Taipei Arena
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)

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.

History

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

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score Ref.
1986Hong Kong Patricia HyArgentina Adriana Villagrán6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–3[2][3]
1987Australia Anne MinterWest Germany Claudia Porwik6–4, 6–1[8]
1988United States Stephanie ReheNetherlands Brenda Schultz6–4, 6–4[9]
1989Australia Anne MinterUnited States Cammy MacGregor6–1, 4–6, 6–2[4]
1990–1991Not held
1992United States Shaun StaffordUnited States Ann Grossman6–1, 6–3[5]
1993Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-tingUnited States Linda Harvey-Wild6–1, 7–6(7–4)[6]
1994Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-tingJapan Kyōko Nagatsuka6–1, 6–3[7]

Doubles

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Tennis Tournament Brings Hu Na Back to Taipei". Taiwan Today. 6 October 1986. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 Services, Times Wire (13 October 1986). "Tennis Roundup : McEnroe Wins 3rd Straight Event". Retrieved 1 June 2016 – via LA Times.
  3. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 "1992 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1992. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "1993 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1993. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 "1994 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1994. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  8. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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