Spanish Open (tennis)

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Spanish Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSpanish Championships (1972–78)
Spanish Open (1985–94)
Ford Spanish Open (1995)
TourWTA Tour
Founded1972
Abolished1995
Editions14
SurfaceClay / 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.

Finals

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Singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
1907 San Sebastian Spain Margarita Jimenez Spain Alecia Jimenez 6–1 6–2
1911 San Sebastian United Kingdom Mary Towler Germany Anita Heimann Lent 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1912 San Sebastian Spain Luisa Marnet United Kingdom Millicent Elwell 6–1, 6–4
1920 San Sebastian France Daisy Speranza Spain Mlle Castejon 6–4, 7–5
1923[1] San Sebastian France Suzanne Lenglen France Germaine Le Conte 6–1, 6–0
1924[2] San Sebastian France Daisy Speranza (2) France Elisabeth Raoul-Duval 6–3, 6–1
1927 San Sebastian France Daisy Speranza (3) France Mlle Carnet 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1929 San Sebastian France Ida Adamoff Spain María de Lerena-de Morales 6–0, 6–2
1931 Santander Spain Bella Duttón de Pons SpainGuadalupe Pombo 6–0, 6–3
1934 San Sebastian France Simonne Mathieu France Simone Iribarne 6–1, 6–4
1935 San Sebastian France Simone Iribarne Belgium Nelly Adamson 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1936 Barcelona Spain Josefa de Chavarri Germany Ruth Kamann 6–1, 7–5
1940 Santander Spain Lili de Alvarez Spain Josefa de Chavarri 6–0, 2–6, 6–3
1963 San Sebastian Brazil Mary Habicht Spain Pilar Barril 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1967 San Sebastian Spain Carmen Mandarino United States Alice Tym 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1968 Barcelona Chile Michelle Rodriguez West Germany Kerstin Seelbach[3] 7–5, 6–4
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969 Barcelona Australia Kerry Melville Australia Helen Gourlay 5–7, 6–4, 7–5
1970 Barcelona West Germany Helga Hosl Australia Sue Alexander 6–1, 6–1
1971 Barcelona West Germany Helga Hosl (2) Chile Ana Maria Arias Pinto Bravo 6–2, 6–1
1972 Barcelona France Gail Chanfreau France Nathalie Fuchs 6–1, 6–4
1973 Barcelona West Germany Helga Hosl (3) France Nathalie Fuchs 6–2, 7–5
1974 Barcelona France Nathalie Fuchs United Kingdom Glynis Coles 7–5, 8–6
1975 Barcelona United States Janice Metcalf West Germany Iris Riedel 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1976 Barcelona Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová Romania Virginia Ruzici 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1977 Barcelona Czechoslovakia Regina Marsikova Romania Mariana Simionescu 6–3, 6–4
1987 Not held
1978 Barcelona Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Italy Sabina Simmonds 6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1979 Barcelona Sweden Lena Sandin Czechoslovakia Iva Budarova ??
1980 Barcelona Netherlands Nora Blom Lauteslager Spain Carmen Perea 7–6, 6–3
1985 Barcelona Italy Sandra Cecchini Italy Raffaella Reggi 6–3, 6–4
1986 Barcelona Austria Petra Huber Italy Laura Garrone 7–6(7–4), 6–0
1988 Barcelona Brazil Neige Dias Argentina Bettina Fulco 6–3, 6–3
1989 Barcelona Spain Arantxa Sánchez Canada Helen Kelesi 6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1990 Barcelona Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) West Germany Isabel Cueto 6–4, 6–2
1991 Barcelona Spain Conchita Martínez Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière 6–4, 6–1
1992 Barcelona Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1993 Barcelona Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) Spain Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–4
1994 Barcelona Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4) Croatia Iva Majoli 6–0, 6–2
1995 Barcelona Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Croatia Iva Majoli 5–7, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1972 France Gail Sherriff
France Nathalie Fuchs
Belgium Michele Gurdal
Belgium Monique Van Haver
6–4, 6–2
1973
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1975
Not held
1976 Romania Florența Mihai
Brazil Patricia Medrado
France Nathalie Fuchs
Belgium Michele Gurdal
6–2, 6–4
1977 Not held
1978 Not available
1979
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1984
Not held
1985 Switzerland Petra Jauch-Delhees
Brazil Patricia Medrado
United States Penny Barg
Argentina Adriana Villagrán
6–1, 6–0
1986 Czechoslovakia Iva Budařová
France Catherine Tanvier
Austria Petra Huber
West Germany Petra Keppeler
6–2, 6–1
1987 Not held
1988 Czechoslovakia Iva Budařová
Belgium Sandra Wasserman
Sweden Anna-Karin Olsson
Spain María José Llorca
1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1989 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
Austria Judith Wiesner
6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
1990 Argentina Mercedes Paz
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–1
1991 United States Martina Navratilova
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
France Nathalie Tauziat
Austria Judith Wiesner
6–1, 6–3
1992 Spain Conchita Martínez
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
France Nathalie Tauziat
Austria Judith Wiesner
6–4, 6–1
1993 Spain Conchita Martínez
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva
Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
4–6, 6–1, 6–0
1994 Latvia Larisa Neiland
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
France Julie Halard
France Nathalie Tauziat
6–2, 6–4
1995 Latvia Larisa Neiland
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
South Africa Mariaan de Swardt
Croatia Iva Majoli
7–5, 4–6, 7–5

Event names

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Source:[4]

Official (English)
  • International Championships of Spain (1904-1936)[5] men & women
  • Spanish International Championships (1940-1967)[6] men & women
  • Spanish International Championships & Count of Godo Trophy (1968-1980) men & women[7]
  • Spanish International Championships & Count of Godo Trophy (1981-2007) men
  • Spanish International Championships (1985-2002) women
Official (Spanish)
  • Campeonatos Internacionales de España (1904-1967)[8] men & women
  • Campeonatos Internacionales de España & Trofeo Conde de Godó (1968-1980) men & women[9]
  • Campeonatos Internacionales de España & Trofeo Conde de Godó(1981-2007) men
  • Campeonatos Internacionales de España (1985-2002) women

References

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