The Taiwan Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Taipei, Taiwan. The tournament began in 2016 and was held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for its first year.[1] Affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the Taiwan Open was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. The Taiwan Open was discontinued from the 2019 season, with the Hua Hin Championships replacing it on the calendar.

Taiwan Open
Tournament information
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
(as WTA tournament)
LocationKaohsiung (2016)
Taipei (since 2017)
Taiwan
VenueYangming Tennis Center (2016)
Taipei Arena (2017)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium (since 2018)
CategoryWTA International tournaments
SurfaceHard - outdoors (2016)
Hard - indoors (since 2017)
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$226,750 (2017)
Websitetaiwanopen.com.tw
Current champions (2018)
Women's singlesHungary Tímea Babos
Women's doublesChina Duan Yingying
China Wang Yafan

Results

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2016   Venus Williams   Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–2
2017   Elina Svitolina   Peng Shuai 6–3, 6–2
2018   Tímea Babos   Kateryna Kozlova 7–5, 6–1
2019 succeeded by Hua Hin Championships

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2016   Chan Hao-ching
  Chan Yung-jan
  Eri Hozumi
  Miyu Kato
6–4, 6–3
2017   Chan Hao-ching (2)
  Chan Yung-jan (2)
  Lucie Hradecká
  Kateřina Siniaková
6–4, 6–2
2018   Duan Yingying
  Wang Yafan
  Nao Hibino
  Oksana Kalashnikova
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
2019 succeeded by Hua Hin Championships

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Taiwan Open Moves To Taipei". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
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