Faber Grand Prix

The Faber Grand Prix is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1992 to 2000. It was held in Essen in Germany from 1992 to 1994 as well as in 1996, and subsequently in Hanover in Germany from 1997 to 2000. The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts.

Faber Grand Prix
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameNokia Grand Prix (1992–94)
Faber Grand Prix (1996–2000)
TourWTA Tour (1992–2000)
Founded1992
Abolished2000
Editions8
LocationEssen, Germany (1992–94, 1996)
Hanover, Germany (1997–2000)
SurfaceCarpet (1992–2000)

Results

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1992 (E) Monica Seles Mary Joe Fernández6–0, 6–3
1993 (E) Natalia Medvedeva Conchita Martínez6–7, 7–5, 6–4
1994 (E) Jana Novotná Iva Majoli6–2, 6–4
1995Not held
1996 (E) Iva Majoli Jana Novotná7–5, 1–6, 7–6
1997 (H) Iva Majoli Jana Novotná4–6, 7–6, 6–4
1998 (H) Patty Schnyder Jana Novotná6–0, 2–6, 7–5
1999 (H) Jana Novotná Venus Williams6–4, 6–4
2000 (H) Serena Williams Denisa Chládková6–1, 6–1

(E)=Essen, (H)=Hanover

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1992 Katerina Maleeva
Barbara Rittner
Sabine Appelmans
Claudia Porwik
7–5, 6–3
1993 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Helena Suková
Wiltrud Probst
Christina Singer
6–2, 6–2
1994 Maria Lindström
Maria Strandlund
Eugenia Maniokova
Leila Meskhi
6–2, 6–1
1995Not held
1996 Meredith McGrath
Larisa Neiland
Lori McNeil
Helena Suková
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1997 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
Larisa Neiland
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1998 Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
Elena Likhovtseva
Caroline Vis
6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999 Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat
5–7, 6–2, 6–2
2000 Åsa Carlsson
Natasha Zvereva
Silvia Farina Elia
Karina Habšudová
6–3, 6–4

References


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