German Open (WTA)


The German Open, known as the Berlin Tennis Open is an annual Women's [Tennis Association|WTA Tour] professional tennis tournament for women held in Berlin, Germany.
It was played in West Berlin, West Germany, then in Berlin from 1991 to 2008 on clay, and since 2021 on grass, following reunification.
Held since 1896, it is one of the oldest tournaments for women. Until 1978 the tournament was held in Hamburg together with the German [Open Tennis Championships|men's tournament]. From 1988 until 2008, it was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament. Since 2021, it is classed as a WTA 500 tournament.
After an absence of more than a decade, the tournament was announced to return to the WTA calendar for the 2020 [WTA Tour|2020 season] as the Grass Court Championships Berlin. However, the event was cancelled in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and it returned in 2021 as the bett1open. The new event is classified as a Premier-level tournament and serves as a warm-up event towards the Wimbledon Championships, having switched its surface from clay to grass.
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History

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

  • 1896–1927:German Championships
  • 1928–1948:German International Championships
  • 1949–1970:West German Championships
  • 1971–1979: German Open
  • 1980: No tournament
  • 1981–1988: Fila 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
  • 2021–2023: bett1open
  • 2024: ecotrans Ladies Open
  • 2025–present: ''Berlin Tennis Open by Hylo''