Nuremberg Cup

The Nuremberg Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Nuremberg, Germany.[1] Held from 2013 until 2019, this 250-level tournament was played on outdoor clay courts.

Nürnberger Versicherungscup
Tournament information
Founded2013
LocationNuremberg, Bavaria
Germany
VenueTennisclub 1. FC Nürnberg (2013-19)
CategoryWTA 250
SurfaceClay – outdoors (2013–19)
Draw32S / 8Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$235,000 (2013)

Tournament history
The centre court of the former clay court tournament

The Nuremberg Open was a defunct men's tennis tournament that was played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1976. The event was held in Nuremberg, West Germany and was played on indoor carpet courts. Frew McMillan won the singles title while partnering with Karl Meiler to win the doubles title.

The Nürnberger Versicherungscup (sponsored by Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Nuremberg. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour.[2][3] The inaugural 2013 edition took place the week after the French Open while from 2014 to 2019, the event was scheduled the week before the French Open.

In January 2020, the tournament licence was reported to be taken over by an association around the former manager of German hockey club Kölner Haie, Oliver Mueller, after the Austrian Reichel family had retired, hence a relocation to Cologne was expected for 2021.[4] This reestablishment in the Rhineland has not been achieved.

Past finals

Singles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg
2013 Simona Halep Andrea Petkovic6–3, 6–3
2014 Eugenie Bouchard Karolína Plíšková6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2015 Karin Knapp Roberta Vinci7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
2016 Kiki Bertens Mariana Duque Mariño6–2, 6–2
2017 Kiki Bertens (2) Barbora Krejčíková6–2, 6–1
2018 Johanna Larsson Alison Riske7–6(7–4), 6–4
2019 Yulia Putintseva Tamara Zidanšek4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Cologne
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Doubles
Nuremberg Cup
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg
2013 Raluca Olaru
Valeria Solovyeva		 Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Květa Peschke		2–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
2014 Michaëlla Krajicek
Karolína Plíšková		 Raluca Olaru
Shahar Pe'er		6–0, 4–6, [10–6]
2015 Chan Hao-ching
Anabel Medina Garrigues		 Lara Arruabarrena
Raluca Olaru		6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2016 Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson		 Shuko Aoyama
Renata Voráčová		6–3, 6–4
2017 Nicole Melichar
Anna Smith		 Kirsten Flipkens
Johanna Larsson		3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2018 Demi Schuurs
Katarina Srebotnik		 Kirsten Flipkens
Johanna Larsson		3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
2019 Gabriela Dabrowski
Xu Yifan		 Sharon Fichman
Nicole Melichar		4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Cologne
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Singles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg 1976 Frew McMillan Thomaz Koch2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Nuremberg 1976 Frew McMillan
Karl Meiler		 Colin Dowdeswell
Paul Kronk		7–6, 6–4

References
  1. "tennis.com - Seeded Italians Vinci, Knapp advance at Nuremberg Cup". Tennis magazine. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. "Nürnberg bekommt zweites deutsches WTA-Turnier". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 8 February 2013.
  3. "Erstes WTA-Turnier in Nürnberg". Mittelbayerische Zeitung (in German). 27 March 2013.
  4. "Lizenz des WTA-Turniers in Nürnberg wandert ins Rheinland". tennisnet.com (in German). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
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