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Open GDF Suez

Open GDF Suez
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1993
Abolished2014
Editions22
LocationParis
France
VenueZénith Paris (1993)
Stade Pierre de Coubertin (1994–2014)
CategoryTier II (1993–2008)
Premier (2009–2014)
SurfaceCarpet (i) until 2000
Hard (i) since 2001
Draw32M/32Q/16D
Prize money$637,000
Websiteopengdfsuez.com

Open GDF Suez, formerly Open Gaz de France, was a Premier level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris. Held from 1993 till 2014, the tournament was played indoors, originally on carpet until 2000, then on hardcourts. The 2014 Open GDF Suez was the last edition.

Amélie Mauresmo holds the record for the most singles titles with three in 2001, 2006 and 2009.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1993 United States Martina Navratilova Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 6–3, 4–6, 7–6
1994 United States Martina Navratilova (2) France Julie Halard 7–5, 6–3
1995 Germany Steffi Graf France Mary Pierce 6–2, 6–2
1996 France Julie Halard-Decugis Croatia Iva Majoli 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
1997 Switzerland Martina Hingis Germany Anke Huber 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1998 France Mary Pierce Belgium Dominique Monami 6–3, 7–5
1999 United States Serena Williams France Amélie Mauresmo 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
2000 France Nathalie Tauziat United States Serena Williams 7–5, 6–2
2001 France Amélie Mauresmo Germany Anke Huber 7–6(7–2), 6–1
2002 United States Venus Williams Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokić w/o
2003 United States Serena Williams (2) France Amélie Mauresmo 6–3, 6–2
2004 Belgium Kim Clijsters France Mary Pierce 6–2, 6–1
2005 Russia Dinara Safina France Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
2006 France Amélie Mauresmo (2) France Mary Pierce 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2007 Russia Nadia Petrova Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2008 Russia Anna Chakvetadze Hungary Ágnes Szávay 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
2009 France Amélie Mauresmo (3) Russia Elena Dementieva 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4
2010 Russia Elena Dementieva Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4
2011 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová Belgium Kim Clijsters 6–4, 6–3
2012 Germany Angelique Kerber France Marion Bartoli 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3
2013 Germany Mona Barthel Italy Sara Errani 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2014 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Italy Sara Errani 3–6, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1993 Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Czech Republic Andrea Strnadová
United Kingdom Jo Durie
France Catherine Suire
7–6, 6–2
1994 Belgium Sabine Appelmans
Belgium Laurence Courtois
France Mary Pierce
Hungary Andrea Temesvári
6–4, 6–4
1995 United States Meredith McGrath
Latvia Larisa Neiland
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 6–1
1996 Netherlands Kristie Boogert
Czech Republic Jana Novotná (2)
France Julie Halard-Decugis
France Nathalie Tauziat
6–4, 6–3
1997 Switzerland Martina Hingis
Czech Republic Jana Novotná (3)
France Alexandra Fusai
Italy Rita Grande
6–1, 6–2
1998 Belgium Sabine Appelmans (2)
Netherlands Miriam Oremans
Russia Anna Kournikova
Latvia Larisa Neiland
1–6, 6–3, 7–6
1999 Romania Irina Spîrlea
Netherlands Caroline Vis
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Japan Ai Sugiyama
7–5, 3–6, 6–3
2000 France Julie Halard-Decugis
France Sandrine Testud
France Émilie Loit
Sweden Åsa Carlsson
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2001 Croatia Iva Majoli
France Virginie Razzano
United States Kimberly Po
France Nathalie Tauziat
6–3, 7–5
2002 France Nathalie Dechy
United States Meilen Tu
Russia Elena Dementieva
Slovakia Janette Husárová
w/o
2003 Austria Barbara Schett
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
France Marion Bartoli
France Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
2004 Austria Barbara Schett (2)
Switzerland Patty Schnyder (2)
Italy Silvia Farina Elia
Italy Francesca Schiavone
6–3, 6–2
2005 Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Russia Dinara Safina
6–2, 2–6, 6–2
2006 France Émilie Loit
Czech Republic Květa Peschke (2)
Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs
7–6(7–5), 6–4
2007 Zimbabwe Cara Black
South Africa Liezel Huber
Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–2, 6–0
2008 Ukraine Alyona Bondarenko
Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko
Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–1, 6–4
2009 Zimbabwe Cara Black (2)
United States Liezel Huber (2)
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
United States Lisa Raymond
6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
2010 Czech Republic Iveta Benešová (2)
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
w/o
2011 United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
Russia Vera Dushevina
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
6–4, 6–2
2012 United States Liezel Huber (3)
United States Lisa Raymond
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Croatia Petra Martić
7–6(7–3), 6–1
2013 Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
United States Liezel Huber
6–1, 6–1
2014 Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Czech Republic Květa Peschke (3)
Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
6–7(7–9), 6–4, [10–5]

See also

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