Ladies Open Lugano

Ladies Open Lugano
Tournament information
Founded 2017
(as Ladies Open Biel Bienne)
Location Lugano
Switzerland
Venue Tennis Club Lido Lugano
Category WTA International
Surface Clay - outdoors
Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money US$250,000 (2019)
Website samsungopen.ch
Current champions (2019)
Women's singles Polona Hercog
Women's doubles Sorana Cîrstea
Andreea Mitu

The inaugural edition of the Ladies Open Lugano, formerly the Ladies Open Biel/Bienne, an International-level WTA tennis event, was held in April 2017 at the Swiss National Tennis Centre in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. The new indoor arena was completed in February 2017.

The tournament lasted only one year in Biel/Bienne and was moved to Lugano in 2018. The surface was also changed from indoor hard to outdoor clay.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2017 Markéta Vondroušová Anett Kontaveit 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
↓  Changed from Indoor Hard to Clay Court  ↓
2018 Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka 7–5, 6–2
2019 Polona Hercog Iga Świątek 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2017 Hsieh Su-wei
Monica Niculescu
Timea Bacsinszky
Martina Hingis
5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
↓  Changed from Indoor Hard to Clay Court  ↓
2018 Kirsten Flipkens
Elise Mertens
Vera Lapko
Aryna Sabalenka
6–1, 6–3
2019 Sorana Cîrstea
Andreea Mitu
Veronika Kudermetova
Galina Voskoboeva
1–6, 6–2, [10–8]

See also

  • Zurich Open – Swiss Indoor WTA tournament held between 1984 and 2008