Regal in Russia: Previous St. Petersburg winners
We take a look down memory lane at the previous winners of the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy.
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Evgenia Linetskaya won the inaugural, 2003 tournament on home soil, beating Tatsiana Uvarova 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
02
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Anastasiya Yakimova prevailed 12 months later, outlasting Emma Laine 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 (Getty)
03
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Ekaterina Bychkova eased past Laine 6-1, 6-2 in 2005 to become the second home winner of the event (Getty)
04
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Alberta Brianti beat home player All Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-4 in 2006 (Getty)
05
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The event was not held in 2007, leaving Magdalena Rybarikova to take the spoils in 2008, beating Anna Lapushchenkova 6-4, 6-2 (Getty)
06
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After a further seven-year hiatus, the event returned in 2015, Jelena Ostapenko defeating Patricia Maria Tig 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the final (Getty)
07
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Roberta Vinci became the second Italian to win the event, defeating Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-3 in 2016 (Getty)
08
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Kristina Mladenovic came through three sets in 2017 to beat Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 (Getty)
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Petra Kvitova stopped Mladenovic from retaining her crown last year, winning 6-1, 6-2 (Getty)
