Taipei Open

Taipei WTA Challenger
2015 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger
Tournament information
Event name	Taipei WTA Challenger
Location	Taipei City, Taiwan
Venue	Taipei Arena
Category	WTA 125K series
Surface	Hard Courts / Indoors
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	US$125,000
Website	http://www.oectennis.com

Chuang Chia-jung has lifted the doubles trophy three times at this event as the homecrowd favourite

Japan's Ayumi Morita has reached the singles final three times here; winning the title in 2011 and finishing runner-up in 2009 & 2010

The Taipei Open (also known as Taipei WTA Challenger), is a tournament for female professional tennis players played on indoor hard courts. The event is currently classified as an WTA 125K tournament. It has been held annually in November in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 2008 until 2015, and was sponsored by the OEC Group. In 2012, the event was upgraded from a $100,000 ITF tournament to a WTA Challenger tournament.

History

In 2007, OEC Group Chairman Robert Han organized an ITF tournament in Taoyuan where the prize was $50,000 plus hotel.^[1][2][3] OEC has retroactively referred to the event as the 2007 OEC Cup Taiwan Ladies Open.^[1][4]

In October 18–20, 2008, the OEC Group held the 2008 OEC Taipei Ladies Open, which was a WTA-sanctioned ITF $100,000+H Tournament.^[5] held at the National Taiwan University Gymnasium and the Taipei Arena.^[6][7] In 2010 and 2011 it was called the OEC Taipei Ladies Open, and it has also been referred to as the Haishuo Cup (海碩盃).^[1][8][9]

In 2012, the event was upgraded to a WTA 125K series event.^[5][10] It had attracted over 60,000 visitors.^[11] In 2013, the tournament was renamed to OEC Taipei WTA Challenger.^{[1][12][13][14]} and has used that name since.^[15] There is conflicting data on where the 2014 tournament was held, with the city of Taipei saying it was held at the Taipei Dome,^[16] but with newspapers such as China Post and Taipei Times saying otherwise.^[17][18]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓   ITF 50K Taoyuan event   ↓
†2007	Akiko Morigami	Yanina Wickmayer	6–4, 7–6 (7–5) [19]
↓   ITF 100K+H event   ↓
2008	Jarmila Gajdošová	Corinna Dentoni	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2009	Chan Yung-jan	Ayumi Morita	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
2010	Peng Shuai [20]	Ayumi Morita	6–1, 6–4
2011	Ayumi Morita	Kimiko Date-Krumm	6–2, 6–2
↓   WTA 125K series event   ↓
2012	Kristina Mladenovic	Chang Kai-chen	6–4, 6–3
2013	Alison Van Uytvanck	Yanina Wickmayer	6–4, 6–2
2014	Vitalia Diatchenko	Chan Yung-jan	1–6, 6–2, 6–4
2015	Tímea Babos	Misaki Doi	7–5, 6–3
2016	Evgeniya Rodina	Chang Kai-chen	6–4, 6–3

† – note: not considered the Taipei Open by some sources

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓   ITF 50K Taoyuan event   ↓
†2007	Chan Yung-jan Chan Hao-ching	Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei	6–1, 2–6, [14–12][19]
↓   ITF 100K+H event   ↓
2008	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	Hsu Wen-hsin Hwang I-hsuan	6–3, 6–3
2009	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	Yayuk Basuki Riza Zalameda	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
2010	Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung	Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–2
2011	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
↓   WTA 125K series event   ↓
2012	Chan Hao-ching Kristina Mladenovic	Chang Kai-chen Olga Govortsova	5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
2013	Caroline Garcia Yaroslava Shvedova	Anna-Lena Friedsam Alison Van Uytvanck	6–3, 6–3
2014	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 6–3
2015	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	Marina Melnikova Elise Mertens	6–1, 6–2
2016	Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova	Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

† – note: not considered the Taipei Open by some sources

References

External links

• Official website
• OEC Taipei WTA Challenger profile at WTATennis.com