Warsaw Open

This article is about the tennis tournament. For the former Challenge Tour golf tournament, see Warsaw Golf Open.

This article is about the WTA event called Warsaw Open since 2009. For the ATP event, see Orange Warsaw Open.

Polsat Warsaw Open
Tournament information
Founded	1995
Location	Warsaw (–2010) Katowice (2013–16) Gdynia (2021–) Poland
Venue	Legia Tennis Centre Spodek (2013–16)
Category	Premier WTA International (2013–16) WTA 250 (2021–)
Surface	Clay (outdoors) Hard (indoors) (2014–2016)
Draw	32M/32Q/16D
Prize money	$600,000 $250,000 (2013–present)
Website	www.pwo.polsat.pl Official Website

The WTA Polish Open is a women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour currently held in Gdynia, Poland, on an outdoor clay court surface. It is a WTA International Tournament taking place in July on the WTA Tour calendar. The previous editions of the tournament were held in Warsaw (1995–2010) and Katowice (2013–2016).

History

The Warsaw Open, formerly the J&S Cup, was a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Warsaw, Poland. Held since 1995, the tournament was played on outdoor clay courts. The event returned for 2 years to the WTA Tour in 2009 after a year's hiatus but its slot on the tour calendar was taken over by the Brussels Open from 2011.

The Katowice Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on an indoor hard court in Katowice, Poland and was held in April. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. Katowice Open replaced Danish Open since 2013 WTA Tour season. The official tournament ball was Babolat Roland Garros’. The organizer of the tournament was SOS Music company from Toruń, which had obtained the license from Octagon sport agency. Telewizja Polska had taken the television partnership of the event. The tournament was broadcast by TVP in April. From 2014, the surface was changed from clay to hard. Octagon chose to relocate the event to Biel/Bienne as the Ladies Open Biel Bienne beginning in 2017.

The Gdynia Open is a professional women's tennis tournament played on an outdoor clay court in Gdynia. The establishment of the tournament was announced in 2021 with Marcin Matkowski being appointed director of the event. It is affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is a WTA 250 tournament

Past Finals

Singles

Year	Tournament Name	Champion	Runner-up	Score in Final
↓   Tier III Tournament   ↓
1995	Warsaw Cup by Heros	Barbara Paulus	Alexandra Fusai	7–6, 4–6, 6–1
1996	Warsaw Cup	Henrieta Nagyová	Barbara Paulus	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1997	Warsaw Cup by Heros	Barbara Paulus (2)	Henrieta Nagyová	6–4, 6–4
1998	Warsaw Cup by Heros	Conchita Martínez	Silvia Farina Elia	6–0, 6–3
↓   Tier IV Tournament   ↓
1999	Warsaw Cup by Heros	Cristina Torrens Valero	Inés Gorrochategui	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
2000	Warsaw Cup by Heros	Henrieta Nagyová (2)	Amanda Hopmans	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
2001	Not held
↓   Tier III Tournament   ↓
2002	J&S Cup	Elena Bovina	Henrieta Nagyová	6–3, 6–1
↓   Tier II Tournament   ↓
2003	J&S Cup	Amélie Mauresmo	Venus Williams	6–7, 6–0, 3–0, retired
2004	J&S Cup	Venus Williams	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–4
2005	J&S Cup	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
2006	J&S Cup	Kim Clijsters	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7–5, 6–2
2007	J&S Cup	Justine Henin (2)	Alona Bondarenko	6–1, 6–3
2008	Not held
↓   WTA Premier Tournament   ↓
2009	Warsaw Open	Alexandra Dulgheru	Alona Bondarenko	7–63, 3–6, 6–0
2010	Polsat Warsaw Open	Alexandra Dulgheru (2)	Zheng Jie	6–3, 6–4
2011–12	Not held
↓   WTA International Tournament   ↓
2013	Katowice Open	Roberta Vinci	Petra Kvitová	7–6(7–2), 6–1
2014	Katowice Open	Alizé Cornet	Camila Giorgi	7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–5
2015	Katowice Open	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Camila Giorgi	6–4, 6–3
2016	Katowice Open	Dominika Cibulková	Camila Giorgi	6–4, 6–0
2017–20	Not held
↓   WTA 250 Tournament   ↓
2021	Gdynia Open

Doubles

Year	Tournament Name	Champion	Runner-up	Score in Final
↓   Tier III Tournament   ↓
1995	Warsaw Cup by Heros	Sandra Cecchini Laura Garrone	Henrieta Nagyová Denisa Krajčovičová	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
1996	Warsaw Cup	Olga Lugina Elena Wagner	Alexandra Fusai Laura Garrone	1–6, 6–4, 7–5
1997	Warsaw Cup by Heros	Ruxandra Dragomir Inés Gorrochategui	Meike Babel Catherine Barclay-Reitz	6–4, 6–0
1998	Warsaw Cup by Heros	Olga Lugina (2) Karina Habšudová	Liezel Huber Karin Kschwendt	7–6, 7–5
↓   Tier IV Tournament   ↓
1999	Warsaw Cup by Heros	Cătălina Cristea Irina Selyutina	Amélie Cocheteux Janette Husárová	6–1, 6–2
2000	Warsaw Cup by Heros	Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová	Iroda Tulyaganova Anna Zaporozhanova	6–3, 6–1
2001	Not held
↓   Tier III Tournament   ↓
2002	J&S Cup	Jelena Kostanić Henrieta Nagyová	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Silvija Talaja	6–1, 6–1
↓   Tier II Tournament   ↓
2003	J&S Cup	Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva	Eleni Daniilidou Francesca Schiavone	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
2004	J&S Cup	Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone	Gisela Dulko Patricia Tarabini	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
2005	J&S Cup	Tatiana Perebiynis Barbora Strýcová	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–1, 6–4
2006	J&S Cup	Elena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina	Anabel Medina Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 6–4
2007	J&S Cup	Vera Dushevina Tatiana Perebiynis (2)	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina	7–5, 3–6, [10–2]
2008	Not held
↓   WTA Premier Tournament   ↓
2009	Warsaw Open	Raquel Kops-Jones Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–1, 6–1
2010	Polsat Warsaw Open	Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Yan Zi	6–3, 6–4
2011–12	Not held
↓   WTA International Tournament   ↓
2013	Katowice Open	Lara Arruabarrena Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Raluca Olaru Valeria Solovyeva	6–4, 7–5
2014	Katowice Open	Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk	Klára Koukalová Monica Niculescu	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
2015	Katowice Open	Ysaline Bonaventure Demi Schuurs	Gioia Barbieri Karin Knapp	7–5, 4–6, [10–6]
2016	Katowice Open	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Marina Melnikova	3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
2017–20	Not held
↓   WTA 250 Tournament   ↓
2021	Gdynia Open

See also

• List of tennis tournaments

External links

• Official website
• Official web site
• Tournament info at WTA site