Russian Diana Snajder, seeded in first place, won the women’s tennis tournament on clay courts in Budapest with a total prize money of 232,000 euros, as she defeated Alyaksandra Sasznovich of Belarus in two sets in Sunday’s final.
In the last match of the Hungarian Grand Prix, the signs promised a Russian success, as the German-born Snajder has been playing in explosive form lately, and at the age of 20 he could already claim two trophies: in February in Hua Hin, Thailand, and in June in Bad Homburg, Germany, he was undefeated. As the first seed at the Rome Tennis Academy, Stollár bid farewell to Fanny in the opening round, lost only one set until the final, and lost only one of her last 12 matches.
At the same time, Szasznovich, who is ten years older, lost all four of her previous WTA finals, and also lost in her only match against Snajder: in February in Doha, she lost 6:1, 6:2 against the Russian.
The first game of their second encounter resulted in a total of seven breaks, but of these, 28th in the world ranking, Snajder came out better, as he “only” lost his service game three times, so he took the lead after 44 minutes. There were many mistakes in the second set as well, but Szasznovich (134th) turned from 0:2 to 4:3, but from then on he was unable to win the game, he lost his serve twice, and Snajder sold his first match point – a total of 1 in an hour and 37 minutes – he won the meeting.
In the history of the tournament, which has been written since 1996 – meanwhile, Bucharest was the venue between 2014 and 2020 – Ágnes Szávay has the best domestic result, she won the trophy in 2009 and 2010.
Fanny Stollár and Katarzyna Piter from Poland defended their title in the doubles final on Saturday.
Result, singles, final:
Diana Snajder (Russia, 1st)-Alyaksandra Szasznovich (Belarus) 6:4, 6:4
The finals so far:
1996: Ruxandra Dragomir (Romania)-Melanie Schnell (Austria) 7:6 (8-6), 6:1
1997: Amanda Coetzer (South Africa)-Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 6:1, 6:3
1998: Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain)-Silvia Farina Elia (Italy) 6:4, 4:6, 6:3
1999: Sarah Pitkowski (France)-Cristina Torrens Valero (Spain) 6:2, 6:2
2000: Tathiana Garbin (Italian)-Kristie Boogert (Dutch) 6:2, 7:6 (7-4)
2001: Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgarian)-Anne Kremer (Luxembourg) 3:6, 6:2, 6:4
2002: Martina Müller (Germany)-Myriam Casanova (Switzerland) 6:2, 3:6, 6:4
2003: Magüi Serna (Spain)-Alicia Molik (Australian) 3:6, 7:5, 6:4
2004: Jelena Jankovic (Serbia)-Martina Sucha (Slovakia) 7:6 (7-4), 6:3
2005: Anna Smashnova (Israel)-Catalina Castano (Colombia) 6:2, 6:2
2006: Smashnova-Lourdes Dominguez (spanyol) 6:1, 6:3
2007: Gisela Dulko (argentin)-Sorana Cirstea (román) 6:7 (7-2), 6:2, 6:2
2008: Alize Cornet (France)-Andreja Klepac (Slovenia) 7:6 (7-5), 6:3
2009: Ágnes Szávay-Patty Schnyder (Swiss) 2:6, 6:4, 6:2
2010: Szávay-Schnyder 6:2, 6:4
2011: Roberta Vinci (Italian) – Irina-Camelia Begu (Romanian) 6:4, 1:6, 6:4
2012: Sara Errani (Italian) – Yelena Vesznyina (Russian) 7:5, 6:4
2013: Simona Halep (Romania)-Yvonne Meusburger (Austria) 6:3, 6:7 (7-9), 6:1
2014-2020: The tournament was held in Bucharest
2021: Yulia Putintseva (Kazakh)-Anhelina Kalynyina (Ukraine) 6:4, 6:0
2022: Bernarda Pera (American)-Aleksandra Krunic (Serbian) 6:3, 6:3
2023: Maria Tyimofeyeva (Russia)-Katerina Baindl (Ukraine) 6:3, 3:6, 6:0
Source: propeller.hu
