
2018 - NEW HAVEN - USA, CT
Farewell, New Haven! Celebrating 21 years of memories in Connecticut
The Connecticut Open has left the WTA calendar, so we look back on two decades of winners from New Haven.
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Stefanie Graf won the first tournament held in New Haven, beating Jana Novotna 6-4, 6-1 in 1998 (Getty)
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Venus Williams took an all-American final the following year, beating Lindsay Davenport 6-2, 7-5 (Getty)
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Williams defended her title in 2000, again beating a compatriot in Monica Seles, prevailing 6-2, 6-4 (Getty)
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Williams won the title for a third year on the trot in 2001, again beating Davenport, 7-6, 6-4 (Getty)
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A fourth title in succession followed in 2002, Davenport the loser for a third time, 7-5, 6-0 (Getty)
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It was a case of new champion, same finalist in 2003, as Jennifer Capriati finally ended Williams' stranglehold on the tournament but Davenport was again the beaten party, retiring at 6-2, 4-0 down (Getty)
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Elena Bovina became the first non-US winner in six years when she beat Nathalie Debuchy 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in 2004 (Getty)
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Davenport finally ended her losing finals run at the event in 2005, taking a 6-4, 6-4 win over Amélie Mauresmo (Getty)
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Justine Henin was champion in 2006, Davenport once again runner-up, retiring at 6-0, 1-0 down (Getty)
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Svetlana Kuznetsova took the honors in 2007, beating Agnes Savay after the Hungarian retired at 4-6, 3-0 (Getty)
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Caroline Wozniacki outlasted Anna Chakvetadze over three sets in 2008, winning 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 (Getty)
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The Dane retained her title a year later with victory over another Russian, beating Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-4 (Getty)
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A third year and a third beaten Russian in a row for Wozniacki in 2010, Nadia Petrova losing 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 (Getty)
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Wozniacki replicated Williams' four titles with another win in 2011, besting the Czech Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 6-1 (Getty)
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Petra Kvitova ended Wozniacki's hold on the trophy in 2012, winning 7-6, 7-5 against Maria Kirilenko (Getty)
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Kvitova returned to the final the following year to reclaim her title, defeating Magdalena Rybarikova 6-4, 6-2 (Getty)
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A third title in four years followed in 2015 for the Czech, who beat compatriot Lucie Safarova 6-7, 6-2, 6-2 (Getty)
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The trophy went Down Under in 2017 as Daria Gavrilova prevailed 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 against Dominika Cibulkova (Getty)
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