Katowice Open, Katowice, Poland, WTA International

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DATE: 04 Apr 2016 - 10 Apr 2016
SURFACE: HARD
PRIZE MONEY: $226,750
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Anna Karolina Schmiedlova

Seeds:
1 RADWANSKA, Agnieszka
2 SCHMIEDLOVA, Anna Karolina
3 OSTAPENKO, Jelena
4 CORNET, Alizé
5 GIORGI, Camila
6 TSURENKO, Lesia
7 BABOS, Timea
8 CIBULKOVA, Dominika

About Katowice:

Katowice is a city in the south west of Poland and the center of the Silesian Metropolis. The city has a population of 301,834 and is the centre of a larger urban zone of 2,746,460 people. It is the 16th most economically powerful city by GDP in the European Union with an output amounting to $114.5 billion.

Katowice has a long sporting tradition and hosted various sporting events over the years.

Katowice Open replaced the Danish Open since 2013 WTA Tour season. The organizer of the tournament is SOS Music company from Toruń, which has obtained the license from Octagon sport agency to organize the tournament up to 2018. The clay courts were replaced by hard courts in 2014.


Katowice by Konrad WoÅ›, on Flickr


Katowice by David Flett, on Flickr

 

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The Draw for the Katowice Open

 

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I'm looking for a strong tournament from Dominika Cibulkova here but prediction is that Aga will win the title.

 

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Scratch that. Aga has pulled out injured.

http://www.ubitennis.net/blog/2016/...a-radwanska-withdraws-from-the-katowice-open/

 

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SINGLES - SECOND ROUND
[9] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d Andreea Mitu (ROU) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 2 | MATCH STATS
SINGLES - FIRST ROUND
[7] Timea Babos (HUN) d [L] Jesika Maleckova (CZE) | 6 - 3 | 7 - 5 | MATCH STATS
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d [2] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 0 | MATCH STATS

 

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^^ Your girl won today.

singles - Second round
[5] Camila Giorgi (ITA) d [Q] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) | 4 - 6 | 6 - 2 | 6 - 4 |
[9] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d Andreea Mitu (ROU) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 2 |
[8] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) | 6 - 2 | 7 - 5 |
[3] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) | 6 - 3 | 6 - 4 |
singles - First round
[7] Timea Babos (HUN) d [L] Jesika Maleckova (CZE) | 6 - 3 | 7 - 5 |
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d [2] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 0 |

 

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^^ Your girl won today.

singles - Second round
[5] Camila Giorgi (ITA) d [Q] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) | 4 - 6 | 6 - 2 | 6 - 4 |
[9] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d Andreea Mitu (ROU) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 2 |
[8] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) | 6 - 2 | 7 - 5 |
[3] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) | 6 - 3 | 6 - 4 |
singles - First round
[7] Timea Babos (HUN) d [L] Jesika Maleckova (CZE) | 6 - 3 | 7 - 5 |
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d [2] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 0 |

I'm hoping for a big tournament from Ms Cibulkova. Aga's withdrawal opened this tournament up a lot.

 

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I figured you would. She is a favourite now, definitely.

 

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Quarter Finals in Katowice

OSTAPENKO [3] v BABOS [7]
GIORGI [5] v FLIPKENS [9]
CIBULKOVA [8] v SCHIAVONE
LINETTE v PARMENTIER

 

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Dominika Cibulkova after her second round win over Elizaveta Kulichkova

 

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Kirsten Flipkens after defeating Andreea Mitu

 

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Quarter Final Results in Katowice

[5] Camila Giorgi (ITA) d [9] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) | 6 - 2 | 5 - 7 | 6 - 4
[3] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d [7] Timea Babos (HUN) | 7 - 6 (3) | 2 - 6 | 6 - 3
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d Magda Linette (POL) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 4
[8] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Francesca Schiavone (ITA) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 1



The Pocket Rocket Dominika Cibulkova continued her good start to the season by advancing to the semi finals.

 

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Katowice Semi Final

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Dominika Cibulkova (8) v Pauline Parmentier

H2H: Cibulkova leads 2-1

2010 Rome Masters R64 Clay Dominika Cibulkova Pauline Parmentier 6-1 3-6 7-5
2008 Olympic Tennis R64 Hard Dominika Cibulkova Pauline Parmentier 6-1 7-5
2007 Tashkent R32 Hard Pauline Parmentier Dominika Cibulkova 6-2 6-2

Src: http://www.stevegtennis.com/
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Katowice Semi Final

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Jelena Ostapenko (3) v Camila Giorgi (5)

H2H: First Meeting

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Semi Final Results from Katowice

[5] Camila Giorgi (ITA) d [3] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 3
[8] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Pauline Parmentier (FRA) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 0

 

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[5] Camila Giorgi (ITA) d [3] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 3

 

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[8] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Pauline Parmentier (FRA) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 0

 

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The Final: Katowice Open, Katowice, Poland, WTA International

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Camila Giorgi (5) v Dominika Cibulkova (8)

H2H: Giorgi leads 2-0

2015 Istanbul R32 Hard Camila Giorgi Dominika Cibulkova 7-5 5-7 7-6(4)
2014 Rome Masters R64 Clay Camila Giorgi Dominika Cibulkova 6-4 7-6(2)

Src: http://www.stevegtennis.com/
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