The 1992 WTA Tour (officially titled 1992 Kraft General Foods World Tour after its sponsor) was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 1992 tennis season.
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Duration | December 2, 1991 – November 16, 1992 |
Edition | 20th |
Tournaments | 57 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Summer Olympics WTA Tier I (6) WTA Tier II (15) WTA Tier III (5) WTA Tier IV (11) WTA Tier V (14) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Monica Seles (10) |
Most tournament finals | Monica Seles (14) |
Prize money leader | Monica Seles $2,622,352 |
Points leader | Monica Seles 283.00 |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Monica Seles |
Doubles team of the year | |
Most improved player of the year | Kimiko Date |
Newcomer of the year | Debbie Graham |
Comeback player of the year | Jenny Byrne |
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The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
Schedule
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Grand Slam tournaments |
Summer Olympic Games |
Year-end championships |
WTA Tier I tournaments |
WTA Tier II events |
WTA Tier III events |
WTA Tier IV events |
WTA Tier V events |
Team events |
December 1991
editWeek | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Dec 2 | Nivea Cup São Paulo, Brazil Tier V event Clay – $75,000 – 32S/32Q/16D |
Sabine Hack 6–3, 7–5 |
Veronika Martinek | Inés Gorrochategui Donna Faber |
Virginia Ruano Luanne Spadea Patricia Tarabini Florencia Labat |
Inés Gorrochategui Mercedes Paz 6–2, 6–2 |
Renata Baranski Laura Glitz | ||||
Dec 30 | Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – A$1,000,000 – 12 teams |
Switzerland 2–1 |
Czechoslovakia | Germany Spain |
France United States CIS Spain |
Danone Open Brisbane, Australia WTA Tier IV Hard – $150,000 – 56S/32Q/32D |
Nicole Provis 6–3, 6–2 |
Rachel McQuillan | Magdalena Maleeva Debbie Graham |
Andrea Temesvári Radka Zrubáková Mana Endo Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | |
Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland 6–4, 6–3 |
Manon Bollegraf Nicole Provis |
January
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editNovember
editRankings
editBelow are the 1992 WTA year-end rankings (November 23, 1992) in both singles and doubles competition:
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1992" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1992" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.