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İstanbul Cup
Tournament information
Founded2005
Editions14 (2021)
Location Istanbul
Turkey
VenueHoliday-Inn Crowne Plaza – Ataköy Marina (2005)
Tekstilkent Arena (2006–08)
ENKA Sports Club (2009–10)
Koza World of Sports (2014–19)
TTF Istanbul Tennis Center (2020–)
CategoryTier III (2005–2008),
WTA International (2009–2010, 2014–2020),
WTA 250 (2021–present)
Surface Clay - outdoors (2005–08, 2016–)
Hard - outdoors (2009–10, 2014–15)
Draw32 S / 24 Q / 16 D
Prize money US$251,750 (2022)
Website tennischampionship.istanbul
Current champions ( 2022)
Singles Anastasia Potapova
Doubles Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo

The İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship İstanbul for sponsorship reasons) is a WTA tennis tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey, organised for professional female tennis players. It is classified as an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. Held annually since May 2005, it was played on outdoor clay courts until 2009, after which the organisers decided to switch the surface to outdoor hard courts. It was not held in between 2011–2013, due to the WTA Tour Championships moving to Istanbul for those years. It resumed for the 2014 WTA season. In 2016, the tournament surface was changed back to clay. It is currently played at the TTF Istanbul Tennis Center, located in the İstinye neighborhood.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2005 United States Venus Williams Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová 6–3, 6–2
2006 Israel Shahar Pe'er Russia Anastasia Myskina 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2007 Russia Elena Dementieva France Aravane Rezaï 7–6(7–5), 3–0 ret.
2008 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Russia Elena Dementieva 6–3, 6–2
2009 Russia Vera Dushevina Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká 6–0, 6–1
2010 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Russia Elena Vesnina 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
2011–2013 Not held because of the WTA Tour Championships
2014 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Italy Roberta Vinci 6–1, 6–1
2015 Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko Poland Urszula Radwańska 7–5, 6–1
2016 Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay Montenegro Danka Kovinić 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
2017 Ukraine Elina Svitolina Belgium Elise Mertens 6–2, 6–4
2018 France Pauline Parmentier Slovenia Polona Hercog 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2019 Croatia Petra Martić Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 1–6, 6–4, 6–1
2020 Romania Patricia Maria Țig Canada Eugenie Bouchard 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
2021 Romania Sorana Cîrstea Belgium Elise Mertens 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2022 Anastasia Potapova Veronika Kudermetova 6–3, 6–1

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2005 Spain Marta Marrero
Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti
Austria Daniela Klemenschits
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
6–4, 6–0
2006 Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
India Sania Mirza
Australia Alicia Molik
6–2, 6–4
2007 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Poland Urszula Radwańska
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
India Sania Mirza
6–1, 6–3
2008 United States Jill Craybas
Belarus Olga Govortsova
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Slovenia Polona Hercog
6–1, 6–2
2009 Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Germany Julia Görges
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
2010 Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
Russia Maria Kondratieva
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
2011–2013 Not held because of the WTA Tour Championships
2014 Japan Misaki Doi
Ukraine Elina Svitolina
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Poland Paula Kania
6–4, 6–0
2015 Russia Daria Gavrilova
Ukraine Elina Svitolina (2)
Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay
Serbia Jelena Janković
5–7, 6–1, [10–4]
2016 Romania Andreea Mitu
Turkey İpek Soylu
Switzerland Xenia Knoll
Montenegro Danka Kovinić
w/o
2017 Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
United States Nicole Melichar
Belgium Elise Mertens
7–6(8–6), 6–2
2018 China Liang Chen
China Zhang Shuai
Switzerland Xenia Knoll
United Kingdom Anna Smith
6–4, 6–4
2019 Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
Chile Alexa Guarachi
United States Sabrina Santamaria
6–1, 6–0
2020 Chile Alexa Guarachi
United States Desirae Krawczyk
Australia Ellen Perez
Australia Storm Sanders
6–1, 6–3
2021 Russia Veronika Kudermetova
Belgium Elise Mertens
Japan Nao Hibino
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
6–1, 6–1
2022 Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
Natela Dzalamidze
Kamilla Rakhimova
6–3, 6–4

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