Spanish Open (tennis) explained

Spanish Open
Type:defunct
Founded:1972
Ended:1995
Editions:14
Event Name:Spanish Championships (1972–78)
Spanish Open (1985–94)
Ford Spanish Open (1995)
Surface:Clay / outdoor

The Spanish Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1995. It was held at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain and played on outdoor clay courts. It was a Tier V event from 1988 to 1989, a Tier IV event in 1990, a Tier III event from 1991 to 1992 and a Tier II event from 1993 to 1995.

In the 1970s the event was known as the Spanish Championships before becoming an Open in the 1980s and 1990s. It was replaced on the WTA Tour by the Madrid Open in 1996.

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

YearLocationChampionsRunners-upScore
1907San Sebastian Margarita Jimenez Alecia Jimenez 6–1 6–2
1911San Sebastian Mary Towler Anita Heimann Lent3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1912San Sebastian Luisa Marnet Millicent Elwell 6–1, 6–4
1920San Sebastian Daisy Speranza Mlle Castejon 6–4, 7–5
1923[1] San Sebastian Suzanne Lenglen Germaine Le Conte6–1, 6–0
1924[2] San Sebastian Daisy Speranza (2) Elisabeth Raoul-Duval6–3, 6–1
1927San Sebastian Daisy Speranza (3) Mlle Carnet6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1929San Sebastian Ida Adamoff María de Lerena-de Morales 6–0, 6–2
1931Santander Bella Duttón de Pons Guadalupe Pombo 6–0, 6–3
1934San Sebastian Simonne Mathieu Simone Iribarne6–1, 6–4
1935San Sebastian Simone Iribarne6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1936Barcelona Josefa de Chavarri Ruth Kamann6–1, 7–5
1940Santander Josefa de Chavarri6–0, 2–6, 6–3
1963San Sebastian Mary Habicht Pilar Barril3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1967San Sebastian Carmen Mandarino Alice Tym1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1968Barcelona Michelle Rodriguez Kerstin Seelbach[3] 7–5, 6–4
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969Barcelona Kerry Melville Helen Gourlay5–7, 6–4, 7–5
1970Barcelona Helga Hosl Sue Alexander6–1, 6–1
1971Barcelona Helga Hosl (2) Ana Maria Arias Pinto Bravo6–2, 6–1
1972Barcelona6–1, 6–4
1973Barcelona Helga Hosl (3) Nathalie Fuchs6–2, 7–5
1974Barcelona7–5, 8–6
1975Barcelona Janice Metcalf Iris Riedel4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1976Barcelona3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1977Barcelona Regina Marsikova Mariana Simionescu6–3, 6–4
1978Barcelona6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1979Barcelona Lena Sandin Iva Budarova??
1980Barcelona Nora Blom Lauteslager Carmen Perea 7–6, 6–3
1985Barcelona6–3, 6–4
1986Barcelona7–6(7–4), 6–0
1988Barcelona6–3, 6–3
1989Barcelona6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1990Barcelona Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)6–4, 6–2
1991Barcelona6–4, 6–1
1992Barcelona3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1993Barcelona Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)6–1, 6–4
1994Barcelona Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4)6–0, 6–2
1995Barcelona5–7, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1972 6–4, 6–2
1973

-

1975

Not held
1976 6–2, 6–4
1977 Not held
1978 Not available
1979

-

1984

Not held
1985 6–1, 6–0
1986 6–2, 6–1
1987 Not held
1–6, 6–3, 6–2
6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
1990 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–1
1991 6–1, 6–3
1992 6–4, 6–1
1993 4–6, 6–1, 6–0
1994 6–2, 6–4
7–5, 4–6, 7–5

Event Names

Source:[4]

Official (English)

Official (Spanish)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Real Club Tenis de San Sebastián
  2. Real Club Tenis de San Sebastián
  3. Web site: Kerstin Seelbach (FRG): Player Stats & More . Women's Tennis Association . WTA Official . 27 October 2023 . en.
  4. Web site: Archivo Histórico: Trofeo Conde de Godo . archivo.rctb1899.es . Reial Club de Tennis Barcelona 1899. . 24 May 2024 . Barcelona, Spain . 2024.
  5. RCT Barcelona
  6. RCT Barcelona
  7. RCT Barcelona
  8. RCT Barcelona
  9. RCT Barcelona

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