Tennis tournament
Tennis tournament
The St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy (Russian : Трофей Санкт-Петербурга , romanized : Trofey Sankt-Peterburga ; formerly known as the Ladies Neva Cup ) is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on indoor hardcourts . The event is classified as a WTA 500 tournament and was first held in St. Petersburg in 2003.
The event is held since 2003 in St. Petersburg. It was an ITF Women's Circuit event until 2015. In 2016, it was upgraded to a WTA Premier tournament in 2016, offering a prize money of $753,000, up from only $25,000 and $50,000 in previous years.
The event replaced the Proximus Diamond Games on the WTA Tour from 2016.
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
↓ ITF event ↓
2003
Evgenia Linetskaya
Tatsiana Uvarova
5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2004
Anastasiya Yakimova
Emma Laine
3–6, 6–2, 6–1
2005
Ekaterina Bychkova
Emma Laine
6–1, 6–2
2006
Alberta Brianti
Alla Kudryavtseva
6–1, 6–4
2007
Not held
2008
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Anna Lapushchenkova
6–4, 6–2
2009–14
Not held
2015
Jeļena Ostapenko
Patricia Maria Țig
3–6, 7–5, 6–2
↓ WTA Premier tournament ↓
2016
Roberta Vinci
Belinda Bencic
6–4, 6–3
2017
Kristina Mladenovic
Yulia Putintseva
6–2, 6–7(3–7) , 6–4
2018
Petra Kvitová
Kristina Mladenovic
6–1, 6–2
2019
Kiki Bertens
Donna Vekić
7–6(7–2) , 6–4
2020
Kiki Bertens (2)
Elena Rybakina
6–1, 6–3
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2021
Daria Kasatkina
Margarita Gasparyan
6–3, 2–1 ret.
2022
Anett Kontaveit
Maria Sakkari
5–7, 7–6(7–4) , 7–5
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
↓ ITF event ↓
2003
Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Galina Fokina
Irina Bulykina Elena Yaryshka
6–0, 6–3
2004
Maria Goloviznina Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Darya Kustova Elena Tatarkova
7–5, 6–1
2005
Nina Bratchikova Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Kosminskaya Alla Kudryavtseva
7–6(7–2) , 6–2
2006
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Yulia Solonitskaya
Yuliya Beygelzimer Alla Kudryavtseva
6–1, 6–4
2007
Not held
2008
Nikola Fraňková Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (2)
Nina Bratchikova Vasilisa Davydova
6–2, 6–2
2009–14
Not held
2015
Viktorija Golubic Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Stéphanie Foretz Ana Vrljić
6–4, 7–5
↓ WTA Premier tournament ↓
2016
Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
Vera Dushevina Barbora Krejčíková
6–3, 6–1
2017
Jeļena Ostapenko Alicja Rosolska
Darija Jurak Xenia Knoll
3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
2018
Timea Bacsinszky Vera Zvonareva
Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik
2–6, 6–1, [10–3]
2019
Margarita Gasparyan Ekaterina Makarova (2)
Anna Kalinskaya Viktória Kužmová
7–5, 7–5
2020
Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara
Kaitlyn Christian Alexa Guarachi
4–6, 6–0, [10–3]
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2021
Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru
Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria
2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2022
Anna Kalinskaya Caty McNally
Alicja Rosolska Erin Routliffe
6–3, 6–7(5–7) , [10–4]
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