About The Barcelona Ladies Open is a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona in Spain and is played on outdoor clay courts. It is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour with total prize money of $220,000. The tournament began in November 2003 as a $10,000 challenger event on the ITF Women's Circuit. Prize money was increased to $25,000 the following year; in 2005, the event was moved to October with the prize money increasing to $75,000. In 2007, the tournament was upgraded to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, becoming a Tier IV played in June, and remained in this classification through 2008. Since 2009, the event has been held in April.
Past Winners 2003 Marta Fraga 2004 Laura Pous Tió 2005 Katerina Bohmova 2006 Tathiana Garbin 2007 Meghann Shaughnessy 2008 Maria Kirilenko 2009 Roberta Vinci Doubles 2003 Marta Fraga Adriana González Peñas 2004 Lourdes Domínguez Lino Laura Pous Tió 2005 Lourdes Domínguez Lino María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo 2006 Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 2007 Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja 2008 Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja 2009 Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
Vinci to meet top-seeded Schiavone in Barcelona Ladies Open final Defending champion Roberta Vinci beat Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania on Friday to set up an all-Italian final against top-seeded Francesca Schiavone in the Barcelona Ladies Open. Vinci rallied to take the match 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2 while Schiavone cruised to a straight-set victory over Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan, 6-1, 6-2.
SCHIAVONE TAKES OUT VINCI TO WIN BARCELONA LADIES OPEN Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone needed only about an hour to defeat Roberta Vinci in an all-Italian final Saturday at the $220,000 Barcelona Ladies Open. Schiavone took the 6-1, 6-1 win to record her third career title and first of the season. The 29-year-old also avenged a loss to Vinci here in last year's semifinals.
