WTA Hamburg

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.

WTA Hamburg
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameCasino Cup (1982)
Fila Europa Cup (1983)
Citizen Cup (1987–95)
Rexona Cup (1996–97)
Intersport Damen Grand Prix (1998)
Betty Barclay Cup (1999–2002)
TourWTA Tour (1982–2002)
Founded1982
Abolished2002
Editions18
SurfaceClay (1982–2002)

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 Cup Lisa Bonder-Kreiss Renáta Tomanová6–3, 6–2
1983 Fila Europa Cup Andrea Temesvári Eva Pfaff6–4, 6–2
1984–86 Not Held
1987 Citizen Cup Steffi Graf Isabel Cueto6–2, 6–2
1988 Steffi Graf Katerina Maleeva6–4, 6–2
1989 Steffi Graf Jana NovotnáWalkover
1990 Steffi Graf Arantxa Sánchez Vicario5–7, 6–0, 6–1
1991 Steffi Graf Monica Seles7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
1992 Steffi Graf Arantxa Sánchez Vicario7–6(7–5), 6–2
1993 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Steffi Graf6–3, 6–3
1994 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Steffi Graf4–6, 7–6, 7–6
1995 Conchita Martínez Martina Hingis6–1, 6–0
1996 Rexona Cup Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Conchita Martínez4–6, 7–6, 6–0
1997 Iva Majoli Ruxandra Dragomir6–3, 6–2
1998 Intersport Damen Grand Prix Martina Hingis Jana Novotná6–3, 7–5
1999 Betty Barclay Cup Venus Williams Mary Pierce6–0, 6–3
2000 Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario6–3, 6–3
2001 Venus Williams Meghann Shaughnessy6–3, 6–0
2002 Kim Clijsters Venus Williams1–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1982 Elisabeth Ekblom
Lena Sandin
Pat Medrado
Cláudia Monteiro
7–6, 6–3
1983 Bettina Bunge
Claudia Kohde Kilsch
Ivanna Madruga
Catherine Tanvier
7–5, 6–4
1987 Claudia Kohde Kilsch
Jana Novotná
Natal'ja Egorova
Leila Meskhi
7–6, 7–6
1988 Jana Novotná
Tine Scheuer-Larsen
Andrea Betzner
Judith Wiesner
6–4, 6–2
1989 Isabelle Demongeot
Nathalie Tauziat
Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
walkover
1990 Gigi Fernández
Martina Navratilova
Larisa Neiland
Helena Suková
6–2, 6–3
1991 Jana Novotná
Larisa Neiland
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Helena Suková
7–5, 6–1
1992 Steffi Graf
Rennae Stubbs
Manon Bollegraf
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993 Steffi Graf
Rennae Stubbs
Larisa Neiland
Jana Novotná
6–4, 7–6
1994 Jana Novotná
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Eugenia Maniokova
Leila Meskhi
6–3, 6–2
1995 Gigi Fernández
Martina Hingis
Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini
6–2, 6–3
1996 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Brenda Schultz
Gigi Fernández
Martina Hingis
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
1997 Anke Huber
Mary Pierce
Ruxandra Dragomir
Iva Majoli
2–6, 7–6, 6–2
1998 Barbara Schett
Patty Schnyder
Martina Hingis
Jana Novotná
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1999 Larisa Neiland
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Amanda Coetzer
Jana Novotná
6–2, 6–1
2000 Anna Kournikova
Natasha Zvereva
Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
6–7, 6–2, 6–4
2001 Cara Black
Elena Likhovtseva
Květa Peschke
Barbara Rittner
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
2002 Martina Hingis
Barbara Schett
Daniela Hantuchová
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–1, 6–1

See also

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