Taipei Women's Championships

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.

This article is about the WTA tournaments held in the 1980s and 1990s. For the current 125K level WTA tournament, see Taipei Open. For the WTA tournament started in 2016, see WTA Taiwan Open.
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

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 Villagran 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.
1986 Patricia Hy Adriana Villagrán6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–3[2][3]
1987 Anne Minter Claudia Porwik6–4, 6–1[8]
1988 Stephanie Rehe Brenda Schultz6–4, 6–4[9]
1989 Anne Minter Cammy MacGregor6–1, 4–6, 6–2[4]
1990–1991Not held
1992 Shaun Stafford Ann Grossman6–1, 6–3[5]
1993 Wang Shi-ting Linda Harvey-Wild6–1, 7–6(7–4)[6]
1994 Wang Shi-ting Kyōko Nagatsuka6–1, 6–3[7]

Doubles
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]
1990–1991Not 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]

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