Taipei Open

{{About|the tennis tournament|other uses|Taiwan Open (disambiguation){{!}}Taiwan Open}}

{{Infobox tennis tournament

| name = Taipei WTA Challenger

| current =

| logo =

| logo size =

| event name = Taipei WTA Challenger

| city = Taipei City

| country = Taiwan

| venue = Taipei Arena

| category = WTA 125K series

| surface = Carpet - indoors

| draw = 32{{abbr|S|Singles}} / 16{{abbr|Q|Qualification}} / 16{{abbr|D|Doubles}}

| prize money = {{US$|125,000|link=yes}} (2019)

| website = {{URL|http://www.oectennis.com}}

| notes =

| completed event = 2019

| singles = {{flagicon|RUS}} Vitalia Diatchenko

| doubles = {{flagicon|TPE}} Lee Ya-hsuan
{{flagicon|TPE}} Wu Fang-hsien

}}

File:Chuang Chia-Jung Acura Classic 2007.jpg has lifted the doubles trophy three times at this event as the home-crowd favourite]]

File:Toray PPO 2009 Ayumi Morita.jpg has reached the singles final three times here; winning the title in 2011 and finishing runner-up in 2009 & 2010]]

The Taipei Open or Taipei WTA Challenger ({{zh|c=台北海碩網球公開賽}}) was a tournament for female professional tennis players played on indoor carpet courts. The event was classified as a WTA 125 tournament, and held annually in November in Taipei City, from 2008 until 2015, and was sponsored by the OEC Group. In 2012, the event was upgraded from a $100k ITF tournament to a WTA Challenger tournament. Its final edition took place in 2019. {{cite web|url=https://www.taipeitravelgeek.com/wta-taiwan-tennis-open|title= Taipei OEC Open Tennis at Taipei Arena|date=9 May 2019}}

History

In 2007, OEC Group Chairman Robert Han organized an ITF tournament in Taoyuan where the prize was $50,000 plus hotel.{{cite web|url=http://www.oectennis.com/files/11-1001-164.php |title=Tournament History |access-date=6 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227173630/http://www.oectennis.com/files/11-1001-164.php |archive-date=December 27, 2014 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.stevegtennis.com/draw-results/wta/50k_Taoyuan,_Wk._44/2007/ | title=Steve Tennis – 50k Taoyuan | access-date=6 December 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100016446 | title=ITF $50,000 Taoyuan event | access-date=6 December 2015}}

OEC has retroactively referred to the event as the 2007 OEC Cup Taiwan Ladies Open.{{cite web|url=http://www.oecgroup.com/eng/philanthropy|title=OEC GROUP|work=oecgroup.com|access-date=1 June 2016}}

In October 18–20, 2008, the OEC Group held the 2008 OEC Taipei Ladies Open, which was a WTA-sanctioned ITF $100,000+H tournament.{{cite web | url=http://ontennis.com/tournament/oec-taipei-wta-ladies-open | title=OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open | work=On Tennis | quote=Chinese Taipei is not a traditional tennis heartland, but it is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with. And now it has its first WTA-sanctioned tournament, the OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open, which is staged on the indoor hardcourts of the capital's Taipei Arena. The tournament, an ITF stop between 2008 and 2011 before being upgraded, was the first of the new WTA 125K Series events that launched in the fall of 2012. Capturing the inaugural edition was French teen Kristina Mladenovic, who also was victorious in doubles. | access-date=6 December 2015}} held at the National Taiwan University Gymnasium and the Taipei Arena.{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=178929&ctNode=14811&mp=100042|title=Part2 Hosting International Sporting Events|last=應-許景維|date=20 July 2009|work=gov.taipei|access-date=1 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=1236228&ctNode=36869&mp=100066|title=Part 2 Raising the Level of Competitive Sports to Facilitate International Exchanges|last=應-許景維|date=6 September 2010|work=gov.taipei|access-date=1 June 2016}} In 2010 and 2011, it was called the OEC Taipei Ladies Open, and it was also sometimes referred to as the Haishuo Cup (海碩盃).{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=6418423&ctNode=45841&mp=100089|title=Part 2 Elevating Competitive Standard and Stimulating|last=應-黃惠珍|date=26 September 2011|work=gov.taipei|access-date=1 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=29704155&ctNode=54089&mp=100095|title=Part 2 Upgrading Competitiveness Promotes International Exchange|last=吳明璇|date=3 August 2012|work=gov.taipei|access-date=1 June 2016}}

