Morocco Open

Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Tournament information
Founded	2001
Location	Casablanca (2001–2004) Rabat (2005–2006) Fes (2007–2012) Marrakesh (2013–2015) Rabat (2016–) Morocco
Category	Tier V (2001–2004) Tier IV (2005–2008) International (2009–present)
Surface	Clay / outdoors
Draw	32M/32Q/16D
Prize money	$140,000 (2001–2007) $250,000 (2008–present)
Website	www.frmt.ma
Current champions
Women's singles	Timea Bacsinszky
Women's doubles	Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić

The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an International tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts. It is the only WTA tournament held in Africa.^[1]

History

The event started in July 2001 in Casablanca, Morocco. It stayed there until 2005, when it was moved to Rabat. In 2007, it was moved once more, this time to Fes. In 2013 the location of the event was changed again to Marrakesh, before it returned to Rabat in 2016.

The tournament is named after Princess Lalla Meryem, the sister of Mohammed VI, King of Morocco.

From 2005 through 2008, the tournament was a Tier IV event. Before 2005, it was a Tier V event.

Past finals

Singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Rabat	2016	Timea Bacsinszky	Marina Erakovic	6–2, 6–1
Marrakesh	2015	Elina Svitolina	Tímea Babos	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
	2014	María Teresa Torró Flor	Romina Oprandi	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
	2013	Francesca Schiavone	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–1, 6–3
Fes	2012	Kiki Bertens	Laura Pous Tió	7–5, 6–0
	2011	Alberta Brianti	Simona Halep	6–4, 6–3
	2010	Iveta Benešová	Simona Halep	6–4, 6–2
	2009	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Ekaterina Makarova	6–0, 6–1
	2008	Gisela Dulko	Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–6(2), 7–6(5)
	2007	Milagros Sequera	Aleksandra Wozniak	6–1, 6–3
Rabat	2006	Meghann Shaughnessy	Martina Suchá	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	2005	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Zheng Jie	6–4, 6–2
Casablanca	2004	Émilie Loit	Ľudmila Cervanová	6–2, 6–2
	2003	Rita Grande	Antonella Serra Zanetti	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
	2002	Patricia Wartusch	Klára Koukalová	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
	2001	Zsófia Gubacsi	Maria Elena Camerin	1–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Rabat	2016	Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić	Tatjana Maria Raluca Olaru	6–3, 6–0
Marrakesh	2015	Tímea Babos (2) Kristina Mladenovic	Laura Siegemund Maryna Zanevska	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
	2014	Garbiñe Muguruza Romina Oprandi	Katarzyna Piter Maryna Zanevska	4–6, 6–2, [11-9]
	2013	Tímea Babos Mandy Minella	Petra Martić Kristina Mladenovic	6–3, 6–1
Fes	2012	Petra Cetkovská Alexandra Panova	Irina-Camelia Begu Alexandra Cadanțu	3–6, 7–6(5), [11–9]
	2011	Andrea Hlaváčková Renata Voráčová	Nina Bratchikova Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 6–4
	2010	Iveta Benešová Anabel Medina Garrigues	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	6–3, 6–1
	2009	Alisa Kleybanova Ekaterina Makarova	Sorana Cîrstea Maria Kirilenko	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
	2008	Sorana Cîrstea Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Alisa Kleybanova Ekaterina Makarova	6–2, 6–2
	2007	Sania Mirza Vania King	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 6–2
Rabat	2006	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Ashley Harkleroad Bethanie Mattek	6–1, 6–3
	2005	Émilie Loit (2) Barbora Strýcová	Lourdes Domínguez Nuria Llagostera Vives	3–6, 7–6(5), 7–5
Casablanca	2004	Marion Bartoli Émilie Loit	Katarina Srebotnik Els Callens	6–4, 6–2
	2003	María Emilia Salerni Gisela Dulko	Olena Tatarkova Henrieta Nagyová	6–3, 6–4
	2002	Patricia Wartusch Petra Mandula	Gisela Dulko Conchita Martínez Granados	6–2, 6–1
	2001	Åsa Svensson Lubomira Bacheva	María Emilia Salerni María José Martínez	6–3, 6–7(4), 6–1

See also

• List of tennis tournaments

References

External links

• Official website