Southern California Open

The Southern California Open is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament held at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad,California,USA 

The tournament achieved Tier I status only in 2004 and it became a draw to the heavyweights in women's tennis since its inception in the 1980s, being a crucial warm-up tournament leading to the US open

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• Virginia Slims of San Diego: 1971, 1985–1988
• Wells Fargo Open: 1979–1982
• Ginny of San Diego: 1984
• Great American Bank Classic: 1989–1990
• Mazda Classic: 1991–1993
• Toshiba Classic; 1994–1998
• TIG Classic: 1999
• Acura Classic: 2000–2007
• Mercury Insurance Open: 2010–2012
• Southern California Open: 2013–

Tracy Austin has won won the title 4 times in 1979-82 andSteffi Graf has won the title 4 times - in 1989,1990,1993 and 1994
Venus Williams has won the title thrice in 2001-02

Dominika Cibulkova(Slovakia)won the 2012 Southern California Open Title defeating Marion Bartoli(France)6-1,7-5