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| WTA Tour | ||
| Location | Berlin Germany |
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| Venue | Rot-Weiss Tennis Club | |
| Category | Tier I | |
| Surface | Clay / Outdoors | |
| Draw | 56M/32Q/28D | |
| Prize Money | $1,340,000 (2008) | |
| Website | None | |
The German Open, sponsored from 2006 through 2008 as the Qatar Telecom German Open, was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women played in Berlin, Germany. Held since 1896, it was one of the oldest tournaments for women. In its last year, it was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament.
Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Justine Henin, Ana Ivanović and Dinara Safina.
Tournament names:
- 1971–1979: German Open
- 1980: No tournament
- 1981–1988: German Open
- 1989–1990: Lufthansa Cup
- 1991–1992: Lufthansa Cup German Open
- 1993–2000: German Open
- 2001–2002: Eurocard German Open
- 2003: MasterCard German Open
- 2004: Ladies German Open
- 2005: Qatar Total German Open
- 2006–2008: Qatar Telecom German Open
- 2009: No tournament
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