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German Open (WTA)

Field	Value
type	wta
name	German Open
logo	BERLIN TENNIS OPEN 2025 by HYLO logo.jpg
founded	1896–2008; 2021–present
editions	94
city	Hamburg (1894–1978)
West Berlin (1979–1990)
Berlin (1991–2008, 2021–)
venue	Am Rothenbaum
Rot-Weiss Tennis Club (1979–2008, 2021–)
tier	Tier I (1988–2008)
WTA 500 (2021–)
surface	Clay
outdoor (until 2008)
Grass
outdoor (2021–)
draw	28S / 24Q / 16D
prize money	€925,661 (2025)
website	Website
completed event	2025
singles	CZE Markéta Vondroušová
doubles	SVK Tereza Mihalíková
GBR Olivia Nicholls

West Berlin (1979–1990) Berlin (1991–2008, 2021–) Rot-Weiss Tennis Club (1979–2008, 2021–) WTA 500 (2021–) outdoor (until 2008) Grass outdoor (2021–) GBR Olivia Nicholls

The German Open, known as the Berlin Tennis Open (previously the ecotrans Ladies Open, bett1open) is an annual WTA Tour professional tennis tournament for women held in Berlin, Germany. It was played in West Berlin, West Germany (until 1990), then in Berlin from 1991 to 2008 on clay, and since 2021 on grass, following reunification.

Held since 1896, it is one of the oldest tournaments for women. Until 1978 the tournament was held in Hamburg together with the men's tournament. From 1988 until 2008, it was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament. Since 2021, it is classed as a WTA 500 tournament.

After an absence of more than a decade, the tournament was announced to return to the WTA calendar for the 2020 season as the Grass Court Championships Berlin. However, the event was cancelled in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and it returned in 2021 as the bett1open. The new event is classified as a Premier-level tournament and serves as a warm-up event towards the Wimbledon Championships, having switched its surface from clay to grass.

