International Women's Open

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International Women's Open
2007 International Women's Open
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Location	Eastbourne  United Kingdom
Category	Tier II
Surface	Grass / Outdoors
Draw	28M/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$600,000
Website	eastbourne.lta.org.uk

The International Women's Open is a Tier II tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom. Held since 1975, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts, and is generally considered a "warm-up" for the Wimbledon grand slam event, which begins the following week.

Contents 1 Combination 2 Past winners 2.1 Singles 2.2 Doubles 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Combination

During 2007, lack of sponsorship for the Eastbourne tournament led the Lawn Tennis Association to consider moving the tournament to London.^[1]

However, as part of a general reorganisation of UK tennis tournaments, it was instead decided to merge the event with the Nottingham Open, traditionally held during the same week. From 2009, therefore, the Eastbourne courts will host a combined women's and men's event. ^[2][3]

[edit] Past winners

Martina Navrátilová holds the record for the most singles titles with 11.

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1975	Virginia Wade	Billie Jean King	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
1976	Chris Evert	Virginia Wade	8–6, 6–3
1977	not played
1978	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert	6–4, 4–6, 9–7
1979	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	7–5, 5–7, 13–11
1980	Tracy Austin	Wendy Turnbull	7–6, 6–2
1981	Tracy Austin	Andrea Jaeger	6–3, 6–4
1982	Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková	6–4, 6–3
1983	Martina Navrátilová	Wendy Turnbull	6–1, 6–1
1984	Martina Navrátilová	Kathy Jordan	6–4, 6–1
1985	Martina Navrátilová	Helena Suková	6–4, 6–3
1986	Martina Navrátilová	Helena Suková	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1987	Helena Suková	Martina Navrátilová	7–6, 6–2
1988	Martina Navrátilová	Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–2
1989	Martina Navrátilová	Raffaella Reggi	7–6, 6–2
1990	Martina Navrátilová	Gretchen Magers	6–0, 6–2
1991	Martina Navrátilová	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	6–4, 6–4
1992	Lori McNeil	Linda Wild	6–4, 6–4
1993	Martina Navrátilová	Miriam Oremans	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1994	Meredith McGrath	Linda Wild	6–2, 6–4
1995	Nathalie Tauziat	Chanda Rubin	3–6, 6–0, 7–5
1996	Monica Seles	Mary Joe Fernández	6–0, 6–2
1997	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Jana Novotná	not played
1998	Jana Novotná	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 7–5
1999	Natasha Zvereva	Nathalie Tauziat	0–6, 7–5, 6–3
2000	Julie Halard-Decugis	Dominique van Roost	7–6(4), 6–4
2001	Lindsay Davenport	Magüi Serna	6–2, 6–0
2002	Chanda Rubin	Anastasia Myskina	6–1, 6–3
2003	Chanda Rubin	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2004	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Daniela Hantuchová	2–6, 7–6(2), 6–4
2005	Kim Clijsters	Vera Douchevina	7–5, 6–0
2006	Justine Henin	Anastasia Myskina	4–6, 6–1, 7–6(5)
2007	Justine Henin	Amélie Mauresmo	7–5, 6–7(4), 7–6(2)

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2000	Ai Sugiyama Nathalie Tauziat
2001	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
2002	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
2003	Lisa Raymond Lindsay Davenport
2004	Alicia Molik Magüi Serna	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–4
2005	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 7–5
2006	Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo	Liezel Huber Martina Navrátilová	6–2, 6–4
2007	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Kveta Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–3

[edit] References

1. ^ Whelan, Andy (25 June 2007), Tennis bosses serve blow to Eastbourne, The Argus, <http://www.theargus.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1494438.mostviewed.tennis_bosses_serve_blow_to_eastbourne.php>. Retrieved on 15 May 2008 
2. ^ Wimbledon-warm-up-event-scrapped Wimbledon warm-up event scrapped. BBC (2008-04-08). Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
3. ^ Men and Women's Tennis Merged Events. Eastbourne Borough Council. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.

[edit] External links

• Official website

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