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Charleston Open
Tennis tournament in South Carolina, US
Tennis tournament in South Carolina, US
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Charleston Open |
| type | wta |
| logo size | 150px |
| founded | |
| editions | 53 (2025) |
| location | Hilton Head Island, SC, U.S. (1973–74, 1977–2000) |
| Amelia Island, FL, U.S. (1975–76) | |
| Daniel Island, SC, U.S. (2001–current) | |
| venue | LTP-Daniel Island |
| tier | WTA 500 |
| surface | Clay (green) – outdoors |
| draw | 48S / 32Q / 16D |
| prize money | (2025) |
| website | creditonecharlestonopen.com |
| completed event | 2025 |
| singles | USA Jessica Pegula |
| doubles | LAT Jeļena Ostapenko |
| NZL Erin Routliffe |
Amelia Island, FL, U.S. (1975–76) Daniel Island, SC, U.S. (2001–current) NZL Erin Routliffe
The Charleston Open, currently sponsored by Credit One, is a WTA Tour-affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. It is the oldest professional all-women's tournament in America with a $1,064,510 purse. The tournament celebrated 50 years in 2022 at the newly renovated Credit One Stadium located in Charleston, South Carolina.
The tournament is played on the green clay courts at LTP-Daniel Island (which contains the 10,200-seat Credit One Stadium) on Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina, US. From its inception in 1973 to 2000, the tournament was held at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island with the exception of 1975 and 1976 when it was played on Amelia Island off the coast of Florida. The event moved to Charleston, and specifically Daniel Island, in 2001.
From 1973 to 2015, the title sponsor was Family Circle magazine, which had made it the longest-running title sponsor in professional tennis. Chinese automaker Geely, which has a factory in nearby Berkeley County for their Volvo brand, took over sponsorship from 2016 to 2021. Credit One Bank, which had sponsored the 2020 tournament, became the title sponsor of both the tournament and stadium in July 2021. Also in 2021, two tournaments were organised in consecutive weeks as a makeup tournament for those cancelled by pandemic restrictions. The Medical University of South Carolina sponsored the event.
From 1990 to 2008, the tournament was classified as a WTA Tier I event. In 2009, it was downgraded to a WTA Premier tournament. It celebrated its 40th year in 2012 by naming its main stadium court in honor of Billie Jean King. With the reorganization of the WTA's schedule in 2021, the tournament became a WTA 500 tournament. The 2021 second tournament held the week afterwards was part of the WTA 250 tournaments list.
Past finals
Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | USA Rosemary Casals | USA Nancy Richey | 3–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
| 1974 | USA Chris Evert | AUS Kerry Melville | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1975 | USA Chris Evert (2) | TCH Martina Navratilova | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1976 | USA Chris Evert (3) | AUS Kerry Reid | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1977 | USA Chris Evert (4) | USA Billie Jean King | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 1978 | USA Chris Evert (5) | AUS Kerry Reid | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1979 | USA Tracy Austin | AUS Kerry Reid | 7–6(7–3), 7–6(9–7) |
| 1980 | USA Tracy Austin (2) | TCH Regina Maršíková | 3–6, 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1981 | USA Chris Evert (6) | USA Pam Shriver | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1982 | USA Martina Navratilova | USA Andrea Jaeger | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1983 | USA Martina Navratilova (2) | USA Tracy Austin | 5–7, 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1984 | USA Chris Evert (7) | FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1985 | USA Chris Evert (8) | ARG Gabriela Sabatini | 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1986 | FRG Steffi Graf | USA Chris Evert | 6–4, 7–5 |
| 1987 | FRG Steffi Graf (2) | BUL Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 |
| ↓ Tier II event ↓ | |||
| 1988 | USA Martina Navratilova (3) | ARG Gabriela Sabatini | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1989 | FRG Steffi Graf (3) | URS Natasha Zvereva | 6–1, 6–1 |
| ↓ Tier I event ↓ | |||
