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Taipei WTA Challenger
2015 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger
Tournament information
Event name Taipei WTA Challenger
Location Chinese Taipei 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

Prior to OEC's involvement, in 2007, there was a tournament held in the city of Taoyuan in 2007 that some associate with this event; the $50,000 Taoyuan ITF tournament.[1][2][3] OEC has retroactively referred to the 2007 tournament 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 an 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, and the China Post saying otherwise.[16][17]

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓   ITF 50K Taoyuan event   ↓
†2007 Japan Akiko Morigami Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 7–6(7–5)[18]
↓   ITF 100K+H event   ↓
2008 Slovakia Jarmila Gajdošová Italy Corinna Dentoni 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2009 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Japan Ayumi Morita 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
2010 China Peng Shuai[19] Japan Ayumi Morita 6–1, 6–4
2011 Japan Ayumi Morita Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm 6–2, 6–2
↓   WTA 125K series event   ↓
2012 France Kristina Mladenovic Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen 6–4, 6–3
2013 Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–2
2014 Russia Vitalia Diatchenko Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
2015 Hungary Tímea Babos Japan Misaki Doi 7–5, 6–3

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

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓   ITF 50K Taoyuan event   ↓
†2007 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Shu-ying
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
6–1, 2–6, [14–12][20]
↓   ITF 100K+H event   ↓
2008 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Chinese Taipei Hsu Wen-hsin
Chinese Taipei Hwang I-hsuan
6–3, 6–3
2009 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
United States Riza Zalameda
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
2010 Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
India Sania Mirza
6–4, 6–2
2011 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
China Zheng Jie
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
↓   WTA 125K series event   ↓
2012 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
France Kristina Mladenovic
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
Belarus Olga Govortsova
5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
2013 France Caroline Garcia
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
6–3, 6–3
2014 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
6–4, 6–3
2015 Japan Kanae Hisami
Japan Kotomi Takahata
Russia Marina Melnikova
Belgium Elise Mertens
6–1, 6–2

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

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