WTA Swiss Open

The Ladies Championship Gstaad is a women's professional tennis tournament which is currently played in Gstaad but has played in a number of locations in Switzerland. The event was called the WTA Swiss Open from 1899–1994, and was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament underwent a name change in 1986, when it was titled the European Open until its discontinuation. It formed part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. When the WTA introduced the tiering format to its circuit, the event gradually moved up, from being a Tier V in 1988–1989, a Tier IV from 1990–1992, and a Tier III for its remaining years. The WTA announced that the tournament would return in Gstaad as a clay event on the 2016 Tour.^[1]

Four Swiss players won the event: Viktorija Golubic in 2016 as well as Manuela Maleeva (who formerly represented Bulgaria) in 1991 won the singles, and Xenia Knoll (in 2016) as well as Christiane Jolissaint won the doubles, the latter on three occasions: 1983, 1984, and 1988. Maleeva holds the record, along with Chris Evert, for most singles wins; both players won the event three times, and Maleeva finished runner-up a further three occasions.

Past finals

Singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Gstaad	1969	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
	1970	Rosie Casals	Françoise Dürr	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
	1971	Françoise Dürr (2)	Lesley Hunt	6–3, 6–3
	1972	Kazuko Sawamatsu	Pam Teeguarden	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
	1973	Not held
	1974	Helga Schultze	Lea Pericoli	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
	1975	Glynis Coles	Linky Boshoff	9–7, 2–6, 8–6
	1976	Michèle Gurdal	Gail Sherriff	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
	1977	Lesley Hunt	Helen Gourlay	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
	1978	Virginia Ruzici	Petra Delhees	6–2, 6–2
	1979–80	Not held
Lugano	1981	Chris Evert	Virginia Ruzici	6–1, 6–1
	1982	Chris Evert (2)	Andrea Temesvári	6–0, 6–3
	1983	Cancelled after the third round because of rain
	1984	Manuela Maleeva	Iva Budařová	6–1, 6–1
	1985	Bonnie Gadusek	Manuela Maleeva	6–2, 6–2
	1986	Raffaella Reggi	Manuela Maleeva	5–7, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Geneva	1987	Chris Evert (3)	Manuela Maleeva	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
	1988	Barbara Paulus	Lori McNeil	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
	1989	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere (2)	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 6–0
	1990	Barbara Paulus (2)	Helen Kelesi	2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
	1991	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere (3)	Helen Kelesi	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Lucerne	1992	Amy Frazier	Radka Zrubáková	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
	1993	Lindsay Davenport	Nicole Bradtke	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
	1994	Lindsay Davenport (2)	Lisa Raymond	7–6(7–3), 6–4
	1995–2015	Not held
Gstaad	2016	Viktorija Golubic	Kiki Bertens	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Gstaad	1971	Brenda Kirk Laura Rossouw	Françoise Dürr Lea Pericoli	8–6, 6–3
	1972–73	Not held
	1974	Helga Schultze Lea Pericoli	Kayoko Fukuoka Michelle Rodriguez	6–2, 6–0
	1975	Not held
	1976	Betsy Nagelsen Wendy Turnbull	Brigitte Cuypers Annette Van Zyl	6–4, 6–4
	1977	Helen Gourlay Rayni Fox	Mary Carillo Lesley Hunt	6–0, 6–4
	1978–80	Not held
Lugano	1981	Rosalyn Fairbank Tanya Harford	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
	1982	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	Joanne Russell Virginia Ruzici	6–2, 6–4
	1983	Christiane Jolissaint Marcella Mesker	Petra Delhees Pat Medrado	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
	1984	Christiane Jolissaint Marcella Mesker	Iva Budařová Marcela Skuherska	6–4, 6–3
	1985	Bonnie Gadusek Helena Suková	Bettina Bunge Eva Pfaff	6–2, 6–4
	1986	Elise Burgin Betsy Nagelsen	Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson	6–2, 6–3
Geneva	1987	Betsy Nagelsen Elizabeth Smylie	Laura Gildemeister Catherine Tanvier	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
	1988	Christiane Jolissaint Dianne Van Rensburg	Maria Lindström Claudia Porwik	6–1, 6–3
	1989	Katrina Adams Lori McNeil	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1990	Louise Field Dianne Van Rensburg	Elise Burgin Betsy Nagelsen	5–7, 7–6(2), 7–5
	1991	Nicole Bradtke Elizabeth Smylie	Cathy Caverzasio Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	6–1, 6–2
Lucerne	1992	Amy Frazier Elna Reinach	Karina Habšudová Marianne Werdel	7–5, 6–2
	1993	Mary Joe Fernández Helena Suková	Lindsay Davenport Marianne Werdel	6–2, 6–4
	1994	Canceled due to rain after two of the quarterfinals[note 1]
	1995–2015	Not held
Gstaad	2016	Lara Arruabarrena Xenia Knoll	Annika Beck Evgeniya Rodina	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]

See also

• Swiss Open – Men's tournament

Notes

References

• ITF Women's Circuit
• WTA website

External links

• Official website