier tournament   ↓
Martina Hingis
Sania Mirza
6–3, 6–1
Jeļena Ostapenko
Alicja Rosolska
3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Timea Bacsinszky
Vera Zvonareva
2–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Margarita Gasparyan
Ekaterina Makarova (2)
7–5, 7–5
Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara
4–6, 6–0, [10–3]
↓  WTA 500 tournament   ↓
Nadiia Kichenok
Raluca Olaru
2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Anna Kalinskaya
Caty McNally
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–4]

See also

External links