| Palermo Ladies Open | |
|---|---|
| Tournament information | |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Editions | 27 |
| Location | Palermo Italy |
| Venue | Country Time Club |
| Category | WTA Tier V (1990–1992) WTA Tier IV (1993–2000) WTA Tier V (2001–2004) WTA Tier IV (2005–2008) WTA International Tournaments (2009–2013), (2019–2020) WTA 250 (2021–) |
| Surface | Clay / outdoors |
| Draw | 32M/24Q/16D |
| Prize money | $267,082 |
| Website | palermoladiesopen.it |
| Current champions (2024) | |
| Singles |  Zheng Qinwen |
| Doubles |  Alexandra Panova Yana Sizikova |
The Palermo Ladies Open, is a women's tennis tournament in Palermo, Italy that is played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. The first two editions were part of the Satellite Circuit, but since 1990 it has been part of the WTA Tour. In the past it has also been known as the "Palermo International" and the "Internazionali Femminili di Palermo." The tournament was categorized as either a WTA Tier IV or Tier V event from 1990 to 2008 and became an International Tournament in 2009. In 2014, the license for the event was sold to Kuala Lumpur's Malaysian Open for 6 years (contract for 3 years with an option for additional three).[1][2] The tournament returned to Palermo in 2019 as a WTA International event, replacing Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open which was moved to the autumn calendar as part of the China Open series.[3]
- ^ Ivan Pasquariello (28 September 2013). "WTA Palermo moves away from Italy". Tennis World USA.
- ^ Michele Alinovi (2013). "WTA Palermo, ultima vittima di una Italia povera". Tennis.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
- ^ Gatto Luigi (5 November 2017). "WTA Kuala Lumpur to disappear from the calendar, replaced by Palermo". Tennis World USA.