Women's Stuttgart Open

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Tournament information
Founded	1978
Editions	43 (2021)
Location	Filderstadt (1978–2005) ; Stuttgart (2006–); Germany
Venue	Tennis Sporthalle Filderstadt (1978–2005) ; Porsche Arena (2006–)
Category	Tier II (1990-2008) ; Premier (2009-2019) ; WTA 500 (2021–)
Surface	Hard - indoors (1978-2008); Clay - indoors (2009-)
Draw	28S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money	US$565,530 (2021)
Website	porsche-tennis.de
Current champions (2021)
Women's singles	Ashleigh Barty
Women's doubles	Ashleigh Barty ; Jennifer Brady

The Stuttgart Open, also known by its sponsored name Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, is a women's tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany (until 2005, in Filderstadt, a southern suburb of Stuttgart). Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest women's indoor tournament in Europe. The event was part of the Tier II category from 1990 until 2008 and as of 2009 has been a Premier tournament on the WTA Tour.^[1] The singles champion receives prize money and a Porsche sports car.^[2] Until 2008 the tournament was played on hardcourt in autumn. Since 2009 it is played on clay court in spring, as a warm-up tournament to the French Open, making it the first indoor clay court event on the women's tour.^[3]

The players voted for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix as their favourite Premier tournament in 2007, 2008, 2010–2012, 2014–2017.

The tournament has been won by many former number ones and Grand Slam champions. Martina Navratilova holds the record for most singles wins at the event, with six titles between 1982 and 1992, in addition to eight doubles titles. Tracy Austin and Martina Hingis both come second with four wins each in the singles event, with Austin winning four consecutive. This is followed by Lindsay Davenport and Maria Sharapova with three wins each.

Ashleigh Barty is the current champion.

History[]

The tournament was founded by businessman Dieter Fischer who had organized a men's exhibition tournament^[a] in Filderstadt in 1977 to open his tennis centre.^[4] After failing to schedule a men's event in 1978 a license for a Tier II women's tournament was purchased for $100,000 and the first edition was held in October 1978, won by 15-year old Tracy Austin.^[5] In March 1979 a men's tournament was held, won by Wojciech Fibak, but this event was discontinued as it required too much effort to organize two tournaments annually with a volunteer force. In 1992 a request for promotion to the Tier I category was rejected by the WTA on the grounds that the tournament's centre court, with a 3,000-seat capacity, was too small.^[1] In 2002 Fischer sold the tournament licence to Porsche who had been the official sponsor since the first edition.^[6]

Past finals[]

Singles[]

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Filderstadt	1978	Tracy Austin	Betty Stöve	6–3, 6–3
	1979	Tracy Austin (2)	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–2
	1980	Tracy Austin (3)	Sherry Acker	6–2, 7–5
	1981	Tracy Austin (4)	Martina Navratilova	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1982	Martina Navratilova	Tracy Austin	6–3, 6–3
	1983	Martina Navratilova (2)	Catherine Tanvier	6–1, 6–2
	1984	Catarina Lindqvist	Steffi Graf	6–1, 6–4
	1985	Pam Shriver	Catarina Lindqvist	6–1, 7–5
	1986	Martina Navratilova (3)	Hana Mandlíková	6–2, 6–3
	1987	Martina Navratilova (4)	Chris Evert	7–5, 6–1
	1988	Martina Navratilova (5)	Chris Evert	6–2, 6–3
	1989	Gabriela Sabatini	Mary Joe Fernández	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
	1990	Mary Joe Fernández	Barbara Paulus	6–1, 6–3
	1991	Anke Huber	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
	1992	Martina Navratilova (6)	Gabriela Sabatini	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
	1993	Mary Pierce	Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–3
	1994	Anke Huber (2)	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–2
	1995	Iva Majoli	Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
	1996	Martina Hingis	Anke Huber	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	1997	Martina Hingis (2)	Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–2
	1998	Sandrine Testud	Lindsay Davenport	7–5, 6–3
	1999	Martina Hingis (3)	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–1
	2000	Martina Hingis (4)	Kim Clijsters	6–0, 6–3
	2001	Lindsay Davenport	Justine Henin	7–5, 6–4
	2002	Kim Clijsters	Daniela Hantuchová	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	2003	Kim Clijsters (2)	Justine Henin	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
	2004	Lindsay Davenport (2)	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, ret.
	2005	Lindsay Davenport (3)	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–4
Stuttgart	2006	Nadia Petrova	Tatiana Golovin	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
	2007	Justine Henin	Tatiana Golovin	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
	2008	Jelena Janković	Nadia Petrova	6–4, 6–3
	2009	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–3
	2010	Justine Henin (2)	Samantha Stosur	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
	2011	Julia Görges	Caroline Wozniacki	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
	2012	Maria Sharapova	Victoria Azarenka	6–1, 6–4
	2013	Maria Sharapova (2)	Li Na	6–4, 6–3
	2014	Maria Sharapova (3)	Ana Ivanovic	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
	2015	Angelique Kerber	Caroline Wozniacki	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
	2016	Angelique Kerber (2)	Laura Siegemund	6–4, 6–0
	2017	Laura Siegemund	Kristina Mladenovic	6–1, 2–6, 7–6^(7–5)
	2018	Karolína Plíšková	CoCo Vandeweghe	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
	2019	Petra Kvitová	Anett Kontaveit	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
	2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
	2021	Ashleigh Barty	Aryna Sabalenka	3–6, 6–0, 6–3

Doubles[]

