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Tennis tournament
The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem ), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat , Morocco . This WTA Tour event is classified as an International tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts .
Tímea Babos is the doubles record holder with three wins.
Patricia Wartusch , Émilie Loit , Iveta Benešová won both singles and doubles titles the same year.
The event started in July 2001 in Casablanca , Morocco . It stayed in that city until 2005, when it was moved to Rabat the first time. In 2007, the tournament changed location again, this time to Fez . In 2013 it was relocated to Marrakesh , before returning to Rabat in 2016.
The tournament is named after 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.
Location
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Casablanca
2001
Zsófia Gubacsi Maria Elena Camerin 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2002
Patricia Wartusch Klára Koukalová 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2003 Rita Grande Antonella Serra Zanetti 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
2004 Émilie Loit Ľudmila Cervanová 6–2, 6–2
Rabat
2005 Nuria Llagostera Vives Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–2
2006 Meghann Shaughnessy Martina Suchá 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Fez
2007 Milagros Sequera Aleksandra Wozniak 6–1, 6–3
2008 Gisela Dulko Anabel Medina Garrigues 7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–5)
2009 Anabel Medina Garrigues Ekaterina Makarova 6–0, 6–1
2010 Iveta Benešová Simona Halep 6–4, 6–2
2011 Alberta Brianti Simona Halep 6–4, 6–3
2012 Kiki Bertens Laura Pous Tió 7–5, 6–0
Marrakesh
2013 Francesca Schiavone Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–1, 6–3
2014 María Teresa Torró Flor Romina Oprandi 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2015 Elina Svitolina Tímea Babos 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Rabat
2016 Timea Bacsinszky Marina Erakovic 6–2, 6–1
2017 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Francesca Schiavone 7–5, 7–5
2018 Elise Mertens Ajla Tomljanović 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2019 Maria Sakkari Johanna Konta 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
2020-
Not held
2022 Martina Trevisan Claire Liu 6–2, 6–1
2023 Lucia Bronzetti Julia Grabher 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
2024 Peyton Stearns Mayar Sherif 6–2, 6–1
Location
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Casablanca
2001
Åsa Svensson Lubomira Bacheva María Emilia Salerni María José Martínez 6–3, 6–7(4–7) , 6–1
2002
Patricia Wartusch Petra Mandula Gisela Dulko Conchita Martínez Granados 6–2, 6–1
2003 María Emilia Salerni Gisela Dulko Olena Tatarkova Henrieta Nagyová 6–3, 6–4
2004 Marion Bartoli Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik Els Callens 6–4, 6–2
Rabat
2005 Émilie Loit (2) Barbora Strýcová Lourdes Domínguez Nuria Llagostera Vives 3–6, 7–6(7–5) , 7–5
2006 Yan Zi Zheng Jie Ashley Harkleroad Bethanie Mattek 6–1, 6–3
Fez
2007 Sania Mirza Vania King Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova 6–1, 6–2
2008 Sorana Cîrstea Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Alisa Kleybanova Ekaterina Makarova 6–2, 6–2
2009 Alisa Kleybanova Ekaterina Makarova Sorana Cîrstea Maria Kirilenko 6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
2010 Iveta Benešová Anabel Medina Garrigues Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová 6–3, 6–1
2011 Andrea Hlaváčková Renata Voráčová Nina Bratchikova Sandra Klemenschits 6–3, 6–4
2012 Petra Cetkovská Alexandra Panova Irina-Camelia Begu Alexandra Cadanțu 3–6, 7–6(7–5) , [11–9]
Marrakesh
2013 Tímea Babos Mandy Minella Petra Martić Kristina Mladenovic 6–3, 6–1
2014 Garbiñe Muguruza Romina Oprandi Katarzyna Piter Maryna Zanevska 4–6, 6–2, [11-9]
2015 Tímea Babos (2) Kristina Mladenovic Laura Siegemund Maryna Zanevska 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Rabat
2016 Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić Tatjana Maria Raluca Olaru 6–3, 6–0
2017 Tímea Babos (3) Andrea Hlaváčková (2) Nina Stojanović Maryna Zanevska 2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2018 Anna Blinkova Raluca Olaru Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár 6–4, 6–4
2019 María José Martínez Sánchez Sara Sorribes Tormo Georgina García Pérez Oksana Kalashnikova 7–5, 6–1
2020-
Not held
2022 Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya Monica Niculescu Alexandra Panova 6–7(7–9) , 6–3, [10–8]
2023 Sabrina Santamaria Yana Sizikova Ingrid Martins Lidziya Marozava 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
2024 Irina Khromacheva Yana Sizikova (2) Anna Danilina Xu Yifan 6–3, 6–2
Previous women's tournament categories
2009–2020 2011–2020 2013–2020 2014–2020 2015–2020 2016–2020 2019–2020 2020 Defunct
2024 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Peyton Stearns
Irina Khromacheva
