Baku Cup

Baku Cup
Tournament information
Founded2011
Abolished2015
LocationBaku
Azerbaijan
VenueBaku Tennis Academy
CategoryInternational
SurfaceHardcourt / outdoor
Draw32S / 32SQ / 16D
Prize moneyUS$ 250,000
Websitebakucup.az

The Baku Cup was a professional women's tennis tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It made its debut on the 2011 WTA Tour and as one of the international tier of events.[1] This WTA Tour event is an international tournament and was played at the Baku Tennis Academy on outdoor hardcourts. The 2015 Baku Cup was the last edition.

History

Baku Cup is the first WTA event to be held in the city. It became the first professional tennis tournament hosted by the country, with the inaugural event beginning on 18 July 2011.[2] The event offered $220,000 in prize money and was played on outdoor hard courts with a field of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams.[2]

Results

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2015 Russia Margarita Gasparyan Romania Patricia Maria Țig 6–3, 5–7, 6–0
2014 Ukraine Elina Svitolina (2) Serbia Bojana Jovanovski 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2013 Ukraine Elina Svitolina Israel Shahar Pe'er 6–4, 6–4
2012 Serbia Bojana Jovanovski United States Julia Cohen 6–3, 6–1
2011 Russia Vera Zvonareva Russia Ksenia Pervak 6–1, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2015 Russia Margarita Gasparyan
Russia Alexandra Panova (2)
Russia Vitalia Diatchenko
Ukraine Olga Savchuk
6–3, 7–5
2014 Russia Alexandra Panova
United Kingdom Heather Watson
Romania Raluca Olaru
Israel Shahar Pe'er
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2013 Ukraine Irina Buryachok (2)
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]
2012 Ukraine Irina Buryachok
Russia Valeria Solovyeva
Czech Republic Eva Birnerová
Italy Alberta Brianti
6–3, 6–2
2011 Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
Romania Monica Niculescu
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]

References

  1. ^ "2011 WTA Tour Calendar". WTA. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
  2. ^ a b "WTA Welcomes Baku". WTA Tour. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 12 May 2011.

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