The Nuremberg Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Nuremberg, Germany. Held from 2013 until 2019, this International-level tournament was played on outdoor clay courts.

Tournament history

The centre court of the former clay court tournament

The Nuremberg Open was a men's tennis tournament that was played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1976. The event was held in Nuremberg, West Germany and was played on indoor carpet courts. Frew McMillan won the singles title while partnering with Karl Meiler to win the doubles title.

The Nürnberger Versicherungscup (sponsored by Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Nuremberg. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. The inaugural 2013 edition took place the week after the French Open while from 2014 to 2019, the event was scheduled the week before the French Open.

In January 2020, the tournament licence was reported to be taken over by an association around the former manager of German hockey club Kölner Haie, Oliver Mueller, after the Austrian Reichel family had retired, hence a relocation to Cologne was expected for 2021. This reestablishment in the Rhineland has not been achieved.

Past finals

Women

Singles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Nuremberg
2013Romania Simona HalepGermany Andrea Petkovic6–3, 6–3
2014Canada Eugenie BouchardCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2015Italy Karin KnappItaly Roberta Vinci7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
2016Netherlands Kiki BertensColombia Mariana Duque Mariño6–2, 6–2
2017Netherlands Kiki Bertens (2)Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková6–2, 6–1
2018Sweden Johanna LarssonUnited States Alison Riske7–6(7–4), 6–4
2019Kazakhstan Yulia PutintsevaSlovenia Tamara Zidanšek4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Cologne
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Doubles

Nuremberg Cup
LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Nuremberg
2013Romania Raluca Olaru Russia Valeria SolovyevaGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Czech Republic Květa Peschke2–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
2014Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek Czech Republic Karolína PlíškováRomania Raluca Olaru Israel Shahar Pe'er6–0, 4–6, [10–6]
2015Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Spain Anabel Medina GarriguesSpain Lara Arruabarrena Romania Raluca Olaru6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2016Netherlands Kiki Bertens Sweden Johanna LarssonJapan Shuko Aoyama Czech Republic Renata Voráčová6–3, 6–4
2017United States Nicole Melichar United Kingdom Anna SmithBelgium Kirsten Flipkens Sweden Johanna Larsson3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2018Netherlands Demi Schuurs Slovenia Katarina SrebotnikBelgium Kirsten Flipkens Sweden Johanna Larsson3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
2019Canada Gabriela Dabrowski China Xu YifanCanada Sharon Fichman United States Nicole Melichar4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Cologne
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Men

Singles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Nuremberg1976South Africa Frew McMillanBrazil Thomaz Koch2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Nuremberg1976South Africa Frew McMillan Germany Karl MeilerRhodesia Colin Dowdeswell Australia Paul Kronk7–6, 6–4

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