The Katowice Open was a professional women's

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tournament played on an indoor

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, Poland and was held in April. The event was affiliated with the

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(WTA), and was an International-level tournament on the

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. Katowice Open replaced Danish Open since

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season. The official tournament ball was Babolat Roland Garros’. The organizer of the tournament was SOS Music company from Toruń, which had obtained the license from Octagon sport agency.

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had taken the television partnership of the event. The tournament was broadcast by TVP in April. From 2014, the surface was changed from clay to hard. Octagon chose to relocate the event to

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as the Ladies Open Biel Bienne beginning in 2017.

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

Official web site

Tournament info at WTA site
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