| 1990 | USA Martina Navratilova (4) | USA Jennifer Capriati | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1991 | ARG Gabriela Sabatini | URS Leila Meskhi | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1992 | ARG Gabriela Sabatini (2) | ESP Conchita Martínez | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1993 | GER Steffi Graf (4) | ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 7–6(10–8), 6–1 |
| 1994 | ESP Conchita Martínez | BLR Natalia Zvereva | 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1995 | ESP Conchita Martínez (2) | BUL Magdalena Maleeva | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1996 | ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | AUT Barbara Paulus | 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 |
| 1997 | SUI Martina Hingis | USA Monica Seles | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
| 1998 | RSA Amanda Coetzer | ROU Irina Spîrlea | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1999 | SUI Martina Hingis (2) | RUS Anna Kournikova | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2000 | FRA Mary Pierce | ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 2001 | USA Jennifer Capriati | SUI Martina Hingis | 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 2002 | CRO Iva Majoli | SUI Patty Schnyder | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| 2003 | BEL Justine Henin | USA Serena Williams | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2004 | USA Venus Williams | ESP Conchita Martínez | 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2005 | BEL Justine Henin (2) | RUS Elena Dementieva | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2006 | RUS Nadia Petrova | SUI Patty Schnyder | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 2007 | SRB Jelena Janković | RUS Dinara Safina | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2008 | USA Serena Williams | RUS Vera Zvonareva | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| ↓ Premier event ↓ | |||
| 2009 | GER Sabine Lisicki | DEN Caroline Wozniacki | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2010 | AUS Samantha Stosur | RUS Vera Zvonareva | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 2011 | DEN Caroline Wozniacki | RUS Elena Vesnina | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2012 | USA Serena Williams (2) | CZE Lucie Šafářová | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 2013 | USA Serena Williams (3) | SRB Jelena Janković | 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 |
| 2014 | GER Andrea Petkovic | SVK Jana Čepelová | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 2015 | GER Angelique Kerber | USA Madison Keys | 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 2016 | USA Sloane Stephens | RUS Elena Vesnina | 7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
| 2017 | RUS Daria Kasatkina | LAT Jeļena Ostapenko | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 2018 | NED Kiki Bertens | GER Julia Görges | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2019 | USA Madison Keys | DEN Caroline Wozniacki | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| ↓ WTA 500 event ↓ | |||
| 2021 (a) | RUS Veronika Kudermetova | MNE Danka Kovinić | 6–4, 6–2 |
| ↓ WTA 250 event ↓ | |||
| 2021 (b) | AUS Astra Sharma | TUN Ons Jabeur | 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| ↓ WTA 500 event ↓ | |||
| 2022 | SUI Belinda Bencic | TUN Ons Jabeur | 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 |
| 2023 | TUN Ons Jabeur | SUI Belinda Bencic | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
| 2024 | USA Danielle Collins | Daria Kasatkina | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2025 | USA Jessica Pegula | USA Sofia Kenin | 6–3, 7–5 |
Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | FRA Françoise Dürr | ||
| NED Betty Stöve | USA Rosemary Casals | ||
| USA Billie Jean King | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| 1974 | USA Rosemary Casals | ||
| URS Olga Morozova | AUS Helen Gourlay | ||
| AUS Karen Krantzcke | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| 1975 | AUS Evonne Goolagong Cawley | ||
| GBR Virginia Wade | USA Rosemary Casals | ||
| URS Olga Morozova | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| 1976 | RSA Ilana Kloss | ||
| RSA Linky Boshoff | USA Kathy Kuykendall | ||
| USA Valerie Ziegenfuss | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| 1977 | USA Rosemary Casals (2) | ||
| USA Chris Evert | FRA Françoise Dürr | ||
| GBR Virginia Wade | 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| 1978 | USA Billie Jean King | ||
| USA Martina Navratilova | USA Mona Guerrant | ||
| South Africa Greer Stevens | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
| 1979 | USA Rosemary Casals (3) | ||
| USA Martina Navratilova (2) | FRA Françoise Dürr | ||
| NED Betty Stöve | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
| 1980 | USA Kathy Jordan | ||
| USA Anne Smith | USA Candy Reynolds | ||
| USA Paula Smith | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| 1981 | USA Rosemary Casals (4) | ||
| AUS Wendy Turnbull | YUG Mima Jaušovec | ||
| USA Pam Shriver | 7–5, 7–5 | ||
| 1982 | USA Martina Navratilova (3) | ||
| USA Pam Shriver | USA JoAnne Russell | ||
| ROU Virginia Ruzici | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| 1983 | USA Martina Navratilova (4) | ||
| USA Candy Reynolds | USA Andrea Jaeger | ||
| USA Paula Smith | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| 1984 | FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | ||
| TCH Hana Mandlíková | GBR Anne Hobbs | ||
| USA Sharon Walsh | 7–5, 6–2 | ||
| 1985 | RSA Rosalyn Fairbank | ||
| USA Pam Shriver (2) | URS Svetlana Parkhomenko | ||
| URS Larisa Savchenko | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| 1986 | USA Chris Evert (2) | ||
| USA Anne White | FRG Steffi Graf | ||
| FRA Catherine Tanvier | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| 1987 | ARG Mercedes Paz | ||
| FRG Eva Pfaff | USA Zina Garrison | ||
| USA Lori McNeil | 7–6(8–6), 7–5 | ||
| 1988 | USA Lori McNeil | ||
| USA Martina Navratilova (5) | FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | ||
| ARG Gabriela Sabatini | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 | ||
| 1989 | AUS Hana Mandlíková | ||
| USA Martina Navratilova (6) | USA Mary-Lou Daniels | ||
| USA Wendy White | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| ↓ Tier I event ↓ | |||
| 1990 | USA Martina Navratilova (7) | ||
| ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | ARG Mercedes Paz | ||
| URS Natasha Zvereva | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| 1991 | GER Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (2) | ||
| URS Natasha Zvereva | USA Mary-Lou Daniels | ||
| RSA Lise Gregory | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
| 1992 | ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) | ||
| BLR Natasha Zvereva (2) | LAT Larisa Savchenko-Neiland | ||
| TCH Jana Novotná | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| 1993 | USA Gigi Fernández | ||
| BLR Natasha Zvereva (3) | USA Katrina Adams | ||
| NED Manon Bollegraf | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| 1994 | USA Lori McNeil (2) | ||
| ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) | USA Gigi Fernández | ||
| BLR Natasha Zvereva | 6–4, 4–1 retired | ||
| 1995 | USA Nicole Arendt | ||
| NED Manon Bollegraf | USA Gigi Fernández | ||
| BLR Natasha Zvereva | 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| 1996 | CZE Jana Novotná | ||
| ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4) | USA Gigi Fernández | ||
| USA Mary Joe Fernández | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| 1997 | USA Mary Joe Fernández | ||
| SUI Martina Hingis | USA Lindsay Davenport | ||
| CZE Jana Novotná | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 | ||
| 1998 | ESP Conchita Martínez | ||
| ARG Patricia Tarabini | USA Lisa Raymond | ||
| AUS Rennae Stubbs | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| 1999 | RUS Elena Likhovtseva | ||
| CZE Jana Novotná (2) | AUT Barbara Schett | ||
| SUI Patty Schnyder | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| 2000 | ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual | ||
| ARG Paola Suárez | ESP Conchita Martínez | ||
| ARG Patricia Tarabini | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
| 2001 | USA Lisa Raymond | ||
| AUS Rennae Stubbs | ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual | ||
| ARG Paola Suárez | 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 | ||
| 2002 | USA Lisa Raymond (2) | ||
| AUS Rennae Stubbs (2) | FRA Alexandra Fusai | ||
| NED Caroline Vis | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4) | ||
| 2003 | ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) | ||
| ARG Paola Suárez (2) | SVK Janette Husárová | ||
| ESP Conchita Martínez | 6–0, 6–3 | ||
