WTA Argentine Open | |
Founded: | 1928 |
Event Name: | Argentina Open |
Prize Money: | $115,000 (2023) |
Tour: | WTA 125 (2021–) |
Completed Event: | 2023 |
Women's Singles: | Laura Pigossi |
Women's Doubles: | María Lourdes Carlé Despina Papamichail |
The WTA Argentine Open is a WTA-affiliated tennis tournament originally founded as a combined men's and women's tournament called the Argentina International Championships. It was initially played from 1928 to 1987 and restarted in 2021. It is held at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in November and played on outdoor clay courts.
The event made a return to the WTA 125 tournaments calendar in 2021. It was the first professional women's tennis event in Argentina since 1987.[1]
This event is not to be confused with the earlier Argentine Championship (1918-1997), which was the open national championships of Argentina held at the Tennis Club Argentino (founded 1913) also in Buenos Aires.[2]
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | |
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1928 | Analia Obarrio de Aguirre | 6-0, 6-1 | ||
1929 | Analia Obarrio de Aguirre (2) | Maria Elena Bushell | 6-4, 6-1 | |
1930 | Lili de Alvarez | Phoebe Holcroft Watson | 6-2, 6-2 | |
1931 | Cilly Aussem | Irmgard Rost | 6-1, 6-4 | |
1932 | Anita Lizana | Julieta Ezcurra Dellepiane | 6-3, 6-3 | |
1933 | Maria Elena Bushell de Moss | Monica Ricketts | 6-2, 6-8, 6-3 | |
1934 | Maria Garcia de Sola | 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 | ||
1935 | Monica Ricketts (2) | Ana Pauwels de Madrid | 6-0, 6-3 | |
1936 | Maria Elena Bushell de Moss | 6-2, 6-4 | ||
1937 | Maria Elena Bushell de Moss (2) | Denise Rutherford de Zappa | 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 | |
1938 | Denise Rutherford de Zappa | 6-4, 7-5 | ||
1939 | Felisa Piedrola (2) | Maria Terán | 4-6, 7-5, 4-0 ret. | |
1940 | Dorothy Bundy | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 | |
1941 | Dorothy Bundy | 3-6, 9-7, 7-5 | ||
1942 | Felisa Piedrola (3) | Maria Terán | 8-6, 6-2 | |
1943 | Felisa Piedrola (4) | Mary Terán de Weiss | 6-4, 6-3 | |
1944 | Felisa Piedrola (5) | 3-6, 13-11, 6-1 | ||
1945 | women's event not held | |||
1946 | Margaret Osborne | Louise Brough | 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 | |
1947 | Doris Hart | 6-3, 6-4 | ||
1948 | Pat Canning Todd (2) | 7-5, 6-4 | ||
1949 | Barbara Scofield | Nancy Chaffee | 6-3, 6-2 | |
1950 | 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 | |||
1951 | Felisa Piedrola de Zappa | 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 | ||
1952 | women's event not held | |||
1953 | Edda Buding | 7-5, 6-3 | ||
1954 | Silvana Lazzarino | Edda Buding | 8-6, 6-2 | |
1955 | Ingrid Metzner | June Hanson | 6-1, 6-4 | |
1956 | June Hanson | 6-4, 6-0 | ||
1957 | 6-1, 6-1 | |||
1958 | Shirley Bloomer | Margaret Hellyer | 2-6, 6-2, 12-10 | |
1959 | Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (2) | 6-3, 5-7, divided | ||
1960 | Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (3) | 7-5, 6-4 | ||
1961 | Darlene Hard | 6-1, 6-2 | ||
1962 | Norma Baylon | Vera Puzejova Sukova | 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 | |
1963 | Vera Puzejova Sukova | 6-2, 6-4 | ||
1964 | Nancy Richey | Maria Bueno | 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 | |
1965 | Nancy Richey (2) | 6-2, 6-4 | ||
1966 | Norma Baylon (3) | Nancy Richey | 6-3, 7-9, 6-4 | |
1967 | Billie Jean Moffitt King | Rosie Casals | 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 | |
Open era | ||||
1968 | Ann Haydon Jones | Nancy Richey | walkover | |
1969 | Helga Niessen | Rosie Casals | 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 | |
1970 | 6-4, 6-4 | |||
1971 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (2) | Heide Orth | 6-1, 7-5 | |
1972 | Virginia Wade | Fiorella Bonicelli | 6-4, 6-1 | |
1973 | Julie Heldman | Fiorella Bonicelli | 6-3, 6-1 | |
1974 | Beatriz Araujo | 7-6, 1-6, 6-2 | ||
1975 | Raquel Giscafré (2) | Kristien Shaw | 6-2, 6-4 | |
1976 | Beatriz Araujo | 6-1, 6-2 | ||
1977 | Patricia Medrado | 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 | ||
1978 | women's event not held | |||
1979 | Hana Strachonova | 6-1, 6-3 | ||
1980 | Ivanna Madruga (2) | 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 | ||
1981 | women's event not held | |||
1982 | 6-1, 7-5 | |||
1983 | Ivanna Madruga (3) | 6-4, 6-3 | ||
1984 | 6-0, 6-3 | |||
1985 | women's event not held | |||
1986 | Gabriela Sabatini (2) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6-1, 6-1 | |
1987 | Gabriela Sabatini (3) | Isabel Cueto | 6-0, 6-3 | |
not held | ||||
6–3, 6–3 | ||||
6–4, 6–1 | ||||
6–3, 6–2 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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1930 | Lilí de Álvarez Miss Anderson | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 | ||
1968 | 6–1, 6–2 | |||
1971 | 7–5, 6–1 | |||
1972 | 7–5, 6–2 | |||
1974 | 6–0, 6–1 | |||
1978 | 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |||
1986 | 6–1, 2–6, 6–1 | |||
6–2, 6–2 | ||||
not held | ||||
5–7, 7–5, [10–4] | ||||
6–1, 7–5 | ||||
6–3, 4–6, [11–9] |