The Allianz Cup was a tournament for professional female
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
players. The event, played on outdoor
clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
T ...
s, was classified as a $25,000
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmenta ...
tournament in its final year and was held in
Sofia
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, Bulgaria. It was a $100,000 event for four years in a row until it was downgraded in 2012. The first edition was held in 1991.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
External links
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ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
Clay court tennis tournaments
Tennis tournaments in Bulgaria
Recurring sporting events established in 1996
Sports competitions in Sofia
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2018
Defunct sports competitions in Bulgaria