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Nordic Light Open

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Nordea Nordic Light Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2002
Abolished2008
LocationStockholm
Sweden
CategoryTier IV
SurfaceHard / Outdoors
Draw32M/32Q/16D
Prize money$145,000

TheNordic Light Open(sponsored by Nordea) was a women'stennistournamentheld inStockholm,Sweden(in 2002 and 2003 the tournament was played inEspoo,Finlandon clay courts). Held from 2002 to 2008, thisWTA Tourevent was a Tier IV-tournament and was played on outdoorhardcourts.

As from 2009, the Nordic Light Open was replaced by the women'sSwedish Open,atBåstad.

Past finals

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Singles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Espoo 2002 RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova Czech RepublicDenisa Chládková 0–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2003 IsraelAnna Pistolesi CroatiaJelena Kostanić 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Stockholm 2004 AustraliaAlicia Molik UkraineTatiana Perebiynis 6–1, 6–1
2005 SloveniaKatarina Srebotnik RussiaAnastasia Myskina 7–5, 6–2
2006 ChinaZheng Jie RussiaAnastasia Myskina 6–4, 6–1
2007 PolandAgnieszka Radwańska RussiaVera Dushevina 6–1, 6–1
2008 DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki RussiaVera Dushevina 6–0, 6–2
2009 Not held (seeSwedish Open)

Doubles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Espoo 2002 SpainArantxa Sánchez
RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova
SpainEva Bes
SpainMaría Martínez
6–3, 6–7(5–7),6–3
2003 UkraineOlena Tatarkova
RussiaEvgenia Kulikovskaya
UkraineTatiana Perebiynis
CroatiaSilvija Talaja
6–2, 6–4
Stockholm 2004 AustraliaAlicia Molik
AustriaBarbara Schett
GermanyAnna-Lena Grönefeld
SwitzerlandEmmanuelle Gagliardi
6–3, 6–3
2005 FranceÉmilie Loit
SloveniaKatarina Srebotnik
Czech RepublicEva Birnerová
ItalyMara Santangelo
6–4, 6–3
2006 Czech RepublicEva Birnerová
SlovakiaJarmila Gajdošová
ChinaYan Zi
ChinaZheng Jie
0–6, 6–4, 6–2
2007 SpainAnabel Medina
SpainVirginia Ruano
Chinese TaipeiChan Chin-wei
UkraineTetiana Luzhanska
6–1, 5–7, [10–6]
2008 Czech RepublicIveta Benešová
Czech RepublicBarbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech RepublicPetra Cetkovská
Czech RepublicLucie Šafářová
7-5, 6-4
2009 Not held (seeSwedish Open)

See also

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