Croatian Bol Ladies Open

Croatian Bol Ladies Open was an annual women's tennis tournament on the WTA Challenger Tour, played in the town of Bol on the Croatian Adriatic island of Brač. The first edition was held in late April 1991, and then again every year from 1995 to 2003. The tournament was then sold to the organizers of the Western & Southern Open and moved to Cincinnati.^[1] In 2022, it was moved to Makarska.^[2]

Croatian Bol Ladies Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1991
Abolished	2021
Location	Bol Croatia
Venue	Bluesun Tennis Center Zlatni rat
Category	Tier V (1991) Tier III (1995, 2000–03) Tier IV (1996–99) WTA 125k (2016–2021)
Surface	Clay
Draw	32S/8Q/16D
Prize money	$115,000 (2021)
Current champions (2021)
Singles	Jasmine Paolini
Doubles	Aliona Bolsova Katarzyna Kawa

Past finals

Singles

Year	Tier	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1991	V	Sandra Cecchini	Magdalena Maleeva	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
1995[3]	III	Sabine Appelmans	Silke Meier	6–4, 6–3
1996	IV	Gloria Pizzichini	Silvija Talaja	6–0, 6–2
1997	IV	Mirjana Lučić	Corina Morariu	7–5, 6–7, 7–6
1998	IVa	Mirjana Lučić (2)	Corina Morariu	6–2, 6–4
1999	IV	Corina Morariu	Julie Halard	6–2, 6–0
2000	III	Tina Pisnik	Amélie Mauresmo	7–6, 7–6
2001	III	Ángeles Montolio	Mariana Díaz Oliva	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
2002	III	Åsa Svensson	Iva Majoli	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
2003	III	Vera Zvonareva	Conchita Martínez G.	6–1, 6–3
↓  WTA 125K series  ↓
2016	125k	Mandy Minella	Polona Hercog	6–2, 6–3
2017	125k	Aleksandra Krunić	Alexandra Cadanțu	6–3, 3–0 ret.
2018	125k	Tamara Zidanšek	Magda Linette	6–1, 6–3
2019	125k	Tamara Zidanšek (2)	Sara Sorribes Tormo	7–5, 7–5
2020		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	125k	Jasmine Paolini	Arantxa Rus	6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles

Year	Tier	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1991	V	Laura Golarsa Magdalena Maleeva	Sandra Cecchini Laura Garrone	walkover
1995[3]	III	Mercedes Paz Rene Simpson	Laura Golarsa Irina Spîrlea	7–5, 6–2
1996	IV	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	Alexia Dechaume Alexandra Fusai	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
1997	IV	Laura Montalvo (2) Henrieta Nagyová	María José Gaidano Marion Maruska	6–3, 6–1
1998	IVa	Laura Montalvo (3) Paola Suárez (2)	Joannette Kruger Mirjana Lučić	walkover
1999	IV	Jelena Kostanić Michaela Paštiková	Meghann Shaughnessy Andreea Vanc	7–5, 6–7, 6–2
2001	III	Julie Halard Corina Morariu	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 6–2
2001	III	María Martínez Anabel Medina	Nadia Petrova Tina Pisnik	7–5, 6–4
2002	III	Tathiana Garbin Angelique Widjaja	Elena Bovina Henrieta Nagyová	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
2003	III	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Patty Schnyder	6–3, 6–2
↓  WTA 125K series  ↓
2016	125k	Xenia Knoll Petra Martić	Raluca Olaru İpek Soylu	6–3, 6–2
2017	125k	Chuang Chia-jung Renata Voráčová	Lina Gjorcheska Aleksandrina Naydenova	6–4, 6–2
2018	125k	Mariana Duque Mariño Wang Yafan	Sílvia Soler Espinosa Barbora Štefková	6–3, 7–5
2019	125k	Timea Bacsinszky Mandy Minella	Cornelia Lister Renata Voráčová	0–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]
2020		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	125k	Aliona Bolsova Katarzyna Kawa	Ekaterine Gorgodze Tereza Mihalíková	6–1, 4–6, [10–6]

Other

• There is an ITF women's tennis tournament called Bluesun Bol Ladies Open or Bluesun Ladies Open that is held at the same courts.

See also

• Makarska International Championships
• Croatia Open
• Zagreb Indoors
• Zagreb Open