İstanbul Cup
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| İstanbul Cup | ||
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| Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | ||
| Location | İstanbul Turkey |
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| Category | Tier III | |
| Surface | Clay / Outdoors | |
| Draw | 30M/32Q/16D | |
| Prize Money | $200,000 | |
| Website | istanbulcup.com | |
The İstanbul Cup is a tennis tournament held in İstanbul, Turkey. Held since 2005, this WTA Tour event is a Tier III-tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts.
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[edit] History
The first edition, held in 2005, was won by American Venus Williams. In the final she beat the young Czech talent Nicole Vaidišová in straight sets: 6-3 6-2.
The following year the young Israeli player Shahar Pe'er beat Russian Anastasia Myskina to win the Istanbul title.
Russian Elena Dementieva won the 2007 event, leading Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 7-6(5), 3-0 before she retired, allowing Dementieva to win the title.
In 2008 Dementieva wasn't able to defend her title, losing in a final match to a second-seeded Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland in straight sets.
[edit] Past finals
[edit] Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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| 2005 |  Venus Williams |
 Nicole Vaidišová |
6-3, 6-2 |
| 2006 |  Shahar Pe'er |
 Anastasia Myskina |
1-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) |
| 2007 | Elena Dementieva |
 Aravane Rezaï |
7-6(5), 3-0 ret. |
| 2008 |  Agnieszka Radwańska |
Elena Dementieva |
6-3, 6-2 |
[edit] Doubles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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| 2005 |  Marta Marrero & Antonella Serra Zanetti |
 Daniela Klemenschits & Sandra Klemenschits |
6-4, 6-0 |
| 2006 |  Alyona Bondarenko & Anastasiya Yakimova |
 Sania Mirza & Alicia Molik |
6-2, 6-4 |
| 2007 | Agnieszka Radwańska & Urszula Radwańska |
 Yung-Jan Chan & Sania Mirza |
6-1, 6-3 |
| 2008 | Jill Craybas & Olga Govortsova |
 Marina Erakovic & Polona Hercog |
6-1, 6-2 |