History

Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Justine Henin, Ana Ivanovic and Dinara Safina.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1896	German Empire Maren Thomsen	German Empire E. Lantzius	6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1897	UKGBI Blanche Hillyard	UKGBI Charlotte Cooper	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1898	UKGBI Elsie Lane	UKGBI Toupie Lowther	7–5, 7–5
1899	UKGBI Charlotte Cooper	German Empire Clara von der Schulenburg	7–5, 6–4
1900	UKGBI Blanche Hillyard (2)	UKGBI Muriel Robb	2–6, 8–6, 7–5
1901	UKGBI Toupie Lowther	UKGBI Gladys Dudell	6–0, 6–0
1902	German Empire Mary Roß	German Empire Hilda Meyer	8–6, 6–0
1903	UKGBI Violet Pinckney	German Empire Hilda Meyer	6–2, 6–1
1904	UKGBI Elsie Lane (2)	German Empire L. Bergmann	6–3, 6–0
1905	UKGBI Elsie Lane (3)	German Empire K. Krug	6–0, 6–1
1906	German Empire Luise Berton	UKGBI Margaret Dewsbury	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1907	Austria-Hungary Margit von Madarasz	German Empire Hedwig Neresheimer	7–5, 0–6, 6–2
1908	Austria-Hungary Margit von Madarasz (2)	UKGBI Rosamund Salusbury	2–6, 6–4, 6–0
1909	German Empire Anita Heimann	German Empire Mieken Rieck	6–4, 0–6, 6–4
1910	German Empire Mieken Rieck	German Empire Dora Köring	6–1, 6–3
1911	German Empire Mieken Rieck (2)	NOR Molla Bjurstedt	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1912	German Empire Dora Köring	German Empire Anita Heimann	6–2 6–2
1913	German Empire Dora Köring (2)	Austria-Hungary Hedwig Neresheimer von Satzger	6–4, 6–4
1914-
1919	Not held
1920	GER Ilse Friedleben	GER Lilly Müller Vormann	6–0, 6–0
1921	GER Ilse Friedleben (2)	GER Daisy Uhl	9–7, 6–1
1922	GER Ilse Friedleben (3)	GER Nelly Neppach	6–2, 6–1
1923	GER Ilse Friedleben (4)	GER Nelly Neppach	2–6, 9–7, 7–5
1924	GER Ilse Friedleben (5)	GER Nelly Neppach	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
1925	GER Nelly Neppach	GER Ilse Friedleben	2–6, 6–4, 10–8
1926	GER Ilse Friedleben (6)	GER Nelly Neppach	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1927	GER Cilly Aussem	GER Ilse Friedleben	6–3, 6–3
1928	AUS Daphne Akhurst	GER Cilly Aussem	2–6, 6–0, 6–4
1929	GER Paula von Reznicek	GBR Violet Chamberlain	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
1930	GER Cilly Aussem (2)	GER Hilde Krahwinkel	6–4, 6–4
1931	GER Cilly Aussem (3)	GER Irmgard Rost	6–1, 6–2
1932	SUI Lolette Payot	GER Hilde Krahwinkel	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1933	Nazi Germany Hilde Krahwinkel	FRA Sylvie Jung Henrotin	6–2, 6–1
1934	Nazi Germany Hilde Sperling (2)	Nazi Germany Cilly Aussem	6–2, 6–3
1935	Nazi Germany Hilde Sperling (3)	Nazi Germany Cilly Aussem	9–7, 6–0
1936	Not held (due to Berlin Olympic Games)
1937	Nazi Germany Hilde Sperling (4)	Nazi Germany Marie-Louise Horn	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1938	Nazi Germany Hilde Sperling (5)	GBR Margot Lumb	6–1, 6–0
1939	Nazi Germany Hilde Sperling (6)	Kingdom of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac	6–0, 6–1
1940-
1947	Not held
1948	Allied-occupied Germany Ursula Rosenow	Allied-occupied Germany Inge Pohmann	6–2, 8–6
1949	ARG Mary Terán de Weiss	FRG Inge Pohmann	6–2, 6–8, 9–7
1950	USA Dorothy Head	FRG Ursula Heidtmann	6–3, 6–0
1951	AUS Nancye Bolton	ARG Mary Terán de Weiss	6–3, 6–3
1952	USA Dorothy Head (2)	FRG Erika Vollmer	6–1, 6–3
1953	USA Dorothy Knode (3)	GBR Joy Mottram	6–0, 4–6, 6–4
1954	GBR Joy Mottram	FRG Inge Pohmann	2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1955	AUS Beryl Penrose	FRG Erika Vollmer	6–4, 6–4
1956	AUS Thelma Long	ITA Silvana Lazzarino	7–5, 6–2
1957	MEX Yola Ramírez	MEX Rosie Reyes	7–5, 6–3
1958	AUS Lorraine Coghlan	GBR Shirley Bloomer	6–4, 7–5
1959	FRG Edda Buding	HUN Zsuzsa Körmöczy	walkover
1960	RSA Sandra Reynolds	BRA Maria Bueno	7–5, 8–6
1961	RSA Sandra Reynolds (2)	MEX Yola Ramírez	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
1962	RSA Sandra Reynolds Price (3)	GBR Ann Haydon	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
1963	RSA Renée Schuurman	AUS Lesley Turner	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1964	AUS Margaret Smith	BRA Maria Bueno	6–1, 6–1
1965	AUS Margaret Smith (2)	FRG Edda Buding	6–3, 6–2
1966	AUS Margaret Smith (3)	BRA Maria Bueno	8–6, 6–3
1967	FRA Françoise Dürr	AUS Lesley Turner	6–4, 6–4
1968	RSA Annette Van Zyl	AUS Judy Tegart	6–1, 7–5
1969	AUS Judy Tegart	FRG Helga Niessen	6–3, 6–4
1970	FRG Helga Schultze-Hösl	FRG Helga Niessen	6–3, 6–3
1971	USA Billie Jean King	FRG Helga Masthoff	6–3, 6–2
1972	FRG Helga Masthoff	USA Linda Tuero	6–3, 3–6 8–6
1973	FRG Helga Masthoff (2)	RSA Pat Walkden Pretorius	6–4, 6–1
1974	FRG Helga Masthoff (3)	TCH Martina Navratilova	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
1975	TCH Renáta Tomanová	JPN Kazuko Sawamatsu	7–6, 5–7, 10–8
1976	GBR Sue Barker	TCH Renáta Tomanová	6–3, 6–1
1977	USA Laura duPont	FRG Heidi Eisterlehner	6–1, 6–4
1978	YUG Mima Jaušovec	ROU Virginia Ruzici	6–2, 6–3
1979	USA Caroline Stoll	TCH Regina Maršíková	7–6(7–4), 6–0
1981	TCH Regina Maršíková	ARG Ivanna Madruga-Osses	6–2, 6–1
1980	Not held to make room for Federation Cup which took place at same location.
1982	FRG Bettina Bunge	USA Kathy Rinaldi	6–2, 6–2
1983	USA Chris Evert-Lloyd	USA Kathleen Horvath	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
1984	FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	USA Kathleen Horvath	7–6(10–8), 6–1
1985	USA Chris Evert-Lloyd (2)	FRG Steffi Graf	6–4, 7–5
1986	FRG Steffi Graf	USA Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
1987	FRG Steffi Graf (2)	FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–2, 6–3
1988	FRG Steffi Graf (3)	TCH Helena Suková	6–3, 6–2
1989	FRG Steffi Graf (4)	ARG Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 6–1
1990	YUG Monica Seles	FRG Steffi Graf	6–4, 6–3
1991	GER Steffi Graf (5)	ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
1992	GER Steffi Graf (6)	ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1993	GER Steffi Graf (7)	ARG Gabriela Sabatini	7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–4
1994	GER Steffi Graf (8)	NED Brenda Schultz	7–6(8–6), 6–4
1995	ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	BUL Magdalena Maleeva	6–4, 6–1
1996	GER Steffi Graf (9)	SVK Karina Habšudová	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1997	USA Mary Joe Fernández	FRA Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–2
1998	ESP Conchita Martínez	FRA Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–4
1999	SUI Martina Hingis	FRA Julie Halard-Decugis	6–0, 6–1
2000	ESP Conchita Martínez (2)	RSA Amanda Coetzer	6–1, 6–2
2001	FRA Amélie Mauresmo	USA Jennifer Capriati	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
2002	BEL Justine Henin	USA Serena Williams	6–2, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)
2003	BEL Justine Henin (2)	BEL Kim Clijsters	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
2004	FRA Amélie Mauresmo (2)	USA Venus Williams	walkover
2005	BEL Justine Henin (3)	RUS Nadia Petrova	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2006	RUS Nadia Petrova	BEL Justine Henin	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
2007	SER Ana Ivanovic	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2008	RUS Dinara Safina	RUS Elena Dementieva	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2009–
2019	Not held
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}}
2021	RUS Liudmila Samsonova	SUI Belinda Bencic	1–6, 6–1, 6–3
2022	TUN Ons Jabeur	SUI Belinda Bencic	6–3, 2–1, ret.
2023	CZE Petra Kvitová	CRO Donna Vekić	6–2, 7–6(8–6)
2024	USA Jessica Pegula	Anna Kalinskaya	6–7(0–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2025	CZE Markéta Vondroušová	CHN Wang Xinyu	7–6(12–10), 4–6, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up
1968	RSA Annette Du Plooy
RSA Pat Walkden	GBR Winnie Shaw
AUS Judy Tegart	6–3, 7–5
1969	AUS Judy Tegart
FRG Helga Niessen	FRG Edda Buding
FRG Helga Hösl Schultze	6–1, 6–4
1970	AUS Karen Krantzcke
AUS Kerry Melville	GBR Winnie Shaw
GBR Virginia Wade	6–0, 6–1
1971	USA Rosie Casals
USA Billie Jean King	FRG Helga Masthoff
FRG Heide Orth	6–2, 6–1
1972	FRG Helga Masthoff
FRG Heide Orth	USA Wendy Overton
USA Valerie Ziegenfuss	6–3, 2–6, 6–0
1973	FRG Helga Masthoff (2)
FRG Heide Orth (2)	USA Kristien Kemmer
RSA Laura Rossouw	6–1, 6–2
1974	FRG Helga Hösl
ARG Raquel Giscafré	TCH Martina Navratilova
TCH Renáta Tomanová	6–3, 6–2
1975	AUS Dianne Fromholtz
TCH Renáta Tomanová	ISR Paulina Peisachov
JPN Kazuko Sawamatsu	6–3, 6–2
1976	RSA Linky Boshoff
RSA Ilana Kloss	USA Laura duPont
AUS Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
1977	RSA Linky Boshoff (2) RSA Ilana Kloss (2)	TCH Regina Maršíková
TCH Renáta Tomanová	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
1978	YUG Mima Jaušovec
ROU Virginia Ruzici	FRG Katja Ebbinghaus
FRG Helga Masthoff	6–4, 5–7, 6–0
1979	USA Rosie Casals (2)
AUS Wendy Turnbull	AUS Evonne Goolagong
AUS Kerry Reid	6–2, 7–5
1981	RSA Rosalyn Fairbank
RSA Tanya Harford	GBR Sue Barker
TCH Renáta Tomanová	6–3, 6–4
1980	Not held to make room for Federation Cup which took place at same location.
1982	RSA Liz Gordon
RSA Beverly Mould	FRG Bettina Bunge
FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–3, 6–4
1983	GBR Jo Durie
GBR Anne Hobbs	FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
FRG Eva Pfaff	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
1984	GBR Anne Hobbs (2)
USA Candy Reynolds	USSR Kathleen Horvath
ROU Virginia Ruzici	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