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Filderstadt	1978	Tracy Austin Betty Stöve	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	6–3, 6–3
	1979	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–3
	1980	Hana Mandlíková Betty Stöve (2)	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6–4, 7–5
	1981	Mima Jaušovec Martina Navratilova (2)	Barbara Potter Anne Smith	6–4, 6–1
	1982	Martina Navratilova (3) Pam Shriver	Candy Reynolds Anne Smith	6–2, 6–3
	1983	Martina Navratilova (4) Candy Reynolds	Virginia Ruzici Catherine Tanvier	6–2, 6–1
	1984	Claudia Kohde Kilsch Helena Suková	Bettina Bunge Eva Pfaff	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
	1985	Hana Mandlíková Pam Shriver (2)	Carina Karlsson Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6–2, 6–1
	1986	Martina Navratilova (5) Pam Shriver (3)	Zina Garrison Gabriela Sabatini	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
	1987	Martina Navratilova (6) Pam Shriver (4)	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	6–1, 6–2
	1988	Martina Navratilova (7) Iwona Kuczyńska	Elna Reinach Raffaella Reggi	6–1, 6–4
	1989	Gigi Fernández Robin White	Elna Reinach Raffaella Reggi	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
	1990	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 6–3
	1991	Martina Navratilova (8) Jana Novotná	Pam Shriver Natalia Zvereva	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
	1992	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková (2)	Pam Shriver Natalia Zvereva	6–4, 7–5
	1993	Gigi Fernández (2) Natalia Zvereva	Patty Fendick Martina Navratilova	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
	1994	Gigi Fernández (3) Natalia Zvereva (2)	Manon Bollegraf Larisa Savchenko Neiland	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
	1995	Gigi Fernández (4) Natalia Zvereva (3)	Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko Neiland	5–7, 6–1, 6–4
	1996	Nicole Arendt Jana Novotná (2)	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	6–2, 6–3
	1997	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)
	1998	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva (4)	Anna Kournikova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–2
	1999	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	Larisa Savchenko Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–4
	2000	Martina Hingis (2) Anna Kournikova	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Barbara Schett	6–4, 6–2
	2001	Lindsay Davenport (2) Lisa Raymond	Justine Henin Meghann Shaughnessy	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 7–5
	2002	Lindsay Davenport (3) Lisa Raymond (2)	Meghann Shaughnessy Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–4
	2003	Lisa Raymond (3) Rennae Stubbs	Cara Black Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–4
	2004	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs (2)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Julia Schruff	6–3, 6–2
	2005	Daniela Hantuchová Anastasia Myskina	Květa Hrdličková Peschke Francesca Schiavone	6–0, 3–6, 7–5
Stuttgart	2006	Lisa Raymond (4) Samantha Stosur	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 6–4
	2007	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs (3)	Chan Yung-jan Dinara Safina	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–4), [10–2]
	2008	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Patty Schnyder	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–4
	2009	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
	2010	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), [10–5]
	2011	Sabine Lisicki Samantha Stosur (2)	Kristina Barrois Jasmin Wöhr	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
	2012	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–4, 7–5
	2013	Mona Barthel Sabine Lisicki (2)	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza	6–4, 7–5
	2014	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Cara Black Sania Mirza	6–2, 6–3
	2015	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2) Lucie Šafářová	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–3
	2016	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	2–6, 6–1, [10–6]
	2017	Raquel Atawo Jeļena Ostapenko	Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–4
	2018	Raquel Atawo (2) Anna-Lena Grönefeld (2)	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [10–5]
	2019	Mona Barthel (2) Anna-Lena Friedsam	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
	2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
	2021	Ashleigh Barty Jennifer Brady	Desirae Krawczyk Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6–4, 5–7, [10–5]

Notes[]

^ The two-day event had a four-player field consisting of Mark Cox, Charlie Pasarell, Jeff Borowiak and Ray Moore.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Hans-Jürgen Pohmann (16 October 1995). "Filderstadt kämpft brav gegen den Einheitsbrei". Die Welt (in German).
^ "Caroline Wozniacki loses to Julia Goerges in Stuttgart". BBC News. 24 April 2011.
^ David Werner (14 April 2016). "Ein Traum wird Realität". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German).
^ Bernd Dassel (31 October 1980). "Schmetterball in der Provinz". Die Zeit (in German).
^ Jörg Allmeroth (29 April 2017). "Die Vision des Dieter Fischer". Tennisnet.com (in German). Spox.
^ Simon David (23 April 2014). "Ein Turnier mit großer Geschichte". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German).

External links[]

Official site

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Indian Wells	Favorite WTA Tier I - II Tournament 2007, 2008	Succeeded by Indian Wells (Premier)
Preceded by Indian Wells Indian Wells	Favorite WTA Premier Tournament 2010, 2011, 2012 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Succeeded by Indian Wells TBD

[exhibition-4] The two-day event had a four-player field consisting of Mark Cox, Charlie Pasarell, Jeff Borowiak and Ray Moore.

[diewelt-1] Hans-Jürgen Pohmann (16 October 1995). "Filderstadt kämpft brav gegen den Einheitsbrei". Die Welt (in German).

[2011_Prix-2] "Caroline Wozniacki loses to Julia Goerges in Stuttgart". BBC News. 24 April 2011.

[3] David Werner (14 April 2016). "Ein Traum wird Realität". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German).

[diezeit-5] Bernd Dassel (31 October 1980). "Schmetterball in der Provinz". Die Zeit (in German).

[6] Jörg Allmeroth (29 April 2017). "Die Vision des Dieter Fischer". Tennisnet.com (in German). Spox.

[7] Simon David (23 April 2014). "Ein Turnier mit großer Geschichte". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German).

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