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WTA Tour Championships

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. The event's current sponsored name is the Sony Ericsson Championships.

The championships were held for the first time in 1972 at Boca Raton, Florida (USA). From 1972-1986, the event was held in March. The WTA then decided to adopt a January-to-November playing season, and so the event was switched to being held at the end of each year. Because of this changeover, two championships were held in 1986. From 1979-2000, the event was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The event then briefly moved to Germany (2001). More recently, it has been held in Los Angeles, California (2002-2005). The 2006 edition was held in Madrid, Spain, the site of the 2007 tournament as well.

From 1972-1994, the event was known as the Virginia Slims Championships. Since then it has been officially known by the names of other sponsors (it was called the Chase Championships for a few years in the late-1990s), but is more commonly referred to as the "WTA Tour Championships".

From 1984-1998, the final of the championships was a best-of-five-set match – making it the only tournament on the women's tour to have a best-of-five-set match at any round of the competition. In 1999, the final was reverted to being a best-of-three-set match.

The WTA Tour Championships are generally considered to be the fifth most prestigious event on the women's tour after the four Grand Slam tournaments.


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[edit] Past Results

[edit] Singles

Year
Venue
Champion
Runner-up
Score in final
2006 Madrid Flag of Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne Flag of France Amélie Mauresmo 6-4, 6-3
2005 Los Angeles Flag of France Amélie Mauresmo Flag of France Mary Pierce 5-7, 7-6, 6-4
2004 Los Angeles Flag of Russia Maria Sharapova Flag of United States Serena Williams 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
2003 Los Angeles Flag of Belgium Kim Clijsters Flag of France Amélie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-0
2002 Los Angeles Flag of Belgium Kim Clijsters Flag of United States Serena Williams 7-5, 6-3
2001 Munich Flag of United States Serena Williams Flag of United States Lindsay Davenport w/o (injury)
2000 New York Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis Flag of United States Monica Seles 6-7, 6-4, 6-4
1999 New York Flag of United States Lindsay Davenport Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-2
1998 New York Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis Flag of United States Lindsay Davenport 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1997 New York Flag of Czech Republic Jana Novotná Flag of France Mary Pierce 7-6, 6-2, 6-3
1996 New York Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0
1995 New York Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Flag of Germany Anke Huber 6-1, 2-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
1994 New York Flag of Argentina Gabriela Sabatini Flag of United States Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
1993 New York Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Flag of Spain Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
1992 New York Flag of Yugoslavia Monica Seles Flag of United States Martina Navrátilová 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
1991 New York Flag of Yugoslavia Monica Seles Flag of United States Martina Navrátilová 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
1990 New York Flag of Yugoslavia Monica Seles Flag of Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1989 New York Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Flag of United States Martina Navrátilová 6-4, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
1988 New York Flag of Argentina Gabriela Sabatini Flag of United States Pam Shriver 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
1987 New York Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Flag of Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-4
1986 (2) New York Flag of United States Martina Navrátilová Flag of Germany Steffi Graf 7-6, 6-3, 6-2
1986 (1) New York Flag of United States Martina Navrátilová Flag of Czech Republic Hana Mandlíková 6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
1985 New York Flag of United States Martina Navrátilová Flag of Czech Republic Helena Suková 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
1984 New York Flag of United States Martina Navrátilová Flag of United States Chris Evert 6-3, 7-5, 6-1
1983 New York Flag of United States Martina Navrátilová Flag of United States Chris Evert 6-2, 6-0
1982 New York Flag of Germany Sylvia Hanika Flag of United States Martina Navrátilová 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
1981 New York Flag of Czech Republic Martina Navrátilová Flag of United States Andrea Jaeger 6-3, 7-6
1980 New York Flag of United States Tracy Austin Flag of Czech Republic Martina Navrátilová 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
1979 New York Flag of Czech Republic Martina Navrátilová Flag of United States Tracy Austin 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
1978 Boca Raton Flag of Czech Republic Martina Navrátilová Flag of Australia Evonne Goolagong 7-6, 6-4
1977 Boca Raton Flag of United States Chris Evert Flag of United Kingdom Sue Barker 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
1976 Boca Raton Flag of Australia Evonne Goolagong Flag of United States Chris Evert 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
1975 Boca Raton Flag of United States Chris Evert Flag of Czech Republic Martina Navrátilová 6-4, 6-2
1974 Boca Raton Flag of Australia Evonne Goolagong Flag of United States Chris Evert 6-3, 6-4
1973 Boca Raton Flag of United States Chris Evert Flag of United States Nancy Richey 6-3, 6-3
1972 Boca Raton Flag of United States Chris Evert Flag of Australia Kerry Reid 7-5, 6-4

[edit] Doubles Champions

Year
Champions
2006 Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
2005 Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
2004 Nadia Petrova / Meghann Shaughnessy
2003 Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suarez
2002 Elena Dementieva / Janette Husarova
2001 Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
2000 Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
1999 Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
1998 Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva
1997 Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná
1996 Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez
1995 Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1994 Gigi Fernandez / Natasha Zvereva
1993 Gigi Fernandez / Natasha Zvereva
1992 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario / Helena Suková
1991 Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver
1990 Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie
1989 Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver
1988 Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver
1987 Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver
1986 (2) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver
1986 (1) Hana Mandlíková / Wendy Turnbull
1985 Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver
1984 Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver
1983 Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver
1982 Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver
1981 Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver
1980 Billie Jean King / Martina Navrátilová
1979 Francoise Durr / Betty Stove
1978 no doubles played
1977 Martina Navrátilová / Betty Stove
1976 no doubles played
1975 Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
1974 Rosie Casals / Billie Jean King
1973 Rosie Casals / Margaret Court
1972 no doubles played

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