The Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, also known as the Palermo Ladies Open, is a women's
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament
A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:
# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
in
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
, Italy that is played on outdoor
clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
...
s at the Country Time Club. The first two editions were part of the Satellite Circuit, but since 1990 it has been part of the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tourna ...
. The tournament was categorized as either a WTA Tier IV or Tier V event from 1990 to 2008 and became an
International Tournament in 2009. In 2014, the license for the event was sold to Kuala Lumpur's
Malaysian Open for 6 years (contract for 3 years with an option for additional three). The tournament returned to Palermo in 2019 as a WTA International event, replacing
Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open
The Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hard courts. The event is held at the Nanchang Tennis Center in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, China. It is also part of the China ...
which was moved to the autumn calendar as part of the
China Open series.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
See also
*
Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia (''International Championships of Sicily''), also known as the Palermo Open, was a men's professional tennis tournament held annually at the Circolo Tennis Palermo in Palermo in Italy. Held from 1935 until 2 ...
– men's tournament (1935–2006)
*
List of tennis tournaments
List of current and past men's and women's tennis tournaments.
Criteria for inclusion:
*The tournament is notable enough to have its own article on Wikipedia
*Historic tournaments are included if notability can be established by reliable third par ...
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo
Sport in Sicily
Clay court tennis tournaments
WTA Tour
1988 establishments in Italy
2013 disestablishments in Italy
Recurring sporting events established in 1988
Recurring events disestablished in 2013
Annual sporting events in Italy