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Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge

Tennis tournament

Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
2023 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
ITF Women's Tour
Event name	Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Habtoor Grand Beach Resort & Spa
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Surface	Hard
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$100,000+H
Website	Official website

The Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge is a tournament for professional female tennis players, played on outdoor hardcourts. The event is classified as an ITF Women's Circuit tournament and has been held annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates since 1998.

The tournament began in 1998 as an $25,000 event. From 1999 to 2015, it was classified as a $75,000 event, however the 2004 edition was cancelled. In 2016, it was upgraded to a $100,000+H event.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2023	Anastasia Tikhonova	Arianne Hartono	6–1, 6–4
2022	Elsa Jacquemot	Magdalena Fręch	7–5, 6–2
2021	Daria Snigur	Kristína Kučová	6–3, 6–0
2020	Sorana Cîrstea	Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
2019	Ana Bogdan	Daria Snigur	6–1, 6–2
2018	Peng Shuai	Viktória Kužmová	6–3, 6–0
2017	Belinda Bencic	Ajla Tomljanović	6–4, 0–0 ret.
2016	Hsieh Su-wei	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6–2, 6–2
2015	Çağla Büyükakçay	Klára Koukalová	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
2014	Alexandra Dulgheru	Kimiko Date-Krumm	6–3, 6–4
2013	Jana Čepelová	Maria Elena Camerin	6–1, 6–2
2012	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Yulia Putintseva	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
2011	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 6–4
2010	Sania Mirza	Bojana Jovanovski	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
2009	Regina Kulikova	Sandra Záhlavová	7–6(8–6), 6–3
2008	Vitalia Diatchenko	Urszula Radwańska	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
2007	Maria Kirilenko	Evgeniya Rodina	7–5, 6–2
2006	Kateryna Bondarenko	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	6–1, 6–3
2005	Marion Bartoli	Kaia Kanepi	6–2, 6–0
2004	not held
2003	Jelena Janković	Henrieta Nagyová	6–2, 7–5
2002	Angelique Widjaja	Shinobu Asagoe	7–5, 6–2
2001	Eleni Daniilidou	Anikó Kapros	6–4, 6–4
2000	Adriana Gerši	Tathiana Garbin	6–4, 6–3
1999	Katarina Srebotnik	Anne Kremer	6–1, 6–1
1998	Kira Nagy	Irina Selyutina	6–4, 6–1

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2023	Tímea Babos Vera Zvonareva	Olivia Nicholls Heather Watson	6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
2022	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	Magdalena Fręch Kateryna Volodko	6–1, 6–3
2021	Anna Danilina Viktória Kužmová	Angelina Gabueva Anastasia Zakharova	4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
2020	Ekaterine Gorgodze Ankita Raina	Aliona Bolsova Kaja Juvan	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
2019	Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač	Georgina García Pérez Sara Sorribes Tormo	7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
2018	Alena Fomina Valentina Ivakhnenko	Réka Luca Jani Cornelia Lister	7–5, 6–2
2017	Mihaela Buzărnescu Alena Fomina	Lesley Kerkhove Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 6–3
2016	Mandy Minella Nina Stojanović	Hsieh Su-wei Valeria Savinykh	6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
2015	Çağla Büyükakçay Maria Sakkari	Elise Mertens İpek Soylu	7–6(8–6), 6–4
2014	Vitalia Diatchenko Alexandra Panova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Olga Savchuk	3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
2013	Vitalia Diatchenko Olga Savchuk	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	7–5, 6–1
2012	Maria Elena Camerin Vera Dushevina	Eva Hrdinová Karolína Plíšková	7–5, 6–3
2011	Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak	Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Dulgheru	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
2010	Julia Görges Petra Martić	Sania Mirza Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 7–6(9–7)
2009	Julia Görges Oksana Kalashnikova	Vladimíra Uhlířová Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
2008	Irena Pavlovic Maša Zec Peškirič	Elena Chalova Valeria Savinykh	7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–3]
2007	Marina Erakovic Monica Niculescu	Yuliana Fedak Anna Lapushchenkova	7–6(7–1), 6–4
2006	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Jelena Kostanić	Kateryna Bondarenko Valeria Bondarenko	6–3, 6–0
2005	Gabriela Navrátilová Hana Šromová	Ekaterina Makarova Olga Panova	7–5, 6–4
2004	not held
2003	Zsófia Gubacsi Kira Nagy	Flavia Pennetta Adriana Serra Zanetti	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
2002	Kirstin Freye Seda Noorlander	Bahia Mouhtassine Angelique Widjaja	6–2, 6–4
2001	Laurence Courtois Seda Noorlander	Caroline Dhenin Katalin Marosi-Aracama	6–3, 6–0
2000	Tathiana Garbin Katalin Marosi-Aracama	Angelika Bachmann Tina Križan	7–6(7–5), 6–3
1999	Åsa Carlsson Laurence Courtois	Laura Golarsa Irina Selyutina	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–0
1998	Wynne Prakusya Benjamas Sangaram	Petra Gáspár Ludmila Varmužová	7–6(7–1), 1–6, 6–3

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