Venue Sport Club Dinamo Draw 28S/32Q/16D Prize money 776,000 USD | Surface Hard (indoor) Website Website | |
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Location Saint Petersburg, Russia Tour Women's Tennis Association | ||
The St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy (formerly known as the Ladies Neva Cup) is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on indoor Hard courts. The event is classified as a WTA Premier tournament and was first held in Saint Petersburg in 2003.
History
The event is held since 2003 in St. Petersburg. It was an ITF Women's Circuit event until 2015. In 2016, it was upgraded to a WTA Premier tournament in 2016, offering a prize money of $753,000, up from only $25,000 and $50,000 in previous years.
The event replaced the Proximus Diamond Games on the WTA tour from 2016.
References
St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA