Berlin Open tournament history

Current official name Berlin Tennis Open presented by ecotrans Group

The Berlin Open is the WTA grass-court event played at Steffi Graf Stadium in the approach to Wimbledon.

Explore Berlin Open champions and finals from 1896 to 2026. Open an edition for its draw and match results, or compare the title leaders below.

Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Mapping details.

WTA 1000 champions by year →

Recorded outcomes
97
First recorded
1896
Latest recorded
2026
Latest champion
Linda Noskova

Record Book

Career Leaders

Champion Records

Youngest & Oldest Champions

Age at the start of the tournament.

  1. Monica Seles 16.4 years
    Youngest · 1990
  2. Helga Masthoff 35.6 years
    Oldest · 1977

Most Consecutive Titles

Titles in consecutive held editions.

  1. 1 Steffi Graf 4 consecutive titles
    1991–1994

Longest Title Span

Years between a player's first and last title.

  1. 1 Steffi Graf 8 years
    1986–1994

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Tournament Outcomes by Season

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataCategorySurface
2026 Linda Noskova #13 6-4 4-6 6-3 Jessica Pegula #4 H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
2025 Marketa Vondrousova #164 7-6(10) 4-6 6-2 Xinyu Wang #49 H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
2024 Jessica Pegula #5 6-7(0) 6-4 7-6(3) Anna Kalinskaya #24 H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
2023 Petra Kvitova #9 6-2 7-6(6) Donna Vekic #23 H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
2022 Ons Jabeur #4 6-3 2-1 (ret.) Belinda Bencic #17 H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
2021 Liudmila Samsonova #106 1-6 6-1 6-3 Belinda Bencic #12 H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
2020 No champion Cancelled — — WTA 500 Grass
2008 Dinara Safina #17 3-6 6-2 6-2 Elena Dementieva #9 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
2007 Ana Ivanovic #16 3-6 6-4 7-6(4) Svetlana Kuznetsova #4 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
2006 Nadia Petrova #4 4-6 6-4 7-5 Justine Henin #7 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
2005 Justine Henin #15 6-3 4-6 6-3 Nadia Petrova #12 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
2004 Amélie Mauresmo #3 (w/o) Venus Williams #11 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
2003 Justine Henin #4 6-4 4-6 7-5 Kim Clijsters #3 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
2002 Justine Henin #8 6-2 1-6 7-6(5) Serena Williams #5 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
2001 Amélie Mauresmo #9 6-4 2-6 6-3 Jennifer Capriati #4 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
2000 Conchita Martínez #8 6-1 6-2 Amanda Coetzer #16 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
1999 Martina Hingis #1 6-0 6-1 Julie Halard-Decugis #21 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
1998 Conchita Martínez #9 6-4 6-4 Amélie Mauresmo #65 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
1997 Mary Joe Fernandez #14 6-4 6-2 Mary Pierce #11 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
1994 Steffi Graf #1 7-6 6-4 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #28 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
1993 Steffi Graf #2 7-6 2-6 6-4 Gabriela Sabatini #5 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
1992 Steffi Graf #2 4-6 7-5 6-2 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #5 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
1991 Steffi Graf #2 6-3 4-6 7-6 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
1990 Monica Seles #3 6-4 6-3 Steffi Graf #1 H2H Match data Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
1989 Steffi Graf #1 6-3 6-1 Gabriela Sabatini #3 H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1988 Steffi Graf #1 6-3 6-2 Helena Sukova #7 H2H Match data Category 5 → modern equivalent WTA 500 Clay
1987 Steffi Graf #2 6-2 6-3 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1986 Steffi Graf #3 6-2 6-3 Martina Navratilova #1 H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1985 Chris Evert #2 6-4 7-5 Steffi Graf #14 H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1984 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #18 7-6 6-1 Kathy Horvath #11 H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1983 Chris Evert 6-4 7-6 Kathy Horvath H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1982 Bettina Bunge 6-2 6-2 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1981 Regina Marsikova 6-2 6-1 Ivanna Madruga H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1980 Lena Sandin 3-6 7-6 7-6 Helga Masthoff H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1979 Caroline Stoll 7-6 6-0 Regina Marsikova H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1977 Helga Masthoff 6-2 6-1 Amelie Hacks H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1974 Helga Schultze 6-4 6-0 Raquel Giscafre H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1971 Helga Masthoff 7-5 1-6 6-3 Katja Ebbinghaus H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1970 Virginia Wade 10-8 6-1 Helga Masthoff H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
1968 Helga Schultze 6-1 7-5 Margaret Court H2H Match data WTA 500 Clay
Pre-Open Era — historical archive, display only
1967 Françoise Dürr 6–4, 6–4 Lesley Turner — — — Clay
1966 Margaret Smith 8–6, 6–3 Maria Bueno — — — Clay
1965 Margaret Smith 6–3, 6–2 Edda Buding — — — Clay
1964 Margaret Smith 6–1, 6–1 Maria Bueno — — — Clay
1963 Renée Schuurman 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 Lesley Turner — — — Clay
1962 Sandra Reynolds Price 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 Ann Haydon — — — Clay
1961 Sandra Reynolds 5–7, 7–5, 6–1 Yola Ramírez — — — Clay
1960 Sandra Reynolds 7–5, 8–6 Maria Bueno — — — Clay
1959 Edda Buding walkover Zsuzsa Körmöczy — — — Clay
1958 Lorraine Coghlan 6–4, 7–5 Shirley Bloomer — — — Clay
1957 Yola Ramírez 7–5, 6–3 Rosie Reyes — — — Clay
1956 Thelma Long 7–5, 6–2 Silvana Lazzarino — — — Clay
1955 Beryl Penrose 6–4, 6–4 Erika Vollmer — — — Clay
1954 Joy Mottram 2–6, 7–5, 6–2 Inge Pohmann — — — Clay
1953 Dorothy Knode 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 Joy Mottram — — — Clay
1952 Dorothy Head 6–1, 6–3 Erika Vollmer — — — Clay
1951 Nancye Bolton 6–3, 6–3 Mary Terán de Weiss — — — Clay
1950 Dorothy Head 6–3, 6–0 Ursula Heidtmann — — — Clay
1949 Mary Terán de Weiss 6–2, 6–8, 9–7 Inge Pohmann — — — Clay
1948 Ursula Rosenow 6–2, 8–6 Inge Pohmann — — — Clay
1947 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1946 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1945 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1944 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1943 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1942 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1941 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1940 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1939 Hilde Sperling 6–0, 6–1 Hella Kovac — — — Clay
1938 Hilde Sperling 6–1, 6–0 Margot Lumb — — — Clay
1937 Hilde Sperling 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 Marie-Louise Horn — — — Clay
1936 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1935 Hilde Sperling 9–7, 6–0 Cilly Aussem — — — Clay
1934 Hilde Sperling 6–2, 6–3 Cilly Aussem — — — Clay
1933 Hilde Krahwinkel 6–2, 6–1 Sylvie Jung Henrotin — — — Clay
1932 Lolette Payot 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 Hilde Krahwinkel — — — Clay
1931 Cilly Aussem 6–1, 6–2 Irmgard Rost — — — Clay
1930 Cilly Aussem 6–4, 6–4 Hilde Krahwinkel — — — Clay
1929 Paula von Reznicek 6–2, 4–6, 6–0 Violet Chamberlain — — — Clay
1928 Daphne Akhurst 2–6, 6–0, 6–4 Cilly Aussem — — — Clay
1927 Cilly Aussem 6–3, 6–3 Ilse Friedleben — — — Clay
1926 Ilse Friedleben 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 Nelly Neppach — — — Clay
1925 Nelly Neppach 2–6, 6–4, 10–8 Ilse Friedleben — — — Clay
1924 Ilse Friedleben 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 Nelly Neppach — — — Clay
1923 Ilse Friedleben 2–6, 9–7, 7–5 Nelly Neppach — — — Clay
1922 Ilse Friedleben 6–2, 6–1 Nelly Neppach — — — Clay
1921 Ilse Friedleben 9–7, 6–1 Daisy Uhl — — — Clay
1920 Ilse Friedleben 6–0, 6–0 Lilly Müller Vormann — — — Clay
1919 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1918 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1917 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1916 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1915 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1914 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1913 Dora Köring 6–4, 6–4 Hedwig Neresheimer von Satzger — — — Clay
1912 Dora Köring 6–2 6–2 Anita Heimann — — — Clay
1911 Mieken Rieck 6–1, 4–6, 6–1 Molla Bjurstedt — — — Clay
1910 Mieken Rieck 6–1, 6–3 Dora Köring — — — Clay
1909 Anita Heimann 6–4, 0–6, 6–4 Mieken Rieck — — — Clay
1908 Margit von Madarasz 2–6, 6–4, 6–0 Rosamund Salusbury — — — Clay
1907 Margit von Madarasz 7–5, 0–6, 6–2 Hedwig Neresheimer — — — Clay
1906 Luise Berton 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 Margaret Dewsbury — — — Clay
1905 Elsie Lane 6–0, 6–1 K. Krug — — — Clay
1904 Elsie Lane 6–3, 6–0 L. Bergmann — — — Clay
1903 Violet Pinckney 6–2, 6–1 Hilda Meyer — — — Clay
1902 Mary Roß 8–6, 6–0 Hilda Meyer — — — Clay
1901 Toupie Lowther 6–0, 6–0 Gladys Dudell — — — Clay
1900 Blanche Hillyard 2–6, 8–6, 7–5 Muriel Robb — — — Clay
1899 Charlotte Cooper 7–5, 6–4 Clara von der Schulenburg — — — Clay
1898 Elsie Lane 7–5, 7–5 Toupie Lowther — — — Clay
1897 Blanche Hillyard 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 Charlotte Cooper — — — Clay
1896 Maren Thomsen 6–3, 6–2, 7–5 E. Lantzius — — — Clay

Pre-Open Era winners are included for tournament history only. They are excluded from TennisDB match and player statistics, title totals, and leaderboards. The pre-1968 women's German Open belongs to the Berlin Open family. It is not duplicated onto the separate modern Hamburg WTA event. Sources: WTA German Open tournament archive, German Open women's finals table.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Berlin Open held?
Berlin Open is held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is the latest recorded Berlin Open winner?
The 2026 Berlin Open was won by Linda Noskova, who defeated Jessica Pegula 6-4 4-6 6-3.
Who has won the most Berlin Open titles?
Steffi Graf has won 8 Berlin Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Berlin Open played?
The first edition of Berlin Open was held in 1896.
What surface is Berlin Open played on?
Berlin Open is played on grass courts.