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Tennis tournament
The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La
Princesse Lalla Meryem ), is a women's professional
tennis
tournament currently held in
Rabat ,
Morocco . This
WTA Tour event is classified as an
International tournament and is played on outdoor
clay courts .
Tímea Babos is the doubles record holder with three wins.
Patricia Wartusch ,
Émilie Loit ,
Iveta Benešová won both singles and doubles titles the same year.
History
The event started in July 2001 in
Casablanca ,
Morocco . It stayed in that city until 2005, when it was moved to
Rabat the first time. In 2007, the tournament changed location again, this time to
Fez . In 2013 it was relocated to
Marrakesh , before returning to Rabat in 2016.
The tournament is named after
Princess Lalla Meryem , the sister of
Mohammed VI ,
King of Morocco .
From 2005 through 2008, the tournament was a Tier IV event. Before 2005, it was a Tier V event.
Past finals
Singles
Location
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Casablanca
2001
Zsófia Gubacsi
Maria Elena Camerin
1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2002
Patricia Wartusch
Klára Koukalová
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2003
Rita Grande
Antonella Serra Zanetti
6–2, 4–6, 6–1
2004
Émilie Loit
Ľudmila Cervanová
6–2, 6–2
Rabat
2005
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Zheng Jie
6–4, 6–2
2006
Meghann Shaughnessy
Martina Suchá
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Fez
2007
Milagros Sequera
Aleksandra Wozniak
6–1, 6–3
2008
Gisela Dulko
Anabel Medina Garrigues
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–5)
2009
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ekaterina Makarova
6–0, 6–1
2010
Iveta Benešová
Simona Halep
6–4, 6–2
2011
Alberta Brianti
Simona Halep
6–4, 6–3
2012
Kiki Bertens
Laura Pous Tió
7–5, 6–0
Marrakesh
2013
Francesca Schiavone
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
6–1, 6–3
2014
María Teresa Torró Flor
Romina Oprandi
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2015
Elina Svitolina
Tímea Babos
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Rabat
2016
Timea Bacsinszky
Marina Erakovic
6–2, 6–1
2017
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Francesca Schiavone
7–5, 7–5
2018
Elise Mertens
Ajla Tomljanović
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2019
Maria Sakkari
Johanna Konta
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
2020- 2021
Not held
2022
Martina Trevisan
Claire Liu
6–2, 6–1
2023
Lucia Bronzetti
Julia Grabher
6–4, 5–7, 7–5
2024
Peyton Stearns
Mayar Sherif
6–2, 6–1
Doubles
Location
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Casablanca
2001
Åsa Svensson
Lubomira Bacheva
María Emilia Salerni
María José Martínez
6–3, 6–7(4–7) , 6–1
2002
Patricia Wartusch
Petra Mandula
Gisela Dulko
Conchita Martínez Granados
6–2, 6–1
2003
María Emilia Salerni
Gisela Dulko
Olena Tatarkova
Henrieta Nagyová
6–3, 6–4
2004
Marion Bartoli
Émilie Loit
Katarina Srebotnik
Els Callens
6–4, 6–2
Rabat
2005
Émilie Loit (2)
Barbora Strýcová
Lourdes Domínguez
Nuria Llagostera Vives
3–6, 7–6(7–5) , 7–5
2006
Yan Zi
Zheng Jie
Ashley Harkleroad
Bethanie Mattek
6–1, 6–3
Fez
2007
Sania Mirza
Vania King
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
Anastasia Rodionova
6–1, 6–2
2008
Sorana Cîrstea
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Alisa Kleybanova
Ekaterina Makarova
6–2, 6–2
2009
Alisa Kleybanova
Ekaterina Makarova
Sorana Cîrstea
Maria Kirilenko
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
2010
Iveta Benešová
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Lucie Hradecká
Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–1
2011
Andrea Hlaváčková
Renata Voráčová
Nina Bratchikova
Sandra Klemenschits
6–3, 6–4
2012
Petra Cetkovská
Alexandra Panova
Irina-Camelia Begu
Alexandra Cadanțu
3–6, 7–6(7–5) , [11–9]
Marrakesh
2013
Tímea Babos
Mandy Minella
Petra Martić
Kristina Mladenovic
6–3, 6–1
2014
Garbiñe Muguruza
Romina Oprandi
Katarzyna Piter
Maryna Zanevska
4–6, 6–2, [11-9]
2015
Tímea Babos (2)
Kristina Mladenovic
Laura Siegemund
Maryna Zanevska
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Rabat
2016
Xenia Knoll
Aleksandra Krunić
Tatjana Maria
Raluca Olaru
6–3, 6–0
2017
Tímea Babos (3)
Andrea Hlaváčková (2)
Nina Stojanović
Maryna Zanevska
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2018
Anna Blinkova
Raluca Olaru
Georgina García Pérez
Fanny Stollár
6–4, 6–4
2019
María José Martínez Sánchez
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Georgina García Pérez
Oksana Kalashnikova
7–5, 6–1
2020- 2021
Not held
2022
Eri Hozumi
Makoto Ninomiya
Monica Niculescu
Alexandra Panova
6–7(7–9) , 6–3, [10–8]
2023
Sabrina Santamaria
Yana Sizikova
Ingrid Gamarra Martins
Lidziya Marozava
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
2024
Irina Khromacheva
Yana Sizikova (2)
Anna Danilina
Xu Yifan
6–3, 6–2
See also
References
External links
Previous women's tournament categories
2009–2020 2011–2020 2013–2020 2014–2020 2015–2020 2016–2020 2019–2020 2020 Defunct