# Taipei Open

The Taipei Open or Taipei WTA Challenger (Chinese: 台北海碩網球公開賽) was a tournament for female professional tennis players played on indoor carpet courts. The event was classified as a WTA 125 tournament, and held annually in November in Taipei City, from 2008 until 2015, and was sponsored by the OEC Group. In 2012, the event was upgraded from a $100k ITF tournament to a WTA Challenger tournament. Its final edition took place in 2019.

## History

In 2007, OEC Group Chairman Robert Han organized an ITF tournament in Taoyuan where the prize was $50,000 plus hotel. OEC has retroactively referred to the event as the 2007 OEC Cup Taiwan Ladies Open.
In October 18–20, 2008, the OEC Group held the 2008 OEC Taipei Ladies Open, which was a WTA-sanctioned ITF $100,000+H tournament. held at the National Taiwan University Gymnasium and the Taipei Arena. In 2010 and 2011, it was called the OEC Taipei Ladies Open, and it was also sometimes referred to as the Haishuo Cup (海碩盃).
In 2012, the event was upgraded to a WTA 125 event. It had attracted over 60,000 visitors. In 2013, the tournament was renamed to OEC Taipei WTA Challenger. and used that name subsequently.

## Past finals
### Singles

| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| ↓ ITF $75k Kaohsiung event ↓ ||||
| †2006 | Chan Yung-jan | Hsieh Su-wei | 5–7, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–0 |
| ↓ $50k Taoyuan event ↓ ||||
| 2007 | Akiko Morigami | Yanina Wickmayer | 6–4, 7–6 $^{(7–5)}$ |
| ↓ $100k+H event ↓ ||||
| 2008 | Jarmila Gajdošová | Corinna Dentoni | 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 2009 | Chan Yung-jan | Ayumi Morita | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 |
| 2010 | Peng Shuai | Ayumi Morita | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 2011 | Ayumi Morita | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 6–2, 6–2 |
| ↓ WTA 125 event ↓ ||||
| 2012 | Kristina Mladenovic | Chang Kai-chen | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2013 | Alison Van Uytvanck | Yanina Wickmayer | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2014 | Vitalia Diatchenko | Chan Yung-jan | 1–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2015 | Tímea Babos | Misaki Doi | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 2016 | Evgeniya Rodina | Chang Kai-chen | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2017 | Belinda Bencic | Arantxa Rus | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–1 |
| 2018 | Luksika Kumkhum | Sabine Lisicki | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 2019 | Vitalia Diatchenko (2) | Tímea Babos | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2020 | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
† – note: not considered the Taipei Open by some sources

### Doubles

| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| ↓ ITF $50k Taoyuan event ↓ ||||
| †2007 | Chan Yung-jan Chan Hao-ching | Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei | 6–1, 2–6, [14–12] |
| ↓ $100k+H event ↓ ||||
| 2008 | Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei | Hsu Wen-hsin Hwang I-hsuan | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2009 | Chan Yung-jan (2) Chuang Chia-jung (2) | Yayuk Basuki Riza Zalameda | 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] |
| 2010 | Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung (3) | Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2011 | Chan Yung-jan (3) Zheng Jie | Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 5–7, [10–5] |
| ↓ WTA 125 event ↓ ||||
| 2012 | Chan Hao-ching (2) Kristina Mladenovic | Chang Kai-chen Olga Govortsova | 5–7, 6–2, [10–8] |
| 2013 | Caroline Garcia Yaroslava Shvedova | Anna-Lena Friedsam Alison Van Uytvanck | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2014 | Chan Hao-ching (3) Chan Yung-jan (4) | Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2015 | Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata | Marina Melnikova Elise Mertens | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2016 | Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova | Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung | 4–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
| 2017 | Veronika Kudermetova (2) Aryna Sabalenka | Monique Adamczak Naomi Broady | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–6] |
| 2018 | Ankita Raina Karman Thandi | Olga Doroshina Natela Dzalamidze | 6–3, 5–7, [12–12] ret. |
| 2019 | Lee Ya-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien | Dalila Jakupović Danka Kovinić | 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| 2020 | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
† – note: not considered the Taipei Open by some sources