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WTA Singapore Open

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WTA Singapore Open
Current event 2025 Singapore Tennis Open
Tournament information
Event nameCarslberg Singapore Women's Open (1986–1988)
DHL Open (1989–1990)
Singapore Classic (1994)
Singapore Tennis Open (2025–)
TourWTA Tour
Founded1986
Editions7
LocationSingapore
VenueKallang Tennis Centre
CategoryWTA 250 (2025-), Tier IV (1990, 1994)
SurfaceHard / indoor (1986, 2025-)
Hard / outdoor (1987–1994)
WebsiteWebsite
Current champions (2025)
SinglesBelgium Elise Mertens
DoublesUnited States Desirae Krawczyk
Mexico Giuliana Olmos

The WTA Singapore Open is a WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament. It was founded in 1986 as Carlsberg Singapore Women's Open,[1] the event ran till 1994, and resumed in 2025. It is held at the Kallang Tennis Centre in Singapore. The tournament is held on indoor hardcourts from 2025 onwards,[2] and was also held indoors in 1986, and then on outdoor hardcourts from 1987 to 1994. It is part of the WTA 250 tournaments and was part of the WTA Tier IV category in 1990 and 1994.

Results

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1986 United States Gigi Fernández Argentina Mercedes Paz 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1987 Australia Anne Minter United States Barbara Gerken 6–4, 6–1
1988 United Kingdom Monique Javer Soviet Union Leila Meskhi 7–6, 6–3
1989 New Zealand Belinda Cordwell Japan Akiko Kijimuta 6–1, 6–0
1990 Japan Naoko Sawamatsu United Kingdom Sarah Loosemore 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–4
1991
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1993
Not held
1994 Japan Naoko Sawamatsu (2) Argentina Florencia Labat 7–5, 7–5
1995
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2024
Not held
↓  WTA 250 tournament  ↓
2025 Belgium Elise Mertens United States Ann Li 6–1, 6–4

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1986 United States Anna-Maria Fernandez
New Zealand Julie Richardson
United States Sandy Collins
United States Sharon Walsh
6–3, 6–2
1987 United States Anna-Maria Fernandez
New Zealand Julie Richardson
United States Barbara Gerken
United States Heather Ludloff
6–1, 6–4
1988 Soviet Union Natalia Bykova
Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva
Soviet Union Leila Meskhi
Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko
7–6, 6–3
1989 New Zealand Belinda Cordwell
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
United States Ann Henricksson
United States Beth Herr
6–7, 6–2, 6–1
1990 United Kingdom Jo Durie
Canada Jill Hetherington
France Pascale Paradis
France Catherine Suire
6–4, 6–1
1991
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1993
Not held
1994 United States Patty Fendick
United States Meredith McGrath
United States Nicole Arendt
Australia Kristine Radford
6–4, 6–1
↓  WTA 250 tournament  ↓
2025 United States Desirae Krawczyk
Mexico Giuliana Olmos
China Wang Xinyu
China Zheng Saisai
7–5, 6–0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Need for stadium made plain by rain The Straits Times, 11 November 1986, Page 29. Websource: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19861111-1.2.46.13.
  2. ^ "Hologic WTA Tour returns to Singapore in 2025". wtatennis.com. 4 July 2024.
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