The Ostrava Open (known as the AGEL Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament organised for female professional tennis players. It was most recently a WTA 500-level tournament held in October, played on indoor hard courts, and first organized in 2020 after a 20 year absence to make up for the many tournaments cancelled during the 2020 season, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2] The tournament was held from 2020-2022, with the WTA announcing in June 2023 that the event would not return.[3]
Ostrava Open | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | AGEL Open |
Tour | ATP Tour (1994–98) WTA Tour (1999; 2020–2022) |
Founded | 1994 |
Abolished | 2022 |
Editions | 5 (men) 4 (women) |
Location | Ostrava, Czech Republic (1994-1998; 2020-2022) Prostějov, Czech Republic (1999) |
Venue | ČEZ Aréna |
Category | WTA 500 (2021-2022) WTA Premier (2020) WTA Tier IV (1999) ATP World Series (1994-1998) |
Surface | Carpet (indoors) (1994–99) Hard (Indoor) (2020–2022) |
Draw | 28S / 24Q / 16D |
Prize money | US$757,900 (2022) |
Current champions (2022) | |
Women's singles | Barbora Krejčíková |
Women's doubles | Caty McNally Alycia Parks |
From 1994 to 1998, the Czech Indoor was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the World Series of the ATP Tour. It was held at the ČEZ Aréna in Ostrava in the Czech Republic and was played on indoor carpet courts.
In 1999, the Nokia Cup was a WTA Tour tournament. It was held in Prostějov in the Czech Republic and played on indoor carpet courts.
Women's results
editSingles
editLocation | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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Prostějov | ||||
1999 | Henrieta Nagyová | Silvia Farina | 7–6(7–2), 6–4 | |
Ostrava | ||||
2020 | Aryna Sabalenka | Victoria Azarenka | 6–2, 6–2 | |
2021 | Anett Kontaveit | Maria Sakkari | 6–2, 7–5 | |
2022 | Barbora Krejčíková | Iga Świątek | 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Doubles
editLocation | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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Prostějov | ||||
1999 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat |
Květa Hrdličková Helena Vildová |
3–6, 6–2, 6–1 | |
Ostrava | ||||
2020 | Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka |
Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani |
6–1, 6–3 | |
2021 | Sania Mirza Zhang Shuai |
Kaitlyn Christian Erin Routliffe |
6–3, 6–2 | |
2022 | Caty McNally Alycia Parks |
Alicja Rosolska Erin Routliffe |
6–3, 6–2 |
Men's results
editSingles
editLocation | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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Ostrava | ||||
1994 | MaliVai Washington | Arnaud Boetsch | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
1995 | Wayne Ferreira | MaliVai Washington | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
1996 | David Prinosil | Petr Korda | 6–1, 6–2 | |
1997 | Karol Kučera | Magnus Norman | 6–2, ret. | |
1998 | Andre Agassi | Ján Krošlák | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
Doubles
editLocation | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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Ostrava | ||||
1994 | Martin Damm Karel Nováček |
Gary Muller Piet Norval |
6–4, 1–6, 6–3 | |
1995 | Jonas Björkman Javier Frana |
Guy Forget Patrick Rafter |
6–7, 6–4, 7–6 | |
1996 | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk |
Ján Krošlák Karol Kučera |
7–6, 6–3 | |
1997 | Jiří Novák David Rikl |
Donald Johnson Francisco Montana |
6–2, 6–4 | |
1998 | Nicolas Kiefer David Prinosil |
David Adams Pavel Vízner |
6–4, 6–3 |