Portugal Open

Portugal Open
Portugal Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1990
Abolished	2014
Location	Oeiras; Portugal
Venue	Estádio Nacional do Jamor
Surface	Clay / Outdoors
Website	Official Website
Category
ATP Tour
Category	ATP World Series; (1990–1997); ATP International Series; (1998–2008); ATP World Tour 250 series; (2009–2014)
Draw	28S / 16Q / 16D
Category
WTA Tour
Category	WTA Tier IV; (1999–2008); International; (2009–2014)
Draw	32M / 32Q / 16D

The Portugal Open (formerly named Estoril Open) was an ATP and WTA clay court tennis tournament in Portugal. The event took place at the sports complex of Jamor in Oeiras, of which Estoril Court Central is the most prominent show court. In 2015, the tournament was canceled due to lack of sponsorship. A new tournament, Millennium Estoril Open, was created in its place, moving from Oeiras to Cascais.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The 2014 Portugal Open was the last edition.

History edit

The men's tournament was created in 1990 and has been won by several top-10 players, including former world No. 1 players Thomas Muster (1995 and 1996), Carlos Moyà (2000), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2001), Novak Djokovic (2007), and Roger Federer (2008). Also, Marat Safin lost the 2004 final and Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Gustavo Kuerten won the doubles tournament in 1995 and 1997, respectively. The men's half was part of ATP World Tour 250 series tournaments.

The women's tournament started in 1989 as the Estoril Ladies Open and was in its first two years, a separate event. After being discontinued in 1990, the event returned as a part of the Estoril Open in 1998, starting as an ITF tournament. In the following year it became a WTA tournament again. The women's tournament is currently an International Series tournament. No former world No. 1 has ever won the women's tournament but Victoria Azarenka was runner-up in 2007.

Statistically, the men's tournament highlights the dominance of Argentine and Spanish male players on red clay. Between 1990 and 2001, at least one Spaniard appeared in the final ten times, with a player from Spain claiming the title in nine of those twelve years. The Spanish dominance waned in recent years. Since 2001, there have only been three Spaniards in four finals with two victories. Between 2002 and 2006, an Argentine made the final at Estoril, winning four of these five titles. The Argentine streak returned in 2011 with the first of three more victories in four years.

The roll of champions on the women's side is more diverse. Twelve of the seventeen different champions have represented a nation that had not previously won it. Despite this, Spain is still, although slightly, the most dominant nation. The women's tournament is a popular spot for players to win their first title; since it became a WTA event again in 1999, six players have used it to win their maiden title. In 2006, it showcased the first all-Chinese final in tour history, between Zheng Jie and Li Na.

Only one Portuguese player has reached the final in either the men's or the women's event: Frederico Gil, the losing men's finalist in 2010.

In 2013, the organization of the tournament changed its name to "Portugal Open" in order to present the tournament as a Portuguese well-organized event.^[5]

Past finals edit

Legend:	ITF event

Men's singles

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1990	Emilio Sánchez	Franco Davín	6–3, 6–1
1991	Sergi Bruguera	Karel Nováček	7–6^(9–7), 6–1
1992	Carlos Costa	Sergi Bruguera	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1993	Andriy Medvedev	Karel Nováček	6–4, 6–2
1994	Carlos Costa (2)	Andriy Medvedev	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1995	Thomas Muster	Albert Costa	6–4, 6–2
1996	Thomas Muster (2)	Andrea Gaudenzi	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
1997	Àlex Corretja	Francisco Clavet	6–3, 7–5
1998	Alberto Berasategui	Thomas Muster	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1999	Albert Costa	Todd Martin	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 6–3
2000	Carlos Moyà	Francisco Clavet	6–3, 6–2
2001	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Félix Mantilla	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–3
2002	David Nalbandian	Jarkko Nieminen	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
2003	Nikolay Davydenko	Agustín Calleri	6–4, 6–3
2004	Juan Ignacio Chela	Marat Safin	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 6–3
2005	Gastón Gaudio	Tommy Robredo	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
2006	David Nalbandian (2)	Nikolay Davydenko	6–3, 6–4
2007	Novak Djokovic	Richard Gasquet	7–6^(9–7), 0–6, 6–1
2008	Roger Federer	Nikolay Davydenko	7–6^(7–5), 1–2 retired
2009	Albert Montañés	James Blake	5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 6–0
2010	Albert Montañés (2)	Frederico Gil	6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 7–5
2011	Juan Martín del Potro	Fernando Verdasco	6–2, 6–2
2012	Juan Martín del Potro (2)	Richard Gasquet	6–4, 6–2
2013	Stan Wawrinka	David Ferrer	6–1, 6–4
2014	Carlos Berlocq	Tomáš Berdych	0–6, 7–5, 6–1

