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Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Location	Fes; Morocco
Venue	Royal Tennis Club de Fes
Category	International
Surface	Clay / Outdoors
Draw	32M/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$220,000
Website	frmt.ma

The Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Fes, 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.

[edit] History

The event started in July 2001. In 2007 and 2008, the event was played in Rabat, and prior to 2005, the event was held in Casablanca, Morocco.

The name of the event refers to 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.

[edit] Past finals

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
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
2006	Meghann Shaughnessy	Martina Suchá	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2005	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Zheng Jie	6–4, 6–2
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)

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
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	Vania King Sania Mirza	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 6–2
2006	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Ashley Harkleroad Bethanie Mattek	6–1, 6–3
2005	Émilie Loit Barbora Strýcová	Lourdes Domínguez Nuria Llagostera Vives	3–6, 7–6(5), 7–5
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