WTA Argentine Open
Tournament information
Event nameArgentina Open
TourWTA 125 (2021–)
Founded1928
SurfaceClay
Prize money$115,000 (2023)
Current champions (2023)
Women's singlesBrazil Laura Pigossi
Women's doublesArgentina María Lourdes Carlé
Greece Despina Papamichail

The WTA Argentine Open is a WTA-affiliated tennis tournament originally founded as a combined men's and women's tournament called the Argentina International Championships. It was initially played from 1928 to 1987 and restarted in 2021. It is held at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina and played on outdoor clay courts.

The tournament made a return to the WTA 125 tournaments calendar in 2021. It was the first professional women's tennis tournament in Argentina since 1987. The tournament takes place in November on outdoor clay courts.[1]

Finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1928Argentina Analia Obarrio de AguirreArgentina Maria Elena Bushell6-0, 6-1
1929Argentina Analia Obarrio de Aguirre (2)Argentina Maria Elena Bushell6-4, 6-1
1930Spain Lili de AlvarezUnited Kingdom Phoebe Holcroft Watson6-2, 6-2
1931Germany Cilly AussemGermany Irmgard Rost6-1, 6-4
1932Chile Anita LizanaArgentina Julieta Ezcurra Dellepiane6-3, 6-3
1933Argentina Maria Elena Bushell de MossArgentina Monica Ricketts6-2, 6-8, 6-3
1934Argentina Monica RickettsSpain Maria Garcia de Sola2-6, 6-1, 6-3
1935Argentina Monica Ricketts (2)Argentina Ana Pauwels de Madrid6-0, 6-3
1936Argentina Leonilda GiustiArgentina Maria Elena Bushell de Moss6-2, 6-4
1937Argentina Maria Elena Bushell de Moss (2)Argentina Denise Rutherford de Zappa6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1938Argentina Felisa PiedrolaArgentina Denise Rutherford de Zappa6-4, 7-5
1939Argentina Felisa Piedrola (2)Argentina Maria Terán4-6, 7-5, 4-0, ret.
1940United States Dorothy BundyUnited States Sarah Palfrey Cooke6-1, 4-6, 6-3
1941United States Sarah Palfrey CookeUnited States Dorothy Bundy3-6, 9-7, 7-5
1942Argentina Felisa Piedrola (3)ArgentinaMaria Terán8-6, 6-2
1943Argentina Felisa Piedrola (4)Argentina Mary Terán de Weiss6-4, 6-3
1944Argentina Felisa Piedrola (5)Argentina Mary Terán de Weiss3-6, 13-11, 6-1
1945women's event not held
1946United States Margaret OsborneUnited States Louise Brough5-7, 6-4, 6-4
1947United States Pat Canning ToddUnited States Doris Hart6-3, 6-4
1948United States Pat Canning Todd (2)Argentina Mary Terán de Weiss7-5, 6-4
1949United States Barbara ScofieldUnited States Nancy Chaffee6-3, 6-2
1950Argentina Felisa Piedrola de ZappaArgentina Elena Lehmann6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1951Argentina Elena LehmannArgentina Felisa Piedrola de Zappa6-4, 3-6, 6-4
1952women's event not held
1953West Germany Edda BudingArgentina Julia Borzone7-5, 6-3
1954Italy Silvana LazzarinoWest Germany Edda Buding8-6, 6-2
1955Brazil Ingrid MetznerArgentina June Hanson6-1, 6-4
1956Argentina Nora Bonifacino de SomozaArgentina June Hanson6-4, 6-0
1957Argentina June HansonArgentina Nora Bonifacino de Somoza6-1, 6-1
1958United Kingdom Shirley BloomerAustralia Margaret Hellyer2-6, 6-2, 12-10
1959Argentina Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (2)Argentina Norma Baylon6-3, 5-7, divided
1960Argentina Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (3)Argentina Mabel Bove7-5, 6-4
1961Mexico Yola RamírezUnited States Darlene Hard6-1, 6-2
1962Argentina Norma BaylonCzechoslovakia Vera Puzejova Sukova5-7, 6-4, 6-3
1963Czechoslovakia Vera Puzejova SukovaArgentina Norma Baylon6-2, 6-4
