WTA German Open

Qatar Telecom German Open
WTA Tour
Location	Berlin  Germany
Venue	Rot-Weiss Tennis Club
Category	Tier I
Surface	Clay / Outdoors
Draw	56M/32Q/28D
Prize Money	$1,340,000 (2008)
Website	None

2008 - Dinara Safina (l) and Elena Dementieva (r) shake hands after the final.

Champion 2008 - Dinara Safina during the final match.

The German Open, sponsored from 2006 through 2008 as the Qatar Telecom German Open, was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women played in Berlin, Germany. Held since 1896, it was one of the oldest tournaments for women. In its last year, it was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament.

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 Ivanović 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
• 2009: No tournament

Past winners

Singles (since 1971)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in Final
2008	Dinara Safina	Elena Dementieva	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2007	Ana Ivanović	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(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(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 Habšudová	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1995	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Magdalena Maleeva	6–4, 6–1
1994	Steffi Graf	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	7–6(6), 6–4
1993	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	7–6(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(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 Navrátilová	6–2, 6–3
1985	Chris Evert	Steffi Graf	6–4, 7–5
1984	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Kathleen Horvath	7–6(8), 6–1
1983	Chris Evert	Kathleen Horvath	6–4, 7–6
1982	Bettina Bunge	Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	6–2, 6–2
1981	Regina Maršíková	Ivanna Madruga-Osses	6–2, 6–1
1980	no tournament
1979	Caroline Stoll	Regina Maršíková	7–6, 6–0
1978	Mima Jaušovec	Virginia Ruzici	6–2, 6–3
1977	Laura DuPont	Heidi Eisterlenher	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 Niessen Masthoff	Martina Navrátilová	6–4, 5–7, 7–3
1973	Helga Niessen Masthoff	Pat Walkden-Pretorius	6–4, 6–1
1972	Helga Niessen Masthoff	Linda Tuero	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
1971	Billie Jean King	Helga Niessen Masthoff	6–3, 6–2