The Nuremberg Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Nuremberg, Germany.[1] Held from 2013 until 2019, this International-level tournament was played on outdoor clay courts.

Nürnberger Versicherungscup
Tournament information
Founded2013
LocationNuremberg, Bavaria
Germany
VenueTennisclub 1. FC Nürnberg (2013-19)
CategoryWTA International
SurfaceClay – outdoors (2013–19)
Draw32S / 8Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$235,000 (2013)

Tournament history

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The centre court of the former clay court tournament

The Nuremberg Open was a men's tennis tournament that was played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1976. The event was held in Nuremberg, West Germany and was played on indoor carpet courts. Frew McMillan won the singles title while partnering with Karl Meiler to win the doubles title.

The Nürnberger Versicherungscup (sponsored by Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Nuremberg. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour.[2][3] The inaugural 2013 edition took place the week after the French Open while from 2014 to 2019, the event was scheduled the week before the French Open.

In January 2020, the tournament licence was reported to be taken over by an association around the former manager of German hockey club Kölner Haie, Oliver Mueller, after the Austrian Reichel family had retired, hence a relocation to Cologne was expected for 2021.[4] This reestablishment in the Rhineland has not been achieved.

Past finals

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Women

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Singles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg
2013   Simona Halep   Andrea Petkovic 6–3, 6–3
2014   Eugenie Bouchard   Karolína Plíšková 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2015   Karin Knapp   Roberta Vinci 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
2016   Kiki Bertens   Mariana Duque Mariño 6–2, 6–2
2017   Kiki Bertens (2)   Barbora Krejčíková 6–2, 6–1
2018   Johanna Larsson   Alison Riske 7–6(7–4), 6–4
2019   Yulia Putintseva   Tamara Zidanšek 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Cologne
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Doubles

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Nuremberg Cup
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg
2013   Raluca Olaru
  Valeria Solovyeva
  Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  Květa Peschke
2–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
2014   Michaëlla Krajicek
  Karolína Plíšková
  Raluca Olaru
  Shahar Pe'er
6–0, 4–6, [10–6]
2015   Chan Hao-ching
  Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Lara Arruabarrena
  Raluca Olaru
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2016   Kiki Bertens
  Johanna Larsson
  Shuko Aoyama
  Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–4
2017   Nicole Melichar
  Anna Smith
  Kirsten Flipkens
  Johanna Larsson
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2018   Demi Schuurs
  Katarina Srebotnik
  Kirsten Flipkens
  Johanna Larsson
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
2019   Gabriela Dabrowski
  Xu Yifan
  Sharon Fichman
  Nicole Melichar
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Cologne
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Singles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg 1976   Frew McMillan   Thomaz Koch 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg 1976   Frew McMillan
  Karl Meiler
  Colin Dowdeswell
  Paul Kronk
7–6, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ "tennis.com - Seeded Italians Vinci, Knapp advance at Nuremberg Cup". Tennis magazine. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. ^ "Nürnberg bekommt zweites deutsches WTA-Turnier". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 8 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Erstes WTA-Turnier in Nürnberg". Mittelbayerische Zeitung (in German). 27 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Lizenz des WTA-Turniers in Nürnberg wandert ins Rheinland". tennisnet.com (in German). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
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