1985	FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
TCH Helena Suková	FRG Steffi Graf
FRA Catherine Tanvier	6–4, 6–1
1986	FRG Steffi Graf
TCH Helena Suková (2)	TCH Martina Navratilova
HUN Andrea Temesvári	7–5, 6–2
1987	FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (2)
TCH Helena Suková (3)	SWE Catarina Lindqvist
DEN Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6–1, 6–2
1988	FRA Isabelle Demongeot
FRA Nathalie Tauziat	FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
CSK Helena Suková	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1989	AUS Elizabeth Smylie
AUS Janine Tremelling	RSA Lise Gregory
USA Gretchen Magers	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1990	AUS Nicole Provis
RSA Elna Reinach	AUS Hana Mandlíková
TCH Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–1
1991	URS Larisa Neiland
URS Natasha Zvereva	AUS Nicole Provis
RSA Elna Reinach	6–3, 6–3
1992	TCH Jana Novotná
LAT Larisa Neiland (2)	USA Gigi Fernández
CIS Natalia Zvereva	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5
1993	USA Gigi Fernández
BLR Natasha Zvereva (2)	USA Debbie Graham
NED Brenda Schultz	6–1, 6–3
1994	USA Gigi Fernández (2)
BLR Natasha Zvereva (3)	CZE Jana Novotná
ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
1995	RSA Amanda Coetzer
ARG Inés Gorrochategui	LAT Larisa Savchenko
ARG Gabriela Sabatini	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1996	USA Meredith McGrath
LAT Larisa Neiland (3)	SUI Martina Hingis
CZE Helena Suková	6–1, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
1997	USA Lindsay Davenport
CZE Jana Novotná (2)	USA Gigi Fernández
BLR Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1998	USA Lindsay Davenport (2)
BLR Natasha Zvereva (4)	FRA Alexandra Fusai
FRA Nathalie Tauziat	6–3, 6–0
1999	FRA Alexandra Fusai
FRA Nathalie Tauziat (2)	CZE Jana Novotná
ARG Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 7–5
2000	ESP Conchita Martínez
ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	RSA Amanda Coetzer
USA Corina Morariu	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)
2001	BEL Els Callens
USA Meghann Shaughnessy	ZIM Cara Black
RUS Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
2002	RUS Elena Dementieva
SVK Janette Husárová	SVK Daniela Hantuchová
ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	0–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
2003	ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual
ARG Paola Suárez	BEL Kim Clijsters
JPN Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2004	RUS Nadia Petrova
USA Meghann Shaughnessy (2)	SVK Janette Husárová
ESP Conchita Martínez	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
2005	RUS Elena Likhovtseva
RUS Vera Zvonareva	ZIM Cara Black
USA Liezel Huber	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
2006	CHN Yan Zi
CHN Zheng Jie	RUS Elena Dementieva
ITA Flavia Pennetta	6–2, 6–3
2007	USA Lisa Raymond
AUS Samantha Stosur	ITA Tathiana Garbin
ITA Roberta Vinci	6–3, 6–4
2008	ZIM Cara Black
USA Liezel Huber	ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives
ESP María José Martínez Sánchez	6–2, 6–2
2009-
2019	Not held
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}}
2021	BLR Victoria Azarenka
BLR Aryna Sabalenka	USA Nicole Melichar
NED Demi Schuurs	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
2022	AUS Storm Sanders
CZE Kateřina Siniaková	FRA Alizé Cornet
SUI Jil Teichmann	6–4, 6–3
2023	FRA Caroline Garcia
BRA Luisa Stefani	CZE Kateřina Siniaková
CZE Markéta Vondroušová	4–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–4]
2024	CHN Wang Xinyu
CHN Zheng Saisai	TPE Chan Hao-ching
Veronika Kudermetova	6–2, 7–5
2025	SVK Tereza Mihalíková
GBR Olivia Nicholls	ITA Sara Errani
ITA Jasmine Paolini	4−6, 6−2, [10−6]

Tournament names

1896–1927:German Championships
1928–1948:German International Championships
1949–1970:West German Championships
1971–1979: German Open
1980: No tournament
1981–1988: Fila German Open
1989–1990: Lufthansa Cup
1991–1992: Lufthansa Cup German Open
1993–2000: German Open
2001–2002: Eurocard German Open
2003: MasterCard German Open
2004: Ladies German Open
2005: Qatar Total German Open
2006–2008: Qatar Telecom German Open
2021–2023: bett1open
2024: ecotrans Ladies Open
2025–present: Berlin Tennis Open by Hylo

References

[https://www.emotiongroup.com/en/sports/berlin-comeback-on-wta-tour Berlin comeback on WTA tour]
(1 April 2020). "Cancellation of bett1open 2020". Berlin Open.
(26 October 2019). "Former Wimbledon champion to headline brand-new WTA Premier event in..".
[https://www.berlin.de/en/events/5948369-2842498-grass-tournament-berlin-tennis-open.en.html Berlin Tennis Open]

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