In 2012, the event was upgraded to a WTA 125 event.{{cite web |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/2012/1059.pdf |website=www.wtatennis.com |access-date=2023-04-15 |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |date=2012 |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013093739/https://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/2012/1059.pdf |lang=en |title=OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open}} It had attracted over 60,000 visitors.{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=70188838&ctNode=69969&mp=100101|title=Part 2 Implementation of Competitive Sports to Provide more Opportunities for Players|last=臺北市政府|date=11 December 2013|work=gov.taipei|access-date=1 June 2016}} In 2013, the tournament was renamed to OEC Taipei WTA Challenger.{{cite web |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/2013/1059.pdf |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |title=OEC Taipei WTA 125K Series |date=2013 |lang=en |website=www.wtatennis.com |access-date=2023-04-15 |archive-date=November 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126070006/https://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/2013/1059.pdf}}{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2013/11/06/Date-Krumm-falls-in-first-round-again/42601383740907/|title=Date-Krumm falls in first round again|work=upi.com|access-date=1 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=81233444&ctNode=73804&mp=100103|title=Part2 Implementation of Competitive Sports to Provide more Opportunities for Players|last=年鑑1|date=14 August 2014|work=gov.taipei|access-date=1 June 2016}} and used that name subsequently.{{cite web|url=http://www.oectennis.com/bin/home.php|title=台北/高雄海碩盃官方網站|work=oectennis.com|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605162709/http://www.oectennis.com/bin/home.php|archive-date=5 June 2016}}

Past finals

= Singles =

Year !width="200"\|Champion !width="200"\|Runner-up !width="145"\|Score
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
bgcolor="#f7e98e" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ ITF $75k Kaohsiung event ↓
†2006	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei	5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 6–0
bgcolor="#addfad" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ $50k Taoyuan event ↓
2007	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Akiko Morigami	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer	6–4, 7–6 ^(7–5) {{cite web \|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100016446 \|website=www.itftennis.com \|access-date=2023-04-15 \|archive-date=September 25, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925152515/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100016446 \|title=Archived \|publisher=International Tennis Federation \|lang=en}}{{dl\|date=April 2023}}
bgcolor="#f88379" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ $100k+H event ↓
2008	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Jarmila Gajdošová	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Corinna Dentoni	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2009	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayumi Morita	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
2010	{{flagicon\|CHN}} Peng Shuai [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2010/11/08/2003487989 'China’s Peng claims Taipei Ladies title'] (retrieved November 8, 2010)	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayumi Morita	6–1, 6–4
2011	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayumi Morita	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Kimiko Date-Krumm	6–2, 6–2
bgcolor="silver" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ WTA 125 event ↓
2012	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen	6–4, 6–3
2013	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Alison Van Uytvanck	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer	6–4, 6–2
2014	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Vitalia Diatchenko	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan	1–6, 6–2, 6–4
2015	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Tímea Babos	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Misaki Doi	7–5, 6–3
2016	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Evgeniya Rodina	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen	6–4, 6–3
2017	{{flagicon\|SUI}} Belinda Bencic	{{flagicon\|NED}} Arantxa Rus	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
2018	{{flagicon\|THA}} Luksika Kumkhum	{{flagicon\|GER}} Sabine Lisicki	6–1, 6–3
2019	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Vitalia Diatchenko (2)	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Tímea Babos	6–3, 6–2
2020	colspan="3" align="center" {{N/A\|cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic}}

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

= Doubles =

Year !width="200"\|Champions !width="200"\|Runners-up !width="145"\|Score
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
bgcolor="#addfad" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ ITF $50k Taoyuan event ↓
†2007	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Hao-ching	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsieh Shu-ying {{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei	6–1, 2–6, [14–12]
bgcolor="#f88379" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ $100k+H event ↓
2008	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung {{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsu Wen-hsin {{flagicon\|TPE}} Hwang I-hsuan	6–3, 6–3
2009	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan (2) {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung (2)	{{flagicon\|INA}} Yayuk Basuki {{flagicon\|USA}} Riza Zalameda	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
2010	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung (3)	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei {{flagicon\|IND}} Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–2
2011	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan (3) {{flagicon\|CHN}} Zheng Jie	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková {{flagicon\|CZE}} Kristýna Plíšková	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
bgcolor="silver" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ WTA 125 event ↓
2012	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Hao-ching (2) {{flagicon\|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen {{flagicon\|BLR}} Olga Govortsova	5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
2013	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Caroline Garcia {{flagicon\|KAZ}} Yaroslava Shvedova	{{flagicon\|GER}} Anna-Lena Friedsam {{flagicon\|BEL}} Alison Van Uytvanck	6–3, 6–3
2014	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Hao-ching (3) {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan (4)	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 6–3
2015	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Kanae Hisami {{flagicon\|JPN}} Kotomi Takahata	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Marina Melnikova {{flagicon\|BEL}} Elise Mertens	6–1, 6–2
2016	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Natela Dzalamidze {{flagicon\|RUS}} Veronika Kudermetova	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2017	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Veronika Kudermetova (2) {{flagicon\|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Monique Adamczak {{flagicon\|GBR}} Naomi Broady	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–6]
2018	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ankita Raina {{flagicon\|IND}} Karman Thandi	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Olga Doroshina {{flagicon\|RUS}} Natela Dzalamidze	6–3, 5–7, [12–12] ret.
2019	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Lee Ya-hsuan {{flagicon\|TPE}} Wu Fang-hsien	{{flagicon\|SLO}} Dalila Jakupović {{flagicon\|MNE}} Danka Kovinić	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2020	colspan="3" align="center" {{N/A\|cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic}}

