The Warsaw Open, formerly the J&S Cup, is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Warsaw, Poland. Held since 1995, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts. The event returned to the WTA Tour in 2009 after a year's hiatus.
Past Winners Warsaw Cup by Heros 1995 Barbara Paulus 1996 Henrieta Nagyová 1997 Barbara Paulus 1998 Conchita Martínez 1999 Cristina Torrens 2000 Henrieta Nagyová 2001 Tournament not held J&S Cup 2002 J Elena Bovina 2003 Amélie Mauresmo 2004 Venus Williams 2005 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2006 Kim Clijsters 2007 Justine Henin 2008 Tournament not held Warsaw Open 2009 Alexandra Dulgheru Doubles Warsaw Cup by Heros 1995 Sandra Cecchini Laura Garrone 1996 Olga Lugina Elena Wagner 1997 Ruxandra Dragomir Inés Gorrochategui 1998 Olga Lugina Karina Habšudová 1999 Cătălina Cristea Irina Selyutina 2000 Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová 2001 Tournament not held J&S Cup 2002 Jelena Kostanić Henrieta Nagyová 2003 Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva 2004 Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone 2005 Tatiana Perebiynis Barbora Strýcová 2006 Elena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina 2007 Vera Dushevina Tatiana Perebiynis 2008 Tournament not held Warsaw Open 2009 Raquel Kops-Jones Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Alona, Alexandra Win Openers Last year the Polsat Warsaw Open was played mostly under leaden skies and unfortunately the weather picked up where it left off as the first round of the 2010 event kicked off on Monday. But although the rain forced the final round of qualifying and some doubles matches to be played indoors at a different venue, a couple of key contenders were able to make delayed - and ultimately successful - starts to their campaigns at the main Legia Stadium. First to win through to the second round of the $600,000 Premier event, despite the raindrops, was two-time runner-up and No.6 seed Alona Bondarenko. Sometimes mercurial, the Ukrainian is coming off a win over Caroline Wozniacki at Madrid last week and today she handled the heavy clay court conditions better than Italy's Roberta Vinci, winning 63 61 in just over an hour. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/20100517/alona-alexandra-win-openers_2256076_2054313
Li, Zheng Winners in Warsaw The weather was kinder to the Polsat Warsaw Open on Tuesday, but only just, and there were high profile casualties as players struggled to cope with the damp, heavy conditions. Marion Bartoli, the No.4 seed, made an early exit after a positive start, while later in the day eighth-seeded Melanie Oudin was blitzed by Magdalena Rybarikova. No such worries for Chinese stars Li Na and Zheng Jie, the No.3 and No.5 seeds, although the two Australian Open semifinalists won in very different ways. After edging a tight first set against Ioana Raluca Olaru, Li powered home 76(4) 60; by contrast, crafty Zheng pocketed the first set against Olga Govortsova with surprising ease, but ended up fighting for survival, 61 57 75. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/20100518/li-zheng-winners-in-warsaw_2256076_2055054
Wozniacki In, Dementieva Out Elena Dementieva's lead-up to the French took another wrong turn, as she lost her opening match at the Polsat Warsaw Open. Caroline Wozniacki almost followed her to the sidelines but made it through. Dementieva, the No.2 seed at the Premier-level tournament, split sets with Tsvetana Pironkova and twice led by a break in the third but wasn't able to close out the hard-hitting Bulgarian qualifier, losing in just a few minutes shy of three hours, 75 46 64. It was her third loss in five matches since the start of the European clay season, falling early at Rome and Madrid in the last two weeks Pironkova, ranked No.100 in the world but once as high as No.40, picked up her fourth career Top 10 win, having previously beaten the likes of Venus Williams, Ana Ivanovic and, most recently just last fall, Vera Zvonareva. In a near-upset, No.1 seed Wozniacki was nearly ousted by Polona Hercog, falling behind 3-0 in the third set to the talented young Slovenian player. But the No.3-ranked player in the world showed her mettle, grinding out six of the last seven games - including digging out of a 0-40 hole while serving for the match at 5-4 - to prevail in the two-hour, 11-minute first-time encounter. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/20100519/wozniacki-in-dementieva-out_2256076_2055802
Injury hits Wozniacki Top seed and world number three Caroline Wozniacki was forced to withdraw from the Polsat Warsaw Open on Thursday and cast doubt on her chances of being fit for the French Open.
Cara, Zi Through to Quarter Finals ZIMBABWE'S Cara Black and Zi Yan of China were late last night fighting for a place in the women's doubles semi-finals of the Polsat Warsaw Open tennis tournament in Poland. The top-seeded pair of Black and Zi was scheduled to face the unseeded duo of Germany's Sarah Borwell and American Raquel Kops-Jones in the quarter-finals of the US$600 000 red claycourt indoor tournament. Black and Zi reached the last eight of the Polsat Warsaw Open at the expense of South Africa's Natalie Grandin and Abigail Spears of the United States on Tuesday night. http://allafrica.com/stories/201005210023.html
Alexandra Spoils All-Chinese Final Alexandra Dulgheru dashed the hopes of an all-Chinese final at her favorite tournament on Friday, beating Li Na in three sets in the semifinals of the Polsat Warsaw Open. Zheng Jie could still bring the title back to China however, as she awaits Dulgheru in Saturday's final.
Dulgheru defends title in Warsaw Alexandra Dulgheru's love affair with the Polsat Warsaw Open continued on Saturday as the 20-year-old defended the title for only her second career victory. Dulgheru produced an impressive performance to inflict a 6-3 6-4 defeat on Jie Zheng.
