The Brussels Open, unofficially also known as Open de Bruxelles, was a professional women’s tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Royal Primerose Tennis Club in Brussels, Belgium. It was first held in 2011, replacing the Warsaw Open,[1] and last held in 2013. The Brussels Open was played on outdoor clay courts and scheduled in May as a preparation tournament for the French Open.[2] In 2014 the tournament was initially downgraded from Premier to International status, and was subsequently cancelled. It’s slot on the WTA Tour calendar was taken up by the Nuremberg Cup.[3][4]
Past finals
Singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  Caroline Wozniacki |
 Peng Shuai |
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| 2012 |  Agnieszka Radwańska |
 Simona Halep |
7–5, 6–0 | ||
| 2013 |  Kaia Kanepi |
Peng Shuai |
6–2, 7–5 | ||
| 2014 | replaced by Nuremberg Cup | ||||
Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  Andrea Hlaváčková Galina Voskoboeva
|
Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
|
3–6, 6–0, [10–5] | ||
| 2012 |  Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza
|
Alicja Rosolska Zheng Jie
|
6–3, 6–2 | ||
| 2013 |  Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
|
 Gabriela Dabrowski  Shahar Pe’er
|
6–0, 6–3 | ||
| 2014 | replaced by Nuremberg Cup | ||||
See also
- Belgian Open – women’s tournament (1987–2002)
- Diamond Games – women’s tournament (2002–2008, 2015)
References
- ^ “The Official Home of the Women’s Tennis Association | WTA Tennis”. www.wtatour.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10.
- ^ “WTA | Off-Court News | Off-Court News | WTA Welcomes Brussels”. Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
- ^ “Brussels Open niet langer WTA-toernooi”. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 11 December 2013.
- ^ “Le Brussels Open se retire du calendrier”. RTBF (in French). 11 December 2013.
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