COPA
CLARO COLSANITAS
Bogotá, Colombia
February 18-24, 2013
$235,000/International
Red Clay/Outdoors
Results - Sunday,
February 24, 2013
Singles - Final
(1)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 61 62
Doubles - Final (played Saturday)
(2) Babos/Minella (HUN/LUX) d. (1) Birnerova/Panova
(CZE/RUS) 64 63
Final Facts
- Jankovic wins her 13th
WTA title and breaks a five-match losing streak in
finals in the process, improving to 13-16.
- Bogotá
is Jankovic’s first title in almost three years, her
most recent coming at Indian Wells in March 2010.
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Jankovic is Bogotá's first Serbian champion in its
17-year history.
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Before her runner-up showing in Bogotá,
Ormaechea's best WTA result was a quarterfinal finish
here last year.
- Ormaechea will rise 66 spots to
No.132 on the new rankings.
- Babos and Minella do
not surrender a set in route to winning their first WTA
doubles title together. It is Babos’ second WTA doubles
title and Minella’s first WTA title of any kind.
Final Quotes
Jelena Jankovic: "I had a
wonderful week here. It's been an amazing experience.
I'm so happy I was able to come here to Bogotá for the
first time and winning my 13th WTA title here makes the
experience even better."