Bad Homburg Open | |
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WTA Tour | |
Founded | 2020 |
Location | Bad Homburg,Hochtaunuskreis,Hesse Germany |
Venue | TC Bad Homburg |
Category | WTA 500 (2024-present) WTA 250 (2021-2023) |
Surface | Grass – outdoors |
Draw | 32S / 8Q / 16D |
Prize money | €802,237 (2024) |
Current champions (2024) | |
Singles | ![]() |
Doubles | ![]() ![]() |
TheBad Homburg Open is a women's professionaltennis tournament held on outdoorgrass courts at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club inBad Homburg, Germany. The event held its inaugural edition in June 2021 after it was initially postponed from 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
In September 2019, theAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) announced that they would invest in new grass tennis tournaments to be scheduled before theWimbledon Championships on theATP Tour and WTA Tour. Among the new investments included a WTA event planned for Bad Homburg with the collaboration of German sports agency Perfect Match as well as German tennis playerAngelique Kerber and her management team, after which she would become the tournament ambassador.[1][2][3] The new stadium at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club was built on the site of the first tennis court in Europe, Kurpark, and in July 2020, Kerber christened the stadium at its opening ceremony.[4]
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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2020 | Cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | |||
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓ | ||||
2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 6–2 | |
2022 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4 | |
2023 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 7–6(7–5) | |
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ | ||||
2024 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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2020 | Cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | |||
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓ | ||||
2021 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–1 | |
2022 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5] | |
2023 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–0, 7–6(7–3) | |
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ | ||||
2024 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |