WTA Madrid Open (tennis)

The Madrid Open is a defunct tennis tournament on the WTA Tour, held between 1996 and 2003. It replaced the International Championships of Spain (held in Barcelona) during these years, before a new tournament was started in Barcelona in 2007. It was a Tier II event in 1996 but was lowered to Tier III from 1997 onwards until it finished in 2003.

For the current tournament, see Madrid Open (tennis).

Madrid Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	WTA Tour (Tier II) (1996) WTA Tour (Tier III) (1997–2003)
Founded	1996
Abolished	2003
Editions	8
Location	Madrid, Spain
Venue	Club de Tenis Chamartín (1996–98) Club de Campo Villa de Madrid (1999–2003)
Surface	Clay

Jana Novotná was the most successful player at the event, winning the singles title in 1996 and 1997. Monica Seles and Chanda Rubin also reached the final on two occasions, each winning the title once.

Champions

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1996	Jana Novotná	Magdalena Maleeva	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
1997	Jana Novotná	Monica Seles	7–5, 6–1
1998	Patty Schnyder	Dominique Monami	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
1999	Lindsay Davenport	Paola Suárez	6–1, 6–3
2000	Gala León García	Fabiola Zuluaga	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2001	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Ángeles Montolio	7–5, 6–0
2002	Monica Seles	Chanda Rubin	6–4, 6–2
2003	Chanda Rubin	María Sánchez Lorenzo	6–4, 5–7, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1996	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	7–6, 6–2
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
1997	Mary Joe Fernandez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Inés Gorrochategui Irina Spîrlea	6–3, 6–2
1998	Florencia Labat Dominique Monami	Rachel McQuillan Nicole Pratt	6–3, 6–1
1999	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	María Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner	6–2, 0–6, 6–0
2000	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Gala León García María Sánchez Lorenzo	6–1, 6–3
2001	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
2002	Martina Navratilova Natasha Zvereva	Rossana de los Ríos Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–3
2003	Jill Craybas Liezel Huber	Rita Grande Angelique Widjaja	6–4, 7–6

See also

• Spanish Open
• Madrid Open
• Madrid Tennis Grand Prix
• List of tennis tournaments

References

• ITF Search (search Madrid)

External links

• ITF website