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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

The Nordic Light Open (sponsored by Nordea) was a women's tennis tournament held in Stockholm, Sweden (in 2002 and 2003 the tournament was played in Espoo, Finland on clay courts). Held from 2002 to 2008, this WTA Tour event was a Tier IV-tournament and was played on outdoor hardcourts.

As from 2009, the Nordic Light Open was replaced by the women's Swedish Open, at Båstad.

Past finals

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Singles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Espoo 2002 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova Czech Republic Denisa Chládková 0–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2003 Israel Anna Pistolesi Croatia Jelena Kostanić 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Stockholm 2004 Australia Alicia Molik Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis 6–1, 6–1
2005 Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Russia Anastasia Myskina 7–5, 6–2
2006 China Zheng Jie Russia Anastasia Myskina 6–4, 6–1
2007 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Russia Vera Dushevina 6–1, 6–1
2008 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Russia Vera Dushevina 6–0, 6–2
2009 Not held (see Swedish Open)

Doubles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Espoo 2002 Spain Arantxa Sánchez
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Spain Eva Bes
Spain María Martínez
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
2003 Ukraine Olena Tatarkova
Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis
Croatia Silvija Talaja
6–2, 6–4
Stockholm 2004 Australia Alicia Molik
Austria Barbara Schett
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
6–3, 6–3
2005 France Émilie Loit
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Czech Republic Eva Birnerová
Italy Mara Santangelo
6–4, 6–3
2006 Czech Republic Eva Birnerová
Slovakia Jarmila Gajdošová
China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
0–6, 6–4, 6–2
2007 Spain Anabel Medina
Spain Virginia Ruano
Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Ukraine Tetiana Luzhanska
6–1, 5–7, [10–6]
2008 Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
7-5, 6-4
2009 Not held (see Swedish Open)

See also

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