Nuremberg Cup

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Nürnberger Versicherungscup
Nürnberger Versicherungscup 2014 - Centercourt des 1.FCN Tennis am Valznerweiher von Süd-Osten 01.JPG
Tournament information
Founded2013
LocationNuremberg (2013–19)
Bad Homburg (2021–)
Germany
VenueTennisclub 1. FC Nürnberg (2013-19)
TC Bad Homburg (2021-)
CategoryWTA 250
SurfaceClay – outdoors (2013–19)
Grass – outdoors (2021–)
Draw32S / 8Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$235,238 (2021)
Current champions (2021)
Women's singlesGermany Angelique Kerber
Women's doublesCroatia Darija Jurak
Slovenia Andreja Klepač

The Bad Homburg Open is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Bad Homburg, Germany. Held since 2021, this 250-level tournament is played on outdoor grass courts.

Tournament history[]

The centre court of the former clay court tournament

The Nuremberg Open was a defunct men's tennis tournament that was played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1976. The event was held in Nuremberg, West Germany and was played on indoor carpet courts. Frew McMillan won the singles title while partnering with Karl Meiler to win the doubles title.

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.

In 2020, the licence was sold and the tournament "moved" to Bad Homburg, also changing surface to grass.[4] A new stadium was inaugurated at the historic Kurpark, where the first tennis court on the European continent was built in 1876.[5]

Past finals[]

Women[]

Singles[]

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg
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
Bad Homburg[6]
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Germany Angelique Kerber Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–2

Doubles[]

Nuremberg Cup
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg
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]
Bad Homburg[7]
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Croatia Darija Jurak
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
Romania Raluca Olaru
6–3, 6–1

Men[]

Singles[]

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg 1976 South Africa Frew McMillan Brazil Thomaz Koch 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles[]

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg 1976 South Africa Frew McMillan
Germany Karl Meiler
Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell
Australia Paul Kronk
7–6, 6–4

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.
  5. ^ "'A very special feeling': Kerber christens stadium in Bad Homburg". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  6. ^ Barty, Osaka lead strong field at new Berlin WTA 500 on grass
  7. ^ Barty, Osaka lead strong field at new Berlin WTA 500 on grass

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