1964United States Nancy RicheyBrazil Maria Bueno4-6, 6-2, 6-4
1965United States Nancy Richey (2)Argentina Norma Baylon6-2, 6-4
1966Argentina Norma Baylon (3)United States Nancy Richey6-3, 7-9, 6-4
1967United States Billie Jean Moffitt KingUnited States Rosie Casals6-3, 3-6, 6-2
Open era
1968United Kingdom Ann Haydon JonesUnited States Nancy Richeywalkover
1969West Germany Helga NiessenUnited States Rosie Casals1-6, 6-4, 6-2
1970Argentina Beatriz AraujoArgentina Raquel Giscafré6-4, 6-4
1971West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff (2)West Germany Heide Orth6-1, 7-5
1972United Kingdom Virginia WadeUruguay Fiorella Bonicelli6-4, 6-1
1973United States Julie HeldmanUruguay Fiorella Bonicelli6-3, 6-1
1974Argentina Raquel GiscafréArgentina Beatriz Araujo7-6, 1-6, 6-2
1975Argentina Raquel Giscafré (2)United States Kristien Shaw6-2, 6-4
1976United States Laura duPontArgentina Beatriz Araujo6-1, 6-2
1977Brazil Patricia MedradoArgentina Ivanna Madruga6-1, 3-6, 6-4
1978women's event not held
1979Argentina Ivanna MadrugaCzechoslovakia Hana Strachonova6-1, 6-3
1980Argentina Ivanna Madruga (2)Argentina Liliana Giussani6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1981women's event not held
1982Argentina Liliana GiussaniArgentina Andrea Tiezzi6-1, 7-5
1983Argentina Ivanna Madruga (3)Argentina Viviana Gonzalez-Locicero6-4, 6-3
1984Argentina Gabriela SabatiniPeru Laura Arraya6-0, 6-3
1985women's event not held
1986Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (2)Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario6-1, 6-1
1987Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (3)West Germany Isabel Cueto6-0, 6-3
1988–2020Not held
2021Hungary Anna BondárFrance Diane Parry6–3, 6–3
2022Hungary Panna UdvardyMontenegro Danka Kovinić6–4, 6–1
2023Brazil Laura PigossiArgentina María Carlé6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1930United Kingdom Phoebe Holcroft Watson
United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey
Spain Lilí de Álvarez
Miss Anderson
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1968United States Rosemary Casals
United Kingdom Ann Jones
United States Julie Heldman
Argentina Mabel Vrancovich
6–1, 6–2
1971Soviet Union Olga Morozova
Netherlands Betty Stöve
Argentina Beatriz Araujo
Argentina Ines Roget
7–5, 6–1
1972Germany Helga Masthoff
United States Pam Teeguarden
Chile Ana María Arias
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
7–5, 6–2
1974Germany Katja Ebbinghaus
Germany Helga Masthoff
Argentina Beatriz Araujo
Argentina Raquel Giscafre
6–0, 6–1
1978France Françoise Dürr
United States Valerie Ziegenfuss
United States Laura duPont
Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková
1–6, 6–4, 6–3
1986United States Lori McNeil
Argentina Mercedes Paz
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Netherlands Nicole Jagerman
6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1987Argentina Mercedes Paz
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Canada Jill Hetherington
Switzerland Christiane Jolissaint
6–2, 6–2
1988–2020Not held
2021Romania Irina Bara
Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Argentina María Lourdes Carlé
Greece Despina Papamichail
5–7, 7–5, [10–4]
2022Romania Irina Bara (2)
Italy Sara Errani
South Korea Jang Su-jeong
China You Xiaodi
6–1, 7–5
2023Argentina María Lourdes Carlé
Greece Despina Papamichail
Colombia María Paulina Pérez García
United States Sofia Sewing
6–3, 4–6, [11–9]

References

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