Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge

The Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge is a tournament for professional female tennis players, played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $100,000+H ITF Women's Circuit tournament and has been held annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since 1998.

Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
2020 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
ITF Women's Tour
Event name	Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Habtoor Grand Beach Resort & Spa
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Surface	Hard
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$100,000+H
Website	Official website

History

The tournament began in 1998 as an $25,000 ITF event. From 1999 to 2015, the tournament was classified as a $75,000 event, however the 2004 edition was cancelled. In 2016, the event was upgraded to a $100,000+H ITF event.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2020	Sorana Cîrstea	Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
2019	Ana Bogdan	Daria Snigur	6–1, 6–2
2018	Peng Shuai	Viktória Kužmová	6–3, 6–0
2017	Belinda Bencic	Ajla Tomljanović	6–4, 0–0 ret.
2016	Hsieh Su-wei	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6–2, 6–2
2015	Çağla Büyükakçay	Klára Koukalová	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
2014	Alexandra Dulgheru	Kimiko Date-Krumm	6–3, 6–4
2013	Jana Čepelová	Maria Elena Camerin	6–1, 6–2
2012	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Yulia Putintseva	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
2011	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 6–4
2010	Sania Mirza	Bojana Jovanovski	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
2009	Regina Kulikova	Sandra Záhlavová	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
2008	Vitalia Diatchenko	Urszula Radwańska	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
2007	Maria Kirilenko	Evgeniya Rodina	7–5, 6–2
2006	Kateryna Bondarenko	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	6–1, 6–3
2005	Marion Bartoli	Kaia Kanepi	6–2, 6–0
2004	Not held
2003	Jelena Janković	Henrieta Nagyová	6–2, 7–5
2002	Angelique Widjaja	Shinobu Asagoe	7–5, 6–2
2001	Eleni Daniilidou	Anikó Kapros	6–4, 6–4
2000	Adriana Gerši	Tathiana Garbin	6–4, 6–3
1999	Katarina Srebotnik	Anne Kremer	6–1, 6–1
1998	Kira Nagy	Irina Selyutina	6–4, 6–1

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2020	Ekaterine Gorgodze Ankita Raina	Aliona Bolsova Kaja Juvan	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
2019	Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač	Georgina García Pérez Sara Sorribes Tormo	7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
2018	Alena Fomina Valentina Ivakhnenko	Réka Luca Jani Cornelia Lister	7–5, 6–2
2017	Mihaela Buzărnescu Alena Fomina	Lesley Kerkhove Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 6–3
2016	Mandy Minella Nina Stojanović	Hsieh Su-wei Valeria Savinykh	6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
2015	Çağla Büyükakçay Maria Sakkari	Elise Mertens İpek Soylu	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
2014	Vitalia Diatchenko Alexandra Panova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Olga Savchuk	3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
2013	Vitalia Diatchenko Olga Savchuk	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	7–5, 6–1
2012	Maria Elena Camerin Vera Dushevina	Eva Hrdinová Karolína Plíšková	7–5, 6–3
2011	Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak	Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Dulgheru	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
2010	Julia Görges Petra Martić	Sania Mirza Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 7–6^(9–7)
2009	Julia Görges Oksana Kalashnikova	Vladimíra Uhlířová Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
2008	Irena Pavlovic Maša Zec Peškirič	Elena Chalova Valeria Savinykh	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, [10–3]
2007	Marina Erakovic Monica Niculescu	Yuliana Fedak Anna Lapushchenkova	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
2006	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Jelena Kostanić	Kateryna Bondarenko Valeria Bondarenko	6–3, 6–0
2005	Gabriela Navrátilová Hana Šromová	Ekaterina Makarova Olga Panova	7–5, 6–4
2004	Not held
2003	Zsófia Gubacsi Kira Nagy	Flavia Pennetta Adriana Serra Zanetti	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
2002	Kirstin Freye Seda Noorlander	Bahia Mouhtassine Angelique Widjaja	6–2, 6–4
2001	Laurence Courtois Seda Noorlander	Caroline Dhenin Katalin Marosi-Aracama	6–3, 6–0
2000	Tathiana Garbin Katalin Marosi-Aracama	Angelika Bachmann Tina Križan	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
1999	Åsa Carlsson Laurence Courtois	Laura Golarsa Irina Selyutina	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–0
1998	Wynne Prakusya Benjamas Sangaram	Petra Gáspár Ludmila Varmužová	7–6^(7–1), 1–6, 6–3

External links

• Official website
• ITF search