WTA Hamburg

WTA Hamburg
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Casino Cup (1982)
Fila Europa Cup (1983)
Citizen Cup (1987–95)
Rexona Cup (1996–97)
Intersport Damen Grand Prix (1998)
Betty Barclay Cup (1999–2002)
Tour WTA Tour (1982–2002)
Founded 1982
Abolished 2002
Editions 18
Surface Clay (1982–2002)

The WTA Hamburg was a women's tennis event that was held from 1982 to 1983 (in Hittfeld) and again from 1987 through to 2002 and was part of the WTA Tour. It existed under several different sponsored names but was most commonly known as the Citizen Cup (1987–1995) or the Betty Barclay Cup (1999–2002). It was held in Hamburg, Germany and was played on outdoor clay courts.

It existed as a lower tier tournament in the first five years of its run but in 1990 was promoted to Tier II status which it maintained for the rest of its run. Steffi Graf holds the record for the most wins at the event, winning it six times consecutively from 1987–1992. She also finished runner-up a further two times.

The event is also infamous for being the location where Monica Seles, then-world No.1, was stabbed on April 30, 1993 by a disorderly local tennis fan during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva. Seles never played in Germany again after the incident.

Champions

Singles

Year Name Champion Runners-up Score
1982 Casino CupUnited States Lisa Bonder-KreissCzechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová6–3, 6–2
1983 Fila Europa CupHungary Andrea TemesváriWest Germany Eva Pfaff6–4, 6–2
1984–86 Not Held
1987 Citizen CupWest Germany Steffi GrafWest Germany Isabel Cueto6–2, 6–2
1988West Germany Steffi GrafBulgaria Katerina Maleeva6–4, 6–2
1989West Germany Steffi GrafCzechoslovakia Jana NovotnáWalkover
1990West Germany Steffi GrafSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario5–7, 6–0, 6–1
1991Germany Steffi GrafSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
1992Germany Steffi GrafSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario7–6(7–5), 6–2
1993Spain Arantxa Sánchez VicarioGermany Steffi Graf6–3, 6–3
1994Spain Arantxa Sánchez VicarioGermany Steffi Graf4–6, 7–6, 7–6
1995Spain Conchita MartínezSwitzerland Martina Hingis6–1, 6–0
1996 Rexona CupSpain Arantxa Sánchez VicarioSpain Conchita Martínez4–6, 7–6, 6–0
1997Croatia Iva MajoliRomania Ruxandra Dragomir6–3, 6–2
1998 Intersport Damen Grand PrixSwitzerland Martina HingisCzech Republic Jana Novotná6–3, 7–5
1999 Betty Barclay CupUnited States Venus WilliamsFrance Mary Pierce6–0, 6–3
2000Switzerland Martina HingisSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario6–3, 6–3
2001United States Venus WilliamsUnited States Meghann Shaughnessy6–3, 6–0
2002Belgium Kim ClijstersUnited States Venus Williams1–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1982 Sweden Elisabeth Ekblom
Sweden Lena Sandin
Brazil Pat Medrado
Brazil Cláudia Monteiro
7–6, 6–3
1983 West Germany Bettina Bunge
West Germany Claudia Kohde Kilsch
Argentina Ivanna Madruga
France Catherine Tanvier
7–5, 6–4
1987 West Germany Claudia Kohde Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Soviet Union Natal'ja Egorova
Soviet Union Leila Meskhi
7–6, 7–6
1988 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen
West Germany Andrea Betzner
Austria Judith Wiesner
6–4, 6–2
1989 France Isabelle Demongeot
France Nathalie Tauziat
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
walkover
1990 United States Gigi Fernández
United States Martina Navratilova
Soviet Union Larisa Neiland
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6–2, 6–3
1991 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Soviet Union Larisa Neiland
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
7–5, 6–1
1992 Germany Steffi Graf
Australia Rennae Stubbs
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993 Germany Steffi Graf
Australia Rennae Stubbs
Latvia Larisa Neiland
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
6–4, 7–6
1994 Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Russia Eugenia Maniokova
Georgia (country) Leila Meskhi
6–3, 6–2
1995 United States Gigi Fernández
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
6–2, 6–3
1996 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Netherlands Brenda Schultz
United States Gigi Fernández
Switzerland Martina Hingis
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
1997 Germany Anke Huber
France Mary Pierce
Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Croatia Iva Majoli
2–6, 7–6, 6–2
1998 Austria Barbara Schett
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1999 Latvia Larisa Neiland
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
South Africa Amanda Coetzer
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
6–2, 6–1
2000 Russia Anna Kournikova
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
6–7, 6–2, 6–4
2001 Zimbabwe Cara Black
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Germany Barbara Rittner
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
2002 Switzerland Martina Hingis
Austria Barbara Schett
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–1, 6–1

See also

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