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The İstanbul Cup is a tennis tournament held in İstanbul, Turkey. Held since 2005, this WTA Tour event is a WTA International Tournaments and is played on outdoor clay courts. From 2009, it switched to outdoor hard courts.

[edit] History

The first edition, held in 2005, was won by American Venus Williams. In the final she beat the young Czech talent Nicole Vaidišová in straight sets: 6–3, 6–2.

The following year the young Israeli player Shahar Pe'er beat Russian Anastasia Myskina to win the Istanbul title.

Russian Elena Dementieva won the 2007 event, leading Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 7–6(5), 3–0 before she retired, allowing Dementieva to win the title.

In 2008 Dementieva wasn't able to defend her title, losing in a final match to a second-seeded Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland in straight sets.

In 2009 Vera Dushevina won her first WTA singles title with a straight sets victory in the final over Lucie Hradecka

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2005	Venus Williams	Nicole Vaidišová	6–3, 6–2
2006	Shahar Pe'er	Anastasia Myskina	1–6, 6–3, 7–6(3)
2007	Elena Dementieva	Aravane Rezaï	7–6(5), 3–0, retired
2008	Agnieszka Radwańska	Elena Dementieva	6–3, 6–2
2009	Vera Dushevina	Lucie Hradecka	6–0, 6–1

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2005	Marta Marrero Antonella Serra Zanetti	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–4, 6–0
2006	Alyona Bondarenko Anastasiya Yakimova	Sania Mirza Alicia Molik	6–2, 6–4
2007	Agnieszka Radwańska Urszula Radwańska	Yung-Jan Chan Sania Mirza	6–1, 6–3
2008	Jill Craybas Olga Govortsova	Marina Erakovic Polona Hercog	6–1, 6–2
2009	Lucie Hradecka Renata Voracova	Julia Goerges Patty Schnyder	2–6, 6–3, 12–10