The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem ), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat , Morocco . This WTA Tour event is classified as an International tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts .
Tímea Babos is the doubles record holder with three wins.
Patricia Wartusch , Émilie Loit , Iveta Benešová , Maya Joint won both singles and doubles titles the same year.
The event started in July 2001 in Casablanca , Morocco . It stayed in that city until 2005, when it was moved to Rabat the first time. In 2007, the tournament changed location again, this time to Fez . In 2013 it was relocated to Marrakesh , before returning to Rabat in 2016.
The tournament is named after Princess Lalla Meryem , the sister of Mohammed VI , King of Morocco .
From 2005 through 2008, the tournament was a Tier IV event. Before 2005, it was a Tier V event.
Location
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Casablanca
2001
Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi
Italy Maria Elena Camerin
1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2002
Austria Patricia Wartusch
Czech Republic Klára Koukalová
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2003
Italy Rita Grande
Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti
6–2, 4–6, 6–1
2004
France Émilie Loit
Slovakia Ľudmila Cervanová
6–2, 6–2
Rabat
2005
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
China Zheng Jie
6–4, 6–2
2006
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
Slovakia Martina Suchá
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Fez
2007
Venezuela Milagros Sequera
Canada Aleksandra Wozniak
6–1, 6–3
2008
Gisela Dulko
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–5)
2009
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
6–0, 6–1
2010
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Romania Simona Halep
6–4, 6–2
2011
Italy Alberta Brianti
Romania Simona Halep
6–4, 6–3
2012
Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Spain Laura Pous Tió
7–5, 6–0
Marrakesh
2013
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
6–1, 6–3
2014
Spain María Teresa Torró Flor
Switzerland Romina Oprandi
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2015
Ukraine Elina Svitolina
Hungary Tímea Babos
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Rabat
2016
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
6–2, 6–1
2017
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Italy Francesca Schiavone
7–5, 7–5
2018
Belgium Elise Mertens
Australia Ajla Tomljanović
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2019
Greece Maria Sakkari
United Kingdom Johanna Konta
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
2020- 2021
Not held
2022
Italy Martina Trevisan
United States Claire Liu
6–2, 6–1
2023
Italy Lucia Bronzetti
Austria Julia Grabher
6–4, 5–7, 7–5
2024
United States Peyton Stearns
Egypt Mayar Sherif
6–2, 6–1
2025
Australia Maya Joint
Romania Jaqueline Cristian
6–3, 6–2
Location
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Casablanca
2001
Sweden Åsa Svensson Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
María Emilia Salerni Spain María José Martínez
6–3, 6–7(4–7) , 6–1
2002
Austria Patricia Wartusch Hungary Petra Mandula
Gisela Dulko Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
6–2, 6–1
2003
María Emilia Salerni Gisela Dulko
Ukraine Olena Tatarkova Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová
6–3, 6–4
2004
France Marion Bartoli France Émilie Loit
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Belgium Els Callens
6–4, 6–2
Rabat
2005
France Émilie Loit (2) Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
3–6, 7–6(7–5) , 7–5
2006
China Yan Zi China Zheng Jie
United States Ashley Harkleroad United States Bethanie Mattek
6–1, 6–3
Fez
2007
India Sania Mirza United States Vania King
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Russia Anastasia Rodionova
6–1, 6–2
2008
Romania Sorana Cîrstea Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Russia Alisa Kleybanova Russia Ekaterina Makarova
6–2, 6–2
2009
Russia Alisa Kleybanova Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Romania Sorana Cîrstea Russia Maria Kirilenko
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
2010
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–1
2011
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Russia Nina Bratchikova Austria Sandra Klemenschits
6–3, 6–4
2012
Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská Russia Alexandra Panova
Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Romania Alexandra Cadanțu
3–6, 7–6(7–5) , [11–9]
Marrakesh
2013
Hungary Tímea Babos Luxembourg Mandy Minella
Croatia Petra Martić France Kristina Mladenovic
6–3, 6–1
2014
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza Switzerland Romina Oprandi
Poland Katarzyna Piter Ukraine Maryna Zanevska
4–6, 6–2, [11-9]
2015
Hungary Tímea Babos (2) France Kristina Mladenovic
Germany Laura Siegemund Ukraine Maryna Zanevska
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Rabat
2016
Switzerland Xenia Knoll Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Germany Tatjana Maria Romania Raluca Olaru
6–3, 6–0
2017
Hungary Tímea Babos (3) Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková (2)
Serbia Nina Stojanović Belgium Maryna Zanevska
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2018
Russia Anna Blinkova Romania Raluca Olaru
Spain Georgina García Pérez Hungary Fanny Stollár
6–4, 6–4
2019
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
Spain Georgina García Pérez Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
7–5, 6–1
2020- 2021
Not held
2022
Japan Eri Hozumi Japan Makoto Ninomiya
Romania Monica Niculescu File:Flag placeholder.svg Alexandra Panova
6–7(7–9) , 6–3, [10–8]
2023
United States Sabrina Santamaria File:Flag placeholder.svg Yana Sizikova
Brazil Ingrid Martins File:Flag placeholder.svg Lidziya Marozava
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
2024
File:Flag placeholder.svg Irina Khromacheva File:Flag placeholder.svg Yana Sizikova (2)
Kazakhstan Anna Danilina China Xu Yifan
6–3, 6–2
2025
Australia Maya Joint Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Italy Angelica Moratelli Italy Camilla Rosatello
6–3, 7–5
Previous women's tournament categories
2009–2020 2011–2020 2013–2020 2014–2020 2015–2020 2016–2020 2019–2020 2020 Defunct