Luxembourg Open

BGL Luxembourg Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Abolished2021
LocationKockelscheuer
Luxembourg
VenueKockelscheuer Sport Centre
CategoryWTA 250
SurfaceHard (indoor)
Draw30S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$235,238 (2021)
Websitebglbnpparibas-open.com
Current champions (2021)
Women's singlesDenmark Clara Tauson
Women's doublesBelgium Greet Minnen
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck

The Luxembourg Open, last sponsored by BGL, was a women's tennis tournament held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg. Held since 1991, the tournament was an exhibition event (winners including Novotná, Navratilova and Appelmans) until 1995. After that, it became a WTA Tier III tournament, which it remained until 2004. In 2005, it was promoted to Tier II, marking the first such event to be held in Luxembourg. In 2008, the tournament was relegated to a Tier III event, before it became an International Series tournament in 2009.[1][2]

Kim Clijsters of Belgium holds the record of most singles wins: 5 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005). No other player has won more than twice.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  Exhibition tournament  ↓
1991 Czech Republic Jana Novotná Austria Judith Wiesner Not known
1992 Czech Republic Jana Novotná (2) Georgia (country) Leila Meskhi
1993 United States Martina Navratilova United States Mary Joe Fernandez
1994 United States Martina Navratilova (2) Spain Arantxa Sánchez
1995 Belgium Sabine Appelmans France Mary Pierce
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
1996 Germany Anke Huber Slovakia Karina Habšudová 6–3, 6–0
1997 South Africa Amanda Coetzer Austria Barbara Paulus 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
1998 France Mary Pierce Italy Silvia Farina Elia 6–0, 2–0, retired
1999 Belgium Kim Clijsters Belgium Dominique Van Roost 6–2, 6–2
2000 United States Jennifer Capriati Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2001 Belgium Kim Clijsters (2) United States Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–2
2002 Belgium Kim Clijsters (3) Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6–1, 6–2
2003 Belgium Kim Clijsters (4) United States Chanda Rubin 6–2, 7–5
2004 Australia Alicia Molik Russia Dinara Safina 6–3, 6–4
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2005 Belgium Kim Clijsters (5) Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–2, 6–4
2006 Ukraine Alona Bondarenko Italy Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 6–2
2007 Serbia Ana Ivanovic Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
2008 Russia Elena Dementieva Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
↓  International tournament  ↓
2009 Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky Germany Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 7–5
2010 Italy Roberta Vinci Germany Julia Görges 6–3, 6–4
2011 Belarus Victoria Azarenka Romania Monica Niculescu 6–2, 6–2
2012 United States Venus Williams Romania Monica Niculescu 6–2, 6–3
2013 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Germany Annika Beck 6–2, 6–2
2014 Germany Annika Beck Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–2, 6–1
2015 Japan Misaki Doi Germany Mona Barthel 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–0
2016 Romania Monica Niculescu Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 6–4, 6–0
2017 Germany Carina Witthöft Puerto Rico Monica Puig 6–3, 7–5
2018 Germany Julia Görges Switzerland Belinda Bencic 6–4, 7–5
2019 Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko Germany Julia Görges 6–4, 6–1
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Denmark Clara Tauson Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
1996 Netherlands Kristie Boogert
France Nathalie Tauziat
Germany Barbara Rittner
Belgium Dominique Van Roost
2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1997 Latvia Larisa Neiland
Czech Republic Helena Suková
Germany Meike Babel
Belgium Laurence Courtois
6–2, 6–4
1998 Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Japan Ai Sugiyama
Latvia Larisa Neiland
Ukraine Elena Tatarkova
6–7, 6–3, 2–0 ret.
1999 Romania Irina Spîrlea
Netherlands Caroline Vis
Slovenia Tina Križan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–1, 6–2
2000 France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat (2)
Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Spain Cristina Torrens Valero
6–3, 7–6(7–0)
2001 Russia Elena Bovina
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Germany Bianka Lamade
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
6–3 6–3
2002 Belgium Kim Clijsters
Slovakia Janette Husárová
Czech Republic Květa Hrdličková
Germany Barbara Rittner
4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2003 Russia Maria Sharapova
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
Ukraine Elena Tatarkova
Germany Marlene Weingärtner
6–1, 6–4
2004 Spain Virginia Ruano
Argentina Paola Suárez
United States Jill Craybas
Germany Marlene Weingärtner
6–1, 6–7, 6–3
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2005 United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Samantha Stosur
Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–7, 7–5, 6–4
2006 Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
South Africa Liezel Huber
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
2007 Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Slovakia Janette Husárová (2)
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Israel Shahar Pe'er
6–4, 6–2
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
2008 Romania Sorana Cîrstea
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Russia Vera Dushevina
Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
↓  International tournament  ↓
2009 Czech Republic Iveta Benešová (2)
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
1–6, 6–0, [10–7]
2010 Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–4, 6–4
2011 Czech Republic Iveta Benešová (3)
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (2)
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
7–5, 6–3
2012 Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Romania Monica Niculescu
6–3, 6–4
2013 Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
Germany Kristina Barrois
France Laura Thorpe
7–6(7–2), 6–4
2014 Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky (2)
Germany Kristina Barrois
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
2015 Germany Mona Barthel
Germany Laura Siegemund
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–2, 7–6(7–2)
2016 Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
Romania Monica Niculescu
Romania Patricia Maria Țig
4–6, 7–5, [11–9]
2017 Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove
Belarus Lidziya Marozava
Canada Eugenie Bouchard
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–6]
2018 Belgium Greet Minnen
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
Belarus Vera Lapko
Luxembourg Mandy Minella
7–6(7–3), 6–2
2019 United States Coco Gauff
United States Caty McNally
United States Kaitlyn Christian
Chile Alexa Guarachi
6–2, 6–2
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Belgium Greet Minnen (2)
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck (2)
New Zealand Erin Routliffe
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann
6–3, 6–3

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Calendar". WTA Tour. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Letter from the Sony WTA Tour to the organizers" (PDF). WTA Tour. Retrieved 29 July 2008.[permanent dead link]
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