The German Open (currently known as the Grass Court Championships Berlin) is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women played in West Berlin, West Germany (until 1990), then Berlin, Germany from 1991 to 2008 following reunification. Held since 1896, it was one of the oldest tournaments for women. Until 1978 the tournament was held in Hamburg together with the men's tournament. From 1988, it was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament.

After an absence of more than a decade, the tournament is returning to the WTA calendar from the 2020 season onwards. The new event will be classified as a Premier-level tournament and serve as a warm-up event towards the Wimbledon Championships, having switched its surface from clay to grass.^[1]

History

The former logo, used between 2005-08.

Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Justine Henin, Ana Ivanovic and Dinara Safina.

Tournament names:

• 1971-1979: German Open
• 1980: No tournament
• 1981-1988: German Open
• 1989-1990: Lufthansa Cup
• 1991-1992: Lufthansa Cup German Open
• 1993-2000: German Open
• 2001-2002: Eurocard German Open
• 2003: MasterCard German Open
• 2004: Ladies German Open
• 2005: Qatar Total German Open
• 2006-2008: Qatar Telecom German Open

Past winners

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2008	Dinara Safina	Elena Dementieva	3-6, 6-2, 6-2
2007	Ana Ivanovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3-6, 6-4, 7-6(7-4)
2006	Nadia Petrova	Justine Henin	4-6, 6-4, 7-5
2005	Justine Henin	Nadia Petrova	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
2004	Amélie Mauresmo	Venus Williams	walkover
2003	Justine Henin	Kim Clijsters	6-4, 4-6, 7-5
2002	Justine Henin	Serena Williams	6-2, 1-6, 7-6(7-5)
2001	Amélie Mauresmo	Jennifer Capriati	6-4, 2-6, 6-3
2000	Conchita Martínez	Amanda Coetzer	6-1, 6-2
1999	Martina Hingis	Julie Halard-Decugis	6-0, 6-1
1998	Conchita Martínez	Amélie Mauresmo	6-4, 6-4
1997	Mary Joe Fernandez	Mary Pierce	6-2, 3-6, 6-2
1996	Steffi Graf	Karina Hab?udová	4-6, 6-2, 7-5
1995	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Magdalena Maleeva	6-4, 6-1
1994	Steffi Graf	Brenda Schultz	7-6(8-6), 6-4
1993	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	7-6(7-3), 2-6, 6-4
1992	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4-6, 7-5, 6-2
1991	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6-3, 4-6, 7-6(8-6)
1990	Monica Seles	Steffi Graf	6-4, 6-3
1989	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	6-3, 6-1
1988	Steffi Graf	Helena Suková	6-3, 6-2
1987	Steffi Graf	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6-2, 6-3
1986	Steffi Graf	Martina Navratilova	6-2, 6-3
1985	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Steffi Graf	6-4, 7-5
1984	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Kathleen Horvath	7-6(10-8), 6-1
1983	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Kathleen Horvath	6-4, 7-6(7-1)
1982	Bettina Bunge	Kathy Rinaldi	6-2, 6-2
1981	Regina Mar?íková	Ivanna Madruga-Osses	6-2, 6-1
1980	not held in order to make room for Federation Cup that took place at the same location
1979	Caroline Stoll	Regina Mar?íková	7-6(7-4), 6-0
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1978	Mima Jausovec	Virginia Ruzici	6-2, 6-3
1977	Laura duPont	Heidi Eisterlehner	6-1, 6-4
1976	Sue Barker	Renata Tomanová	6-3, 6-1
1975	Renata Tomanová	Kazuko Sawamatsu	7-6, 5-7, 10-8
1974	Helga Masthoff	Martina Navratilova	6-4, 5-7, 7-3
1973	Helga Masthoff	Pat Walkden Pretorius	6-4, 6-1
