 The tournament has been organized in May since it inception in 1987 and serves as a warm-up event to the French Open which is played a week later.The tournament was played at the Hautepierre before moving to the Strasbourg’s Tennis Club in 2011.Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Steffi Graf (singles), Jennifer Capriati (singles), Lindsay Davenport (two singles, one doubles), Maria Sharapova (singles), Martina Navratilova (doubles), and Ashleigh Barty (two doubles).