WTA Argentine Open
Tennis tournament at Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The WTA IEB+ Argentina Open is a WTA professional tennis tournament originally founded as a combined men's and women's tournament called the Argentina International Championships. It was initially played from 1928 to 1987 and returned in 2021 as a WTA 125-level tournament on the WTA Tour calendar. It was the first professional women's tennis event in Argentina since 1987.[1] It is held at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in November and played on outdoor clay courts.
| WTA Argentine Open | |
|---|---|
| WTA 125 | |
| Event name | IEB+ Argentina Open |
| Tour | WTA 125 (2021–) |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Surface | Clay |
| Prize money | $115,000 (2025) |
| Website | https://wta.iebmasargentinaopen.com/ |
| Current champions (2025) | |
| Singles |  Panna Udvardy |
| Doubles |  Alicia Herrero Liñana  Laura Pigossi |
This event is not to be confused with the earlier Argentine Championship (1918–1997), which was the open national championships of Argentina held at the Tennis Club Argentino (founded 1913) also in Buenos Aires.[2]
Finals
Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 |  Analia Obarrio de Aguirre | Maria Elena Bushell | 6-0, 6-1 | |
| 1929 | Analia Obarrio de Aguirre (2) | Maria Elena Bushell | 6-4, 6-1 | |
| 1930 | Lili de Alvarez |  Phoebe Holcroft Watson | 6-2, 6-2 | |
| 1931 |  Cilly Aussem | Irmgard Rost | 6-1, 6-4 | |
| 1932 |  Anita Lizana | Julieta Ezcurra Dellepiane | 6-3, 6-3 | |
| 1933 | Maria Elena Bushell de Moss | Monica Ricketts | 6-2, 6-8, 6-3 | |
| 1934 | Monica Ricketts | Maria Garcia de Sola | 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 | |
| 1935 | Monica Ricketts (2) | Ana Pauwels de Madrid | 6-0, 6-3 | |
| 1936 | Leonilda Giusti | Maria Elena Bushell de Moss | 6-2, 6-4 | |
| 1937 | Maria Elena Bushell de Moss (2) | Denise Rutherford de Zappa | 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 | |
| 1938 | Felisa Piédrola | Denise Rutherford de Zappa | 6-4, 7-5 | |
| 1939 | Felisa Piédrola (2) | Maria Terán | 4-6, 7-5, 4-0 ret. | |
| 1940 |  Dorothy Bundy | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 | |
| 1941 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | Dorothy Bundy | 3-6, 9-7, 7-5 | |
| 1942 | Felisa Piédrola (3) | Maria Terán | 8-6, 6-2 | |
| 1943 | Felisa Piédrola (4) | Mary Terán de Weiss | 6-4, 6-3 | |
| 1944 | Felisa Piédrola (5) | Mary Terán de Weiss | 3-6, 13-11, 6-1 | |
| 1945 | women's event not held | |||
| 1946 | Margaret Osborne | Louise Brough | 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 | |
| 1947 | Pat Canning Todd | Doris Hart | 6-3, 6-4 | |
| 1948 | Pat Canning Todd (2) | Mary Terán de Weiss | 7-5, 6-4 | |
| 1949 | Barbara Scofield | Nancy Chaffee | 6-3, 6-2 | |
| 1950 | Felisa Piédrola de Zappa (6) | Elena Lehmann | 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 | |
| 1951 | Elena Lehmann | Felisa Piédrola de Zappa | 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 | |
| 1952 | women's event not held | |||
| 1953 | Edda Buding | Julia Borzone | 7-5, 6-3 | |
| 1954 |  Silvana Lazzarino | Edda Buding | 8-6, 6-2 | |
| 1955 | Ingrid Metzner | June Hanson | 6-1, 6-4 | |
| 1956 | Nora Bonifacino de Somoza | June Hanson | 6-4, 6-0 | |
| 1957 | June Hanson | Nora Bonifacino de Somoza | 6-1, 6-1 | |
| 1958 | Shirley Bloomer |  Margaret Hellyer | 2-6, 6-2, 12-10 | |
| 1959 | Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (2) | Norma Baylon | 6-3, 5-7, divided | |
| 1960 | Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (3) | Mabel Bove | 7-5, 6-4 | |
| 1961 |  Yola Ramírez | Darlene Hard | 6-1, 6-2 | |
| 1962 | Norma Baylon |  Vera Puzejova Sukova | 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 | |
| 1963 | Vera Puzejova Sukova | Norma Baylon | 6-2, 6-4 | |
| 1964 | Nancy Richey | Maria Bueno | 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 | |
| 1965 | Nancy Richey (2) | Norma Baylon | 6-2, 6-4 | |
| 1966 | Norma Baylon (3) | Nancy Richey | 6-3, 7-9, 6-4 | |
| 1967 | Billie Jean Moffitt King | Rosie Casals | 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 | |
| Open era | ||||
| 1968 | Ann Haydon Jones | Nancy Richey | walkover | |
| 1969 | Helga Niessen | Rosie Casals | 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 | |
| 1970 | Beatriz Araujo | Raquel Giscafré | 6-4, 6-4 | |
| 1971 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (2) | Heide Orth | 6-1, 7-5 | |
| 1972 | Virginia Wade |  Fiorella Bonicelli | 6-4, 6-1 | |
| 1973 | Julie Heldman | Fiorella Bonicelli | 6-3, 6-1 | |
| 1974 | Raquel Giscafré | Beatriz Araujo | 7-6, 1-6, 6-2 | |
| 1975 | Raquel Giscafré (2) | Kristien Shaw | 6-2, 6-4 | |
| 1976 | Laura duPont | Beatriz Araujo | 6-1, 6-2 | |
| 1977 | Patricia Medrado | Ivanna Madruga | 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 | |
| 1978 | women's event not held | |||
| 1979 | Ivanna Madruga | Hana Strachonova | 6-1, 6-3 | |
| 1980 | Ivanna Madruga (2) | Liliana Giussani | 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 | |
| 1981 | women's event not held | |||
| 1982 | Liliana Giussani | Andrea Tiezzi | 6-1, 7-5 | |
| 1983 | Ivanna Madruga (3) | Viviana Gonzalez-Locicero | 6-4, 6-3 | |
| 1984 | Gabriela Sabatini |  Laura Arraya | 6-0, 6-3 | |
| 1985 | women's event not held | |||
| 1986 | Gabriela Sabatini (2) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6-1, 6-1 | |
| 1987 | Gabriela Sabatini (3) | Isabel Cueto | 6-0, 6-3 | |
| 1988–2020 | not held | |||
| 2021 | Anna Bondár |  Diane Parry | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| 2022 | Panna Udvardy |  Danka Kovinić | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| 2023 | Laura Pigossi | María Lourdes Carlé | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| 2024 |  Mayar Sherif |  Katarzyna Kawa | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | |
| 2025 | Panna Udvardy (2) | Varvara Lepchenko | 6–3, 7–5 | |
