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Bad Homburg Open

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Bad Homburg Open
WTA Tour
Founded2020
LocationBad Homburg, Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse
Germany
VenueTC Bad Homburg
CategoryWTA 500 (2024-present)
WTA 250 (2021-2023)
SurfaceGrass – outdoors
Draw32S / 8Q / 16D
Prize money802,237 (2024)
Current champions (2024)
Singles Diana Shnaider
DoublesUnited States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia Ellen Perez

The Bad Homburg Open is a women's professional tennis tournament held on outdoor grass courts at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club in Bad Homburg, Germany. The event held its inaugural edition in June 2021 after it was initially postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In September 2019, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) announced that they would invest in new grass tennis tournaments to be scheduled before the Wimbledon Championships on the ATP Tour and WTA Tour. Among the new investments included a WTA event planned for Bad Homburg with the collaboration of German sports agency Perfect Match as well as German tennis player Angelique Kerber and her management team, after which she would become the tournament ambassador.[1][2][3] The new stadium at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club was built on the site of the first tennis court in Europe, Kurpark, and in July 2020, Kerber christened the stadium at its opening ceremony.[4]

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↓  WTA 250 tournament  ↓
2021 Germany Angelique Kerber Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–2
2022 France Caroline Garcia Canada Bianca Andreescu 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
2023 Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková Italy Lucia Bronzetti 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
2024 Diana Shnaider Croatia Donna Vekić 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↓  WTA 250 tournament  ↓
2021 Croatia Darija Jurak
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
Romania Raluca Olaru
6–3, 6–1
2022 Japan Eri Hozumi
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
Poland Alicja Rosolska
New Zealand Erin Routliffe
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
2023 Brazil Ingrid Gamarra Martins
Lidziya Marozava
Japan Eri Hozumi
Romania Monica Niculescu
6–0, 7–6(7–3)
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
2024 United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia Ellen Perez
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Veronika Kudermetova
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]

References

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  1. ^ "AELTC to invest in pre-Wimbledon grass court tournaments". Reuters. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. ^ "The AELTC announces strategic investment in the grass court season from 2020". The Championships, Wimbledon. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Angelique Kerber is Tournament Ambassador". Bad Homburg Open. 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ "'A very special feeling': Kerber christens stadium in Bad Homburg". Women's Tennis Association. 11 July 2020. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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