Canara Bank Bangalore Open
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Location	Bangalore  India
Category	Tier II (from 2008)
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Draw	28M/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$600,000
Website	Bangalore Open

The Bangalore Open (sponsored name: Canara Bank Bangalore Open) is a tennis tournament held in Bangalore, India. The tournament began in Hyderabad in 2003, and moved to Bangalore in 2006. This WTA Tour event is a Tier II-tournament and is played on outdoor hardcourts. It was a Tier III event with a prize Money of US$175,000. It has been upgraded to a Tier II event for 2008. With a prize money of US$ 600,000. Bangalore Open '08 is the biggest Women's Tennis Event not only in India but whole of South & South East Asia.^[1]

The 2008 edition was won by 26-year old, 8 time grand-slam champion Serena Williams, who defeated the fourth-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder 7-5, 6-3, in the finals, winning her 29th WTA Tour title.^[2]

[edit] Finals

[edit] Singles

Hyderabad
Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2003	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Iroda Tulyaganova	6–4, 6–4
2004	Nicole Pratt	Maria Kirilenko	7–6, 6–1
2005	Sania Mirza	Alona Bondarenko	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Bangalore
Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2006	Mara Santangelo	Jelena Kostanić	3–6, 7–6(5), 6–3
2007	Yaroslava Shvedova	Mara Santangelo	6–4, 6–4
2008	Serena Williams	Patty Schnyder	7–5, 6–3

[edit] Doubles

Hyderabad
2003	Elena Likhovtseva Iroda Tulyaganova	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–4
2004	Liezel Huber Sania Mirza	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	7–6, 6–4
2005	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	6–4, 6–1
Bangalore
Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2006	Liezel Huber Sania Mirza	Anastassia Rodionova Elena Vesnina	6–3, 6–3
2007	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	Hsieh Su-wei Alla Kudryavtseva	6–7(4), 6–2, 11–9
2008	Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 5–7, 10–8

[edit] See also

• List of tennis tournaments

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• WTA tournament profile