WTA Taiwan Open

The Taiwan Open is 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] The event is affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. The Taiwan Open is being discontinued from the 2019 season, with the Hua Hin Championships replacing its slot on the calendar.

For the WTA tournament in the 1980s and 1990s, see Taipei Women's Championship. For the WTA tournament in 2007, see Taipei Open.
Taiwan Open
Tournament information
Founded2016 (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 singles Tímea Babos
Women's doubles Duan Yingying
Wang Yafan

Results

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2016 Venus Williams Misaki Doi6–4, 6–2
2017 Elina Svitolina Peng Shuai6–3, 6–2
2018 Tímea Babos Kateryna Kozlova7–5, 6–1
2019succeeded by Hua Hin Championships

Doubles
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)
2019succeeded by Hua Hin Championships

See also

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