Connecticut Open Tennis

The Connecticut Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts

It is a WTA Premier Tournament on the  WTA Tour

Until 2010 the tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the AT Tour

It is held annually at the Cullman Heyman Tennis Center in Hew HAven,Connecticut,USA , just before the fourth and last Grand Slam tournament of the year -the US Open

 2015 Connecticut Open

Second-seeded Petra Kvitova won her second straight Connecticut Open title on Saturday August 29,2015, beating fourth-seeded Lucie Safarova 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2 in the all-Czech Republic final.

It's the third time Kvitova has won the tournament, putting her one behind Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki for the tournament record. Kvitova won in 2012 and lost to Simona Halep in the 2013 final.