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

References

External links

{{Official website|http://oecopen.com/}} {{in lang|zh}}
[https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2019-taipei-chinese-taipei-1059 WTA Challenger profile] at WTATennis.com

Category:ITF Women's World Tennis Tour

Category:Carpet court tennis tournaments

Category:Tennis tournaments in Taiwan

Category:Sport in Taipei

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2007

Year !width="200"\|Champion !width="200"\|Runner-up !width="145"\|Score
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
bgcolor="#f7e98e" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ ITF $75k Kaohsiung event ↓
†2006	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei	5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 6–0
bgcolor="#addfad" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ $50k Taoyuan event ↓
2007	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Akiko Morigami	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer	6–4, 7–6 ^(7–5) {{cite web \|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100016446 \|website=www.itftennis.com \|access-date=2023-04-15 \|archive-date=September 25, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925152515/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100016446 \|title=Archived \|publisher=International Tennis Federation \|lang=en}}{{dl\|date=April 2023}}
bgcolor="#f88379" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ $100k+H event ↓
2008	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Jarmila Gajdošová	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Corinna Dentoni	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2009	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayumi Morita	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
2010	{{flagicon\|CHN}} Peng Shuai [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2010/11/08/2003487989 'China’s Peng claims Taipei Ladies title'] (retrieved November 8, 2010)	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayumi Morita	6–1, 6–4
2011	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayumi Morita	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Kimiko Date-Krumm	6–2, 6–2
bgcolor="silver" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ WTA 125 event ↓
2012	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen	6–4, 6–3
2013	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Alison Van Uytvanck	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer	6–4, 6–2
2014	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Vitalia Diatchenko	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan	1–6, 6–2, 6–4
2015	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Tímea Babos	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Misaki Doi	7–5, 6–3
2016	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Evgeniya Rodina	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen	6–4, 6–3
2017	{{flagicon\|SUI}} Belinda Bencic	{{flagicon\|NED}} Arantxa Rus	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
2018	{{flagicon\|THA}} Luksika Kumkhum	{{flagicon\|GER}} Sabine Lisicki	6–1, 6–3
2019	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Vitalia Diatchenko (2)	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Tímea Babos	6–3, 6–2
2020	colspan="3" align="center" {{N/A\|cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic}}

Year !width="200"\|Champions !width="200"\|Runners-up !width="145"\|Score
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
bgcolor="#addfad" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ ITF $50k Taoyuan event ↓
†2007	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Hao-ching	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsieh Shu-ying {{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei	6–1, 2–6, [14–12]
bgcolor="#f88379" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ $100k+H event ↓
2008	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung {{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsu Wen-hsin {{flagicon\|TPE}} Hwang I-hsuan	6–3, 6–3
2009	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan (2) {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung (2)	{{flagicon\|INA}} Yayuk Basuki {{flagicon\|USA}} Riza Zalameda	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
2010	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung (3)	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei {{flagicon\|IND}} Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–2
2011	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan (3) {{flagicon\|CHN}} Zheng Jie	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková {{flagicon\|CZE}} Kristýna Plíšková	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
bgcolor="silver" \| colspan="5" align="center" \| ↓ WTA 125 event ↓
2012	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Hao-ching (2) {{flagicon\|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen {{flagicon\|BLR}} Olga Govortsova	5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
2013	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Caroline Garcia {{flagicon\|KAZ}} Yaroslava Shvedova	{{flagicon\|GER}} Anna-Lena Friedsam {{flagicon\|BEL}} Alison Van Uytvanck	6–3, 6–3
2014	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Hao-ching (3) {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan (4)	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 6–3
2015	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Kanae Hisami {{flagicon\|JPN}} Kotomi Takahata	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Marina Melnikova {{flagicon\|BEL}} Elise Mertens	6–1, 6–2
2016	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Natela Dzalamidze {{flagicon\|RUS}} Veronika Kudermetova	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen {{flagicon\|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2017	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Veronika Kudermetova (2) {{flagicon\|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Monique Adamczak {{flagicon\|GBR}} Naomi Broady	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–6]
2018	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ankita Raina {{flagicon\|IND}} Karman Thandi	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Olga Doroshina {{flagicon\|RUS}} Natela Dzalamidze	6–3, 5–7, [12–12] ret.
2019	{{flagicon\|TPE}} Lee Ya-hsuan {{flagicon\|TPE}} Wu Fang-hsien	{{flagicon\|SLO}} Dalila Jakupović {{flagicon\|MNE}} Danka Kovinić	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2020	colspan="3" align="center" {{N/A\|cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic}}