Budapest Grand Prix

Budapest Grand Prix
WTA Tour
Event nameBudapest Grand Prix
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
LocationBudapest, Hungary
VenueRómai Teniszakadémia
CategoryWTA 250
SurfaceClay - outdoors
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money$267,082 (2024)
WebsiteHungarian Grand Prix
Current champions (2024)
Singles Diana Shnaider
DoublesPoland Katarzyna Piter
Hungary Fanny Stollár

The Budapest Grand Prix (also Hungarian Grand Prix) is a women's tennis tournament held in Budapest, Hungary. This WTA Tour event is a WTA 250 tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts.

The tournament was formerly known as Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix, Gaz de France Grand Prix, GDF Suez Grand Prix, Tippmix Budapest Grand Prix, Colortex Budapest Grand Prix, Westel 900 Budapest Open, Budapest Lotto Open, Budapest Open, and Budapest Grand Prix.

The event was replaced in the 2014 WTA Tour with a new tournament Bucharest Open held in Bucharest, Romania.[1] It returned in 2021 as the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1996 Romania Ruxandra Dragomir Austria Melanie Schnell 7–6(8–6), 6–1
1997 South Africa Amanda Coetzer Belgium Sabine Appelmans 6–1, 6–3
1998 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Italy Silvia Farina Elia 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1999 France Sarah Pitkowski Spain Cristina Torrens Valero 6–2, 6–2
2000 Italy Tathiana Garbin Netherlands Kristie Boogert 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2001 Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva Luxembourg Anne Kremer 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
2002 Germany Martina Müller Switzerland Myriam Casanova 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
2003 Spain Magüi Serna Australia Alicia Molik 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
2004 Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Janković Slovakia Martina Suchá 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2005 Israel Anna Smashnova Colombia Catalina Castaño 6–2, 6–2
2006 Israel Anna Smashnova (2) Spain Lourdes Domínguez 6–1, 6–3
2007 Argentina Gisela Dulko Romania Sorana Cîrstea 6–7(7–2), 6–2, 6–2
2008 France Alizé Cornet Slovenia Andreja Klepač 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2009 Hungary Ágnes Szávay Switzerland Patty Schnyder 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
2010 Hungary Ágnes Szávay (2) Switzerland Patty Schnyder 6–2, 6–4
2011 Italy Roberta Vinci Romania Irina-Camelia Begu 6–4, 1–6, 6–4
2012 Italy Sara Errani Russia Elena Vesnina 7–5, 6–4
2013 Romania Simona Halep Austria Yvonne Meusburger 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–1
2014–2020 not held
2021 Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 6–4, 6–0
2022 United States Bernarda Pera Serbia Aleksandra Krunić 6–3, 6–3
2023 Maria Timofeeva Ukraine Kateryna Baindl 6–3, 3–6, 6–0
2024 Diana Shnaider Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1996 United States Katrina Adams
United States Debbie Graham
Czech Republic Radka Bobková
Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
6–3, 7–63
1997 South Africa Amanda Coetzer
France Alexandra Fusai
Czech Republic Eva Martincová
Germany Elena Wagner
6–3, 6–1
1998 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
Romania Cătălina Cristea
Argentina Laura Montalvo
4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1999 Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Serbia and Montenegro Sandra Načuk
Argentina Laura Montalvo
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–3, 6–4
2000 Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Spain Cristina Torrens Valero
Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić
Serbia and Montenegro Sandra Načuk
6–0, 6–2
2001 Slovakia Janette Husárová
Italy Tathiana Garbin
Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi
Serbia and Montenegro Dragana Zarić
6–1, 6–3
2002 France Émilie Loit
Australia Catherine Barclay-Reitz
Russia Elena Bovina
Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
2003 Hungary Petra Mandula
Ukraine Elena Tatarkova
Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis
6–3, 6–1
2004 Hungary Petra Mandula (2)
Austria Barbara Schett
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Hungary Virág Németh
6–3, 6–2
2005 France Émilie Loit (2)
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Marta Marrero
6–1, 3–6, 6–2
2006 Slovakia Janette Husárová (2)
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2007 Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
Germany Martina Müller
Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová
7–5, 6–2
2008 France Alizé Cornet
Slovakia Janette Husárová (3)
Germany Vanessa Henke
Romania Raluca Olaru
6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–6]
2009 Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Romania Monica Niculescu
Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2010 Switzerland Tímea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin (2)
Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–3, 6–3
2011 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Poland Alicja Rosolska
South Africa Natalie Grandin
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–2, 6–2
2012 Slovakia Janette Husárová (4)
Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková
Czech Republic Eva Birnerová
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
6–4, 6–2
2013 Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Russia Nina Bratchikova
Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili
6–4, 6–1
2014–2020 not held
2021 Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
Hungary Fanny Stollár
Spain Aliona Bolsova
Germany Tamara Korpatsch
6–4, 6–4
2022 Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Poland Katarzyna Piter
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann
1–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2023 Poland Katarzyna Piter
Hungary Fanny Stollár (2)
United States Jessie Aney
Czech Republic Anna Sisková
6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
2024 Poland Katarzyna Piter (2)
Hungary Fanny Stollár (3)
Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Irina Khromacheva
6–3, 3–6, [10–3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WTA Announces Bucharest Open For 2014". Women's Tennis Association. 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014.
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