WTA Austrian Open

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For the current men's tennis tournament, see Austrian Open Kitzbühel.
Austrian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1896; 128 years ago (1896)
Abolished2015
LocationVarious, Austria
VenueVarious
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Austrian Open was a WTA Tour affiliated women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1896 as the Championships of Austria a combined men's and women's tournament.[1] Following World War II it was known as the Austrian International Championships up to the open era.[2]

The women's tournament was discontinued in 2015, the men's ATP event the Austrian Open Kitzbühel is still being held.

  1. ^ Grasso, John (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-8108-7237-0.
  2. ^ Grasso (2011)