Ladies Open Lugano

The inaugural edition of the Ladies Open Lugano, formerly the Ladies Open Biel/Bienne, an International-level WTA tennis event, was held in April 2017 at the Swiss National Tennis Centre in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.^[1] The new indoor arena was completed in February 2017.

Ladies Open Lugano
Tournament information
Founded	2017 (as Ladies Open Biel Bienne)
Location	Lugano Switzerland
Venue	Tennis Club Lido Lugano
Category	WTA International
Surface	Clay - outdoors
Draw	32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US$250,000 (2019)
Website	samsungopen.ch
Current champions (2019)
Women's singles	Polona Hercog
Women's doubles	Sorana Cîrstea Andreea Mitu

The tournament lasted only one year in Biel/Bienne and was moved to Lugano in 2018. The surface was also changed from indoor hard to outdoor clay.^[2]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2017	Markéta Vondroušová	Anett Kontaveit	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
↓  Changed from Indoor Hard to Clay Court  ↓
2018	Elise Mertens	Aryna Sabalenka	7–5, 6–2
2019	Polona Hercog	Iga Świątek	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2017	Hsieh Su-wei Monica Niculescu	Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
↓  Changed from Indoor Hard to Clay Court  ↓
2018	Kirsten Flipkens Elise Mertens	Vera Lapko Aryna Sabalenka	6–1, 6–3
2019	Sorana Cîrstea Andreea Mitu	Veronika Kudermetova Galina Voskoboeva	1–6, 6–2, [10–8]

See also

• Zurich Open – Swiss Indoor WTA tournament held between 1984 and 2008

External links

Official website