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1990	Federica Bonsignori	Laura Garrone	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1991–1997: no tournament held
1999	Katarina Srebotnik	Rita Kuti-Kis	6–3, 6–1
1998	Barbara Schwartz	Raluca Sandu	6–2, 6–3
2000	Anke Huber	Nathalie Dechy	6–2, 1–6, 7–5
2001	Ángeles Montolio	Elena Bovina	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
2002	Magüi Serna	Anca Barna	6–4, 6–2
2003	Magüi Serna (2)	Julia Schruff	6–4, 6–1
2004	Émilie Loit	Iveta Benešová	7–5, 7–6^(7–1)
2005	Lucie Šafářová	Li Na	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
2006	Zheng Jie	Li Na	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, retired
2007	Gréta Arn	Victoria Azarenka	2–6, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
2008	Maria Kirilenko	Iveta Benešová	6–4, 6–2
2009	Yanina Wickmayer	Ekaterina Makarova	7–5, 6–2
2010	Anastasija Sevastova	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–2, 7–5
2011	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Kristina Barrois	6–1, 6–2
2012	Kaia Kanepi	Carla Suárez Navarro	3–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4
2013	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Carla Suárez Navarro	7–5, 6–2
2014	Carla Suárez Navarro	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1990	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Omar Camporese Paolo Canè	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
1991	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	6–3, 6–3
1992	Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1993	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	Menno Oosting Udo Riglewski	6–3, 7–5
1994	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	Richard Krajicek Menno Oosting	walkover
1995	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy (2)	Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
1996	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	Tom Nijssen Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 6–2
1997	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	Andrea Gaudenzi Filippo Messori	6–2, 6–2
1998	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	David Roditi Fernon Wibier	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1999	Tomás Carbonell (2) Donald Johnson (2)	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
2000	Donald Johnson (3) Piet Norval	David Adams Joshua Eagle	6–4, 7–5
2001	Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara	Donald Johnson Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–1
2002	Karsten Braasch Andrei Olhovskiy (3)	Simon Aspelin Andrew Kratzmann	6–3, 6–3
2003	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–1, 6–2
2004	Juan Ignacio Chela Gastón Gaudio	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–2, 6–1
2005	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	Juan Ignacio Chela Tommy Robredo	6–3, 6–4
2006	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	Lucas Arnold Ker Leoš Friedl	6–3, 6–1
2007	Marcelo Melo André Sá	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2008	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	Jamie Murray Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
2009	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	6–3, 6–2
2010	Marc López David Marrero	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	6–7^(1–7), 6–4, [10–4]
2011	Eric Butorac (2) Jean-Julien Rojer	Marc López David Marrero	6–3, 6–4
2012	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer (2)	Julian Knowle David Marrero	7–5, 7–5
2013	Santiago González Scott Lipsky (2)	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
2014	Santiago González (2) Scott Lipsky (3)	Pablo Cuevas David Marrero	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1990	Patricia Tarabini Sandra Cecchini	Carin Bakkum Nicole Muns-Jagerman	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
1991–1997: no tournament held
1999	Alicia Ortuño Cristina Torrens Valero	Rita Kuti-Kis Anna Földényi	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 6–3
1998	Caroline Dhenin Émilie Loit	Radka Bobková Caroline Schneider	6–2, 6–3
2000	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	Amanda Hopmans Cristina Torrens Valero	6–0, 7–6^(11–9)
2001	Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
2002	Elena Bovina Zsófia Gubacsi	Barbara Rittner María Vento-Kabchi	6–3, 6–1
2003	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	Maret Ani Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(7–3), 6–2
2004	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Janette Husárová	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	6–3, 6–2
2005	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	Michaëlla Krajicek Henrieta Nagyová	6–3, 6–1
2006	Li Ting (2) Sun Tiantian (2)	Gisela Dulko María Sánchez Lorenzo	6–2, 6–2
2007	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–3, 6–2
2008	Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta	Mervana Jugić-Salkić İpek Şenoğlu	6–4, 6–4
2009	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Sharon Fichman Katalin Marosi	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2010	Sorana Cîrstea Anabel Medina Garrigues	Vitalia Diatchenko Aurélie Védy	6–1, 7–5
2011	Alisa Kleybanova Galina Voskoboeva	Eleni Daniilidou Michaëlla Krajicek	6–4, 6–2
2012	Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai	Yaroslava Shvedova Galina Voskoboeva	4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
2013	Chan Hao-ching Kristina Mladenovic	Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
2014	Cara Black Sania Mirza	Eva Hrdinová Valeria Solovyeva	6–4, 6–3