WTA Swiss Open

Ladies Open Lausanne
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	WTA Swiss Open (1977–85) European Open (1986–94) Ladies Championship Gstaad (2016–2018) Ladies Open Lausanne (2019–2023)
Tour	WTA 250
Surface	Clay (red) - outdoors
Draw	32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money	US$259,303 (2023)
Website	ladiesopenlausanne.ch
Current champions (2023)
Singles	Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Doubles	Anna Bondár Diane Parry

The Ladies Open Lausanne was originally founded in 1899 as the Swiss International Championships. It was a women's professional tennis tournament last held in Lausanne but has been held in a number of locations in Switzerland.

The

. In 1898 the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association staged the event at Château d’Oex. In 1899 an open women's singles event was added to the schedule, when the venue was still in Saint Moritz. It was then hosted at multiple locations throughout its run including Gstaad. The first edition of the Gstaad International tournament was played in 1915 at the Gstaad Palace Hotel, which was known at the time as the Royal Hotel, Winter & Gstaad Palace, and was organized in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Club (LTC) Gstaad. In 1968 the tournament was renamed the Swiss Open International Championships or simply Swiss Open Championships, and was then staged permanently at Gstaad. The women's event was called the Gstaad International from 1969.

The

from 1897 to 1967.

The event was called the WTA Swiss Open from 1977 to 1985, and was played on outdoor

.

Four Swiss players won the event: Viktorija Golubic in 2016 as well as Manuela Maleeva (who formerly represented Bulgaria) in 1991 won the singles, and Xenia Knoll (in 2016) as well as Christiane Jolissaint won the doubles, the latter on three occasions: 1983, 1984, and 1988. Maleeva holds the record, along with Chris Evert, for most singles wins; both players won the event three times, and Maleeva finished runner-up a further three occasions.

In November 2023, it was announced that the tournament would cease existing, with the license bought out along with another WTA 250 tournament to form a WTA 500 tournament elsewhere.^[3]

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
For historical winners of this event see Swiss International Championships 1899–1967
Lugano	1968	Annette Van Zyl DuPlooy	Helga Niessen	6–3, 6–3
Gstaad	1969	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
	1970	Rosie Casals	Françoise Dürr	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
	1971	Françoise Dürr (2)	Lesley Hunt	6–3, 6–3
	1972	Kazuko Sawamatsu	Pam Teeguarden	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
	1973	Not held
	1974	Helga Schultze	Lea Pericoli	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
	1975	Glynis Coles	Linky Boshoff	9–7, 2–6, 8–6
	1976	Michèle Gurdal	Gail Sherriff	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
	1977	Lesley Hunt	Helen Gourlay	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
	1978	Virginia Ruzici	Petra Delhees	6–2, 6–2
	1979–80	Not held
Lugano	1981	Chris Evert	Virginia Ruzici	6–1, 6–1
	1982	Chris Evert (2)	Andrea Temesvári	6–0, 6–3
	1983	Cancelled after the third round because of rain
	1984	Manuela Maleeva	Iva Budařová	6–1, 6–1
	1985	Bonnie Gadusek	Manuela Maleeva	6–2, 6–2
	1986	Raffaella Reggi	Manuela Maleeva	5–7, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Geneva	1987	Chris Evert (3)	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
	1988	Barbara Paulus	Lori McNeil	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
	1989	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (2)	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 6–0
	1990	Barbara Paulus (2)	Helen Kelesi	2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
	1991	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (3)	Helen Kelesi	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Lucerne	1992	Amy Frazier	Radka Zrubáková	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
	1993	Lindsay Davenport	Nicole Bradtke	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
	1994	Lindsay Davenport (2)	Lisa Raymond	7–6(7–3), 6–4
	1995–2015	Not held
Gstaad	2016	Viktorija Golubic	Kiki Bertens	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	2017	Kiki Bertens	Anett Kontaveit	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
	2018	Alizé Cornet	Mandy Minella	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Lausanne	2019	Fiona Ferro	Alizé Cornet	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
	2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
	2021	Tamara Zidanšek	Clara Burel	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1
	2022	Petra Martić	Olga Danilović	6–4, 6–2
	2023	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	Clara Burel	7–5, 4–6, 6–4

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Gstaad	1971	Brenda Kirk Laura Rossouw	Françoise Dürr Lea Pericoli	8–6, 6–3
	1972–73	Not held
	1974	Helga Schultze Lea Pericoli	Kayoko Fukuoka Michelle Rodríguez	6–2, 6–0
	1975	Not held
	1976	Betsy Nagelsen Wendy Turnbull	Brigitte Cuypers Annette Van Zyl	6–4, 6–4
	1977	Helen Gourlay Rayni Fox	Mary Carillo Lesley Hunt	6–0, 6–4
	1978–80	Not held
Lugano	1981	Rosalyn Fairbank Tanya Harford	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
	1982	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	Joanne Russell Virginia Ruzici	6–2, 6–4
	1983	Christiane Jolissaint Marcella Mesker	Pat Medrado	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
	1984	Christiane Jolissaint Marcella Mesker	Iva Budařová Marcela Skuherská	6–4, 6–3
	1985	Bonnie Gadusek Helena Suková	Bettina Bunge Eva Pfaff	6–2, 6–4
	1986	Elise Burgin Betsy Nagelsen	Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson	6–2, 6–3
Geneva	1987	Betsy Nagelsen Elizabeth Smylie	Laura Gildemeister Catherine Tanvier	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
	1988	Christiane Jolissaint Dianne Van Rensburg	Maria Lindström Claudia Porwik	6–1, 6–3
	1989	Katrina Adams Lori McNeil	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1990	Louise Field Dianne Van Rensburg	Elise Burgin Betsy Nagelsen	5–7, 7–6(7–2), 7–5
	1991	Nicole Bradtke Elizabeth Smylie	Cathy Caverzasio Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	6–1, 6–2
Lucerne	1992	Amy Frazier Elna Reinach	Karina Habšudová Marianne Werdel	7–5, 6–2
	1993	Mary Joe Fernández Helena Suková	Lindsay Davenport Marianne Werdel	6–2, 6–4
	1994	Canceled due to rain after two of the quarterfinals[note 1]
	1995–2015	Not held
Gstaad	2016	Lara Arruabarrena Xenia Knoll	Annika Beck Evgeniya Rodina	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
	2017	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	Viktorija Golubic Nina Stojanović	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–7]
	2018	Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk	Lara Arruabarrena Timea Bacsinszky	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Lausanne	2019	Anastasia Potapova Yana Sizikova	Monique Adamczak Han Xinyun	6–2, 6–4
	2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
	2021	Susan Bandecchi Simona Waltert	Ulrikke Eikeri Valentini Grammatikopoulou	6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]
	2022	Olga Danilović Kristina Mladenovic	Ulrikke Eikeri Tamara Zidanšek	Walkover
	2023	Anna Bondár Diane Parry	Amina Anshba Anastasia Dețiuc	6–2, 6–1

• Swiss International Championships – men's (1897) and women's (1899) – the precursor tournament name for the ATP and WTA events
• Swiss Open – men's tournament
• Zurich Open – women's tournament (1984–2008)

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• ITF Women's Circuit
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