Taipei Women's Championships

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The Taipei Women's Championships is a defunct WTA Tour-affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1986 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1994. It was held in Taipei, Taiwan and played on indoor carpet courts from 1986 to 1988, and on outdoor hard courts in 1989 and from 1992 to 1994. The 1980s tours were sponsored partly by Virginia Slims, and the 1990s events were sponsored by Kraft Foods and Procter & Gamble, the latter of which were named P&G Taiwan Women's Open or Taiwan Open in short. Anne Minter and Shi-Ting Wang were the most successful players at the tournament, each winning the singles competition twice.

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Taipei Women's Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameTaipei Women's Championships (1986–89)
P&G Taiwan Women's Open (1992–94)
TourWTA Tour
Founded1986
Abolished1994
Editions7
LocationTaipei
Taiwan
VenueTaipei Municipal Tennis Courts
CategoryTier V (1992)
Tier IV (1993–94)
SurfaceCarpet (1986–88)
Hard (1989, 1992–94)

History

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The inaugural 1986 tournament was called the Chung Cheng Centennial Cup International Women's Tennis Championships and ran from October 6–12, 1986 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Chiang Kai-shek's birth.[1] The 32-draw singles and 16-draw doubles was played on carpet and the prize money for singles was $50,000. The winner of the singles tournament was Patricia Hy of Hong Kong who defeated Adriana Villagrán of Argentina in three sets.[2][3] It was part of the WTA's 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule. In 1989, the tournament switched to outdoor hard courts.[4] There was no tournament in Taipei for 1990 or 1991.

From 1992 to 1994, the tournament was run on outdoor hard courts where it was sponsored by Kraft Foods and called the P&G Taiwan Women's Open. It was played at the Taipei City Courts,[5] also known as Taipei Municipal Tennis Courts.[6][7]

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score Ref.
1986   Patricia Hy   Adriana Villagrán 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–3 [2][3]
1987   Anne Minter   Claudia Porwik 6–4, 6–1 [8]
1988   Stephanie Rehe   Brenda Schultz 6–4, 6–4 [9]
1989   Anne Minter   Cammy MacGregor 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 [4]
1990–1991 Not held
1992   Shaun Stafford   Ann Grossman 6–1, 6–3 [5]
1993   Wang Shi-ting   Linda Harvey-Wild 6–1, 7–6(7–4) [6]
1994   Wang Shi-ting   Kyōko Nagatsuka 6–1, 6–3 [7]

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score Ref.
1986   Lea Antonoplis
  Barbara Gerken
  Gigi Fernández
  Susan Leo
6–1, 6–2 [3]
1987   Cammy MacGregor
  Cynthia MacGregor
  Sandy Collins
  Sharon Walsh
7–6(10–8), 5–7, 6–4 [8]
1988   Patty Fendick
  Ann Henricksson
  Belinda Cordwell
  Julie Richardson
6–2, 2–6, 6–2 [9]
1989   Maria Lindström
  Heather Ludloff
  Cecilia Dahlman
  Nana Miyagi
4–6, 7–5, 6–3 [4]
1990–1991 Not held
1992   Jo-Anne Faull
  Julie Richardson
  Amanda Coetzer
  Cammy MacGregor
3–6, 6–3, 6–2 [5]
1993   Yayuk Basuki
  Nana Miyagi
  Jo-Anne Faull
  Kristine Radford
6–4, 6–2 [6]
1994   Michelle Jaggard-Lai
  Rene Simpson
  Nancy Feber
  Alexandra Fusai
6–0, 7–6(12–10) [7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Women's Tennis Tournament Brings Hu Na Back to Taipei". Taiwan Today. 6 October 1986. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b Services, Times Wire (13 October 1986). "Tennis Roundup : McEnroe Wins 3rd Straight Event". Retrieved 1 June 2016 – via LA Times.
  3. ^ a b c "1986 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1986. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "1989 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw, Qualifying Draw" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1989. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "1992 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1992. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "1993 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1993. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "1994 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1994. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b "1987 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw, 32Q draw sheet" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1987. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  9. ^ a b "1988 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1988. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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