The Istanbul Cup is a women's professional international tennis tournament held in July in Istanbul ( Turkey ) on hard courts . Since 2014, it belongs to the international WTA series with a prize fund of 250 thousand dollars and a tournament grid, designed for 32 participants in singles and 16 pairs.
| Istanbul Cup | |
|---|---|
 Tournament logo | |
| A place holding | Istanbul Turkey |
| Coating | hard |
| Site | istanbulcup.com |
| WTA World Tour | |
| Category | international |
| Prizes | 250 000 dollars |
General Information
The tournament was first organized on the eve of the 1996 season, as part of the summer preparatory series for the US Open . The first two tournaments were held in the status of 75-thousand ITF , and the third received the WTA category - hitting the fourth largest group of tournaments. However, the next year, funding for the competition was not found and the tournament was closed.
In 2005, the National Federation resurrected the tournament, but already as part of the spring dirt series of WTA competitions. The tournament received the third category, but the organizers had additional funding to invite the leaders of the women's tennis at that time: Maria Sharapova , Elena Dementieva and Venus Williams played in Istanbul at various times. In this status, the tournament lasted four years, after which, due to the reorganization of the calendar, it was forced to move to its original place in the calendar - the second half of summer. The cover has also changed - instead of the ground, hard was laid.
The second life of the tournament ended in 2010, when the Turkish Federation agreed with the WTA on the arrival of the final association championship with Istanbul . With the expiration of the contract - in 2014 - the cup was renewed.
- Winner and finalists
Three relatively short periods of the history of the tournament gave a significant list of participants in the finals, where very few people managed to visit the title games more than once. In singles, only Elena Dementieva twice played in the finals, having won one common victory; while in pairs, the list of participants is equally large, and only Elina Svitolina and Sana Mirza managed to fight twice for the title, where the Ukrainian won two titles and the Indian lost both finals.
| Years | Fund size |
|---|---|
| 1996 - 1997 | 75,000 USD |
| 1998 | 107 500 USD |
| 2005 - 2008 | 200,000 USD |
| 2009 - 2010 | 220,000 USD |
| 2014 - 2018 | 250,000 USD |
Tournament Finals
| Year | Champion | Finalist | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul Cup | ||||
| 2019 | Petra Martic | Marketa Vondrousova | 1-6 6-4 6-1 | |
| 2018 | Pauline Parmantier | Polona Herzog | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | |
| 2017 | Elina Svitolina | Elise Mertens | 6-2 6-4 | |
| 2016 | Chagla Buyukakchay | Danka Kovinich | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | |
| 2015 | Lesya Tsurenko | Ursula Radvanskaya | 7-5 6-1 | |
| 2014 | Caroline Wozniacki | Robert Vinci | 6-1 6-1 | |
| 2010 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Elena Vesnina | 5-7 7-5 6-4 | |
| 2009 | Vera Dushevina | Lucia Gradetskaya | 6-0 6-1 | |
| 2008 | Agnieszka Radwanska | Elena Dementieva | 6-3 6-2 | |
| 2007 | Elena Dementieva | Aravan Rezai | 7-6 (5) 3-0 - failure | |
| 2006 | Shahar Peer | Anastasia Myskina | 1-6 6-3 7-6 (3) | |
| 2005 | Venus Williams | Nicole Vaidishova | 6-3 6-2 | |
| Enka open | ||||
| 1998 | Henriet Nadjova | Olga Barabanschikova | 6-4 3-6 7-6 (9) | |
| 1997 | Gloria Pizzicini | Seda Norlander | 0-6 6-4 7-6 (4) | |
| 1996 | Adriana Gershi | Petra Pikhalova-Langrova | 4-0 - failure | |
| Year | Champions | Finalists | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Timea Babos Kristina Mladenovich | Alexa Guarachi Sabrina SantamarΓa | 6-1 6-0 |
| 2018 | Liang chen Zhang Shuai | Ksenia Knoll Anna Smith | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2017 | Nadezhda Kichenok Dalila Yakupovich | Nicole Melihar Elise Mertens | 7-6 (6) 6-2 |
| 2016 | Andrei Mitu Ipek Soilu | Ksenia Knoll Danka Kovinich | No game |
| 2015 | Daria Gavrilova Elina Svitolina (2) | Chagla Buyukakchay Elena Jankovic | 5-7 6-1 [10-4] |
| 2014 | Misaki Doi Elina Svitolina | Oksana Kalashnikova Paula Cana | 6-4 6-0 |
| 2010 | Yasmin woer Eleni Danilidu | Maria Kondratieva Vladimir Uglirzova | 6-4 1-6 [11-9] |
| 2009 | Lucia Gradetskaya Renata Vorachova | Julia GΓΆrges Patty Schnyder | 2-6 6-3 [12-10] |
| 2008 | Jill craibas Olga Govortsova | Marina Erakovich Polona Herzog | 6-1 6-2 |
| 2007 | Agnieszka Radwanska Ursula Radvanskaya | Zhan Yunzhan Sanya Mirza | 6-1 6-3 |
| 2006 | Alyona Bondarenko Anastasia Yekimova | Sanya Mirza Alicia Molik | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2005 | Marta marrero Antonella Serra-Zanetti | Daniela Klemenshits Sandra Klemenshits | 6-4 6-0 |
| 1998 | Mikey Babel Laurence Courtois | Osa Carlsson Florencia Labat | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1997 | Laura Golarsa Mercedes Paz | Silvia PleΕ‘ka Marlene Weingartner | 3-6 6-3 6-3 |
| 1996 | Tina Krizhan Olga Lugina | Laura Garrone Flora Perfetti | 6-4 6-2 |
Links
- Official site (eng.) (Tour.)
- WTA Tournament Profile (English)
- Tournament results archive on the ITF website (English)