"European Indoors" redirects here. For the competition in the sport of athletics, see European Athletics Indoor Championships. For the men's tennis tournament, see European Indoor Championships.
Tier I (1993–2007) Tier II (1990–1992, 2008) Category 4 (1989) Category 3 (1986–1988)
Surface
Hard / Indoors
Draw
28M/32Q/16D
Prize money
$1,340,000 $600,000 (from 2008)
The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zürich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.[1][2]
The Open was held at the Hallenstadion, a multifunctional sports arena. It takes 150 specialist workers and 300 tonnes of material to prepare the Hallenstadion into the Zurich Open tennis venue. The event has two tennis courts available for tournament play.
Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Steffi Graf, Lindsay Davenport, Martina Hingis, Venus Williams, Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova. Swiss champions included Hingis, Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (formerly of Bulgaria) and Patty Schnyder.
^"Williams wins final Zurich Open". Swissinfo.ch. 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
^"Von den European Indoors zum Zurich Open". Blick (in German). 13 October 2005.
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