1972	Helga Masthoff	Linda Tuero	6-3, 3-6 8-6
1971	Billie Jean King	Helga Masthoff	6-3, 6-2
1970	Helga Schultze-Hösl	Helga Niessen	6-3, 6-3
1969	Judy Tegart	Helga Niessen	6-3, 6-4
1968	Annette Van Zyl	Judy Tegart	6-1, 7-5
1967	Françoise Dürr	Lesley Turner	6-4, 6-4
1966	Margaret Smith	Maria Bueno	8-6, 6-3
1965	Margaret Smith	Edda Buding	6-3, 6-2
1964	Margaret Smith	Maria Bueno	6-1, 6-1
1963	Renée Schuurman	Lesley Turner	6-4, 1-6, 6-3
1962	Sandra Reynolds Price	Ann Haydon	4-6, 6-3, 7-5
1961	Sandra Reynolds	Yola Ramírez	5-7, 7-5, 6-1
1960	Sandra Reynolds	Maria Bueno	7-5, 8-6
1959	Edda Buding	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	w.o.
1958	Lorraine Coghlan	Shirley Bloomer	6-4, 7-5
1957	Yola Ramírez	Rosie Reyes	7-5, 6-3
1956	Thelma Long	Silvana Lazzarino	7-5, 6-2
1955	Beryl Penrose	Erika Vollmer	6-4, 6-4
1954	Joy Mottram	Inge Pohmann	2-6, 7-5, 6-2
1953	Dorothy Knode	Joy Mottram	6-0, 4-6, 6-4
1952	Dorothy Head	Erika Vollmer	6-1, 6-3
1951	Nancye Bolton	Mary Terán de Weiss	6-3, 6-3
1950	Dorothy Head	Ursula Heidtmann	6-3, 6-0
1949	Mary Terán de Weiss	Inge Pohmann	6-2, 6-8, 9-7
1948	Ursula Rosenow	Inge Pohmann	6-2, 8-6
1940- 1947	Not held
1939	Hilde Sperling	Hella Kovac	6-0, 6-1
1938	Hilde Sperling	Margot Lumb	6-1, 6-0
1937	Hilde Sperling	Marie-Louise Horn	4-6, 6-2, 6-2
1936	Not held
1935	Hilde Sperling	Cilly Aussem	9-7, 6-0
1934	Hilde Sperling	Cilly Aussem	6-2, 6-3
1933	Hilde Krahwinkel	Sylvie Jung Henrotin	6-2, 6-1
1932	Lolette Payot	Hilde Krahwinkel	6-2, 1-6, 6-4
1931	Cilly Aussem	Irmgard Rost	6-1, 6-2
1930	Cilly Aussem	Hilde Krahwinkel	6-4, 6-4
1929	Paula von Reznicek	Violet Chamberlain	6-2, 4-6, 6-0
1928	Daphne Akhurst	Cilly Aussem	2-6, 6-0, 6-4
1927	Cilly Aussem	Ilse Friedleben	6-3, 6-3
1926	Ilse Friedleben	Nelly Neppach	5-7, 6-4, 6-2
1925	Nelly Neppach	Ilse Friedleben	2-6, 6-4, 10-8
1924	Ilse Friedleben	Nelly Neppach
1923	Ilse Friedleben	Nelly Neppach
1922	Ilse Friedleben	Nelly Neppach
1921	Ilse Friedleben	Daisy Uhl	9-7, 6-1
1920	Ilse Friedleben
1914- 1919	Not held
1913	Dora Köring		6-4, 6-4
1912	Dora Köring		6-2 6-2
1911	Mieken Rieck		6-1, 4-6, 6-1
1910	Mieken Rieck		6-1, 6-3
1909	Anita Heimann		6-4, 0-6, 6-4
1908	Margit von Madarasz	Salusbury	2-6, 6-4, 6-0
1907	Margit von Madarasz		7-5, 0-6, 6-2
1906	Luise Berton		4-6, 6-3, 6-1
1905	Elsie Lane	K. Krug	6-0, 6-1
1904	Elsie Lane	L. Bergmann	6-3, 6-0
1903	Violet Pinckney	Hilda Meyer	6-2, 6-1
1902	Mary Ross	Hilda Meyer	8-6, 6-0
1901	Toupie Lowther	Gladys Dudell	6-0, 6-0
1900	Blanche Hillyard	Muriel Robb	2-6, 8-6, 7-5
1899	Charlotte Cooper	Clara von der Schulenburg	7-5, 6-4
1898	Elsie Lane	Toupie Lowther	7-5, 7-5
1897	Blanche Hillyard	Charlotte Cooper	6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1896	Maren Thomsen	E. Lantzius	6-3, 6-2, 7-5

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2008	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6-2, 6-2
2007	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci	6-3, 6-4
2006	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta	6-2, 6-3
2005	Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva	Cara Black Liezel Huber	3-6, 6-3, 6-1
2004	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6-2, 2-6, 6-1
2003	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 4-6, 6-4
2002	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	0-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-2
2001	Els Callens Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6-4, 6-3

See also

• German Open Tennis Championships
• WTA Hamburg

References