Ostrava Open

The Ostrava Open (known as the J&T Banka Ostrava Open for sponsorship reasons) is a tennis tournament organised for female professional tennis players, and part of the WTA tour. It is a Premier-level tournament held in October 2020, played on indoor hard courts, and organised to make up for the many tournaments cancelled during the 2020 season, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2] The tournament attracted four top-20 players, including two-time grand slam champion and former world no. 1 Victoria Azarenka.

Ostrava Open
Tournament information
Event nameJ&T Banka Prague Open
TourATP Tour (1994–98)
WTA Tour (1999; 2020)
Founded1994–1999; 2020–
Editions5 (men)
2 (women)
LocationOstrava, Czech Republic
VenueČEZ Aréna
CategoryATP World Series
SurfaceCarpet (indoors) (1994–99)
Hard (indoor) (2020)
Draw28S / 28Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$528,500 (2020)
Current champions (2020)
Women's singles Aryna Sabalenka
Women's doubles Elise Mertens
Aryna Sabalenka

From 1994 to 1998, the Czech Indoor was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the World Series of the ATP Tour. It was held at the ČEZ Aréna in Ostrava in the Czech Republic and was played on indoor carpet courts.

In 1999, the Nokia Cup was a WTA Tour tournament. It was held in Prostějov in the Czech Republic and played on indoor carpet courts.

Women's results

Singles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Prostějov
1999 Henrieta Nagyová Silvia Farina7–6(7–2), 6–4
Ostrava
2020 Aryna Sabalenka Victoria Azarenka6–2, 6–2

Doubles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Prostějov
1999 Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat
Květa Hrdličková
Helena Vildová
3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Ostrava
2020 Elise Mertens
Aryna Sabalenka
Gabriela Dabrowski
Luisa Stefani
6–1, 6–3

Men's results

Singles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Ostrava
1994 MaliVai Washington Arnaud Boetsch4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1995 Wayne Ferreira MaliVai Washington3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1996 David Prinosil Petr Korda6–1, 6–2
1997 Karol Kučera Magnus Norman6–2, ret.
1998 Andre Agassi Ján Krošlák6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Ostrava
1994 Martin Damm
Karel Nováček
Gary Muller
Piet Norval
6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1995 Jonas Björkman
Javier Frana
Guy Forget
Patrick Rafter
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
1996 Sandon Stolle
Cyril Suk
Ján Krošlák
Karol Kučera
7–6, 6–3
1997 Jiří Novák
David Rikl
Donald Johnson
Francisco Montana
6–2, 6–4
1998 Nicolas Kiefer
David Prinosil
David Adams
Pavel Vízner
6–4, 6–3

References

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