| 2004 | ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (3) | ||
| ARG Paola Suárez (3) | USA Martina Navratilova | ||
| USA Lisa Raymond | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| 2005 | ESP Conchita Martínez (2) | ||
| ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (4) | CZE Iveta Benešová | ||
| CZE Květa Hrdličková Peschke | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| 2006 | USA Lisa Raymond (3) | ||
| AUS Samantha Stosur | ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual | ||
| USA Meghann Shaughnessy | 3–6, 6–1, 6–1 | ||
| 2007 | CHN Yan Zi | ||
| CHN Zheng Jie | CHN Peng Shuai | ||
| CHN Sun Tiantian | 7–5, 6–0 | ||
| 2008 | SLO Katarina Srebotnik | ||
| JPN Ai Sugiyama | ROU Edina Gallovits | ||
| BLR Olga Govortsova | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| ↓ Premier event ↓ | |||
| 2009 | USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands | ||
| RUS Nadia Petrova | LAT Līga Dekmeijere | ||
| SUI Patty Schnyder | 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9] | ||
| 2010 | USA Liezel Huber | ||
| RUS Nadia Petrova (2) | USA Vania King | ||
| NED Michaëlla Krajicek | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| 2011 | IND Sania Mirza | ||
| RUS Elena Vesnina | USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands | ||
| USA Meghann Shaughnessy | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| 2012 | RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | ||
| CZE Lucie Šafářová | ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues | ||
| KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova | 5–7, 6–4, [10–6] | ||
| 2013 | FRA Kristina Mladenovic | ||
| CZE Lucie Šafářová (2) | CZE Andrea Hlaváčková | ||
| USA Liezel Huber | 6–3, 7–6(8–6) | ||
| 2014 | ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues | ||
| KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova | TPE Chan Hao-ching | ||
| TPE Chan Yung-jan | 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | ||
| 2015 | SUI Martina Hingis (2) | ||
| IND Sania Mirza (2) | AUS Casey Dellacqua | ||
| CRO Darija Jurak | 6–0, 6–4 | ||
| 2016 | FRA Caroline Garcia | ||
| FRA Kristina Mladenovic (2) | USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands | ||
| CZE Lucie Šafářová | 6–2, 7–5 | ||
| 2017 | USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2) | ||
| CZE Lucie Šafářová (3) | CZE Lucie Hradecká | ||
| CZE Kateřina Siniaková | 6–1, 4–6, [10–7] | ||
| 2018 | RUS Alla Kudryavtseva | ||
| SLO Katarina Srebotnik (2) | SLO Andreja Klepač | ||
| ESP María José Martínez Sánchez | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| 2019 | GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld | ||
| POL Alicja Rosolska | RUS Irina Khromacheva | ||
| RUS Veronika Kudermetova | 7–6(9–7), 6–2 | ||
| ↓ WTA 500 event ↓ | |||
| 2021 (a) | USA Nicole Melichar | ||
| NED Demi Schuurs | CZE Marie Bouzková | ||
| CZE Lucie Hradecká | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| ↓ WTA 250 event ↓ | |||
| 2021 (b) | USA Hailey Baptiste | ||
| USA Caty McNally | AUS Ellen Perez | ||
| AUS Storm Sanders | 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–6] | ||
| ↓ WTA 500 event ↓ | |||
| 2022 | SLO Andreja Klepač | ||
| POL Magda Linette | CZE Lucie Hradecká | ||
| IND Sania Mirza | 6–2, 4–6, [10–7] | ||
| 2023 | USA Danielle Collins | ||
| USA Desirae Krawczyk | MEX Giuliana Olmos | ||
| JPN Ena Shibahara | 0–6, 6–4, [14–12] | ||
| 2024 | USA Ashlyn Krueger | ||
| USA Sloane Stephens | UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok | ||
| UKR Nadiia Kichenok | 1–6, 6–3, [10–7] | ||
| 2025 | LAT Jeļena Ostapenko | ||
| NZL Erin Routliffe | USA Caroline Dolehide | ||
| USA Desirae Krawczyk | 6–4, 6–2 |
Exhibition team tournament
Because of an ongoing pandemic, the tournament in 2020 was reformatted into a Laver Cup style team tournament. Each team captain's name in BOLD and listed first.
| Year | Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands | ||
| USA Sofia Kenin | |||
| USA Jennifer Brady | |||
| CAN Eugenie Bouchard | |||
| USA Caroline Dolehide | |||
| USA Danielle Collins | |||
| USA Emma Navarro | |||
| AUS Ajla Tomljanović | USA Madison Keys | ||
| BLR Victoria Azarenka | |||
| USA Sloane Stephens | |||
| USA Amanda Anisimova | |||
| USA Alison Riske | |||
| USA Shelby Rogers | |||
| CAN Leylah Annie Fernandez | |||
| PUR Monica Puig | 26–22 |
References
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