WTA_Tier_I_tournaments

WTA Tier I tournaments

Tennis tournament category

The WTA Tier I tournaments^[1] were Women's Tennis Association tennis elite tournaments held from 1990 until the end of the 2008 season. From 1988 to 1990, the different levels of WTA tournaments were referred to by the term 'Category', and there were 5 categories.^[2] Two of the Tier I tournaments, Indian Wells and Miami, were also joint events held simultaneously with the ATP Tour Masters Series.

There were initially 6 Tier I tournaments held annually from 1990. The list expanded to 8 events in 1993, 9 in 1997 and 10 in 2004, before being scaled back to 9 for 2008.

In 2009 the WTA changed the tournament categories, so that the majority of Tier I and Tier II tournaments were in one category, Premier Tournaments, split into three categories.

Singles results

Singles champions

Tier I records & statistics

Singles

The most titles won: Martina Hingis, 17
The most final appearances: Martina Hingis, 27
The most wins of a particular Tier I tournament: 5 Steffi Graf, Berlin (1991-1994, 1996) Martina Hingis, Tokyo (1997, 1999-2000, 2002, 2007) Serena Williams, Miami (2002-2004, 2007-2008)
The most consecutive wins of a particular Tier I tournament:

Steffi Graf, Berlin, 4 (1991—1994)

Conchita Martinez, Rome, 4 (1993-1996)

Monica Seles, Canadian Open, 4 (1995—1998)

Fastest to...

5 titles: in 1 year, Hingis (Tokyo 2000 - Zurich 2000)
10 titles: in 3 years, Hingis (Tokyo 1997 - Tokyo 2000)
15 titles: in 5 years, Hingis (Tokyo 1997 - Tokyo 2002)
17 titles: in 12 years, Hingis (Tokyo 1997 - Tokyo 2008)
Quadruple titles:

Tokyo—Miami—Canada—Zurich ("The Hard Quadruple") Hingis, 2000

Triple titles:

Indian Wells—Miami—Canada ("The Hard Triple") Clijsters, 2005
Indian Wells—San Diego—Zurich ("The Hard Triple") Sharapova, 2006

Double titles:

Canada - Miami (Hard)	Sanchez Vicario	1992
Canada — Tokyo (Hard)	Hingis	1999
Canada - Indian Wells (Hard)	S Williams	2001
Canada - Zurich (Hard)	Henin	2003
Indian Wells - Miami (Hard)	Clijsters	2005
Indian Wells - San Diego (Hard)	Sharapova	2006
San Diego - Moscow (Hard)	Pierce	2005
Tokyo - Miami (Hard)	Graf	1994
Tokyo - Miami (Hard)	Hingis	1997
Tokyo - Zurich (Hard)	Davenport	1998, 2001
Zurich - Miami (Hard)	V Williams	1999

Charleston - Berlin (Clay)	Henin	2003, 2005
Charleston - Berlin (Clay)	Petrova	2006
Berlin — Rome (Clay)	Seles	1990
Berlin — Rome (Clay)	Mauresmo	2004
Hilton Head — Rome (Clay)	Sabatini	1992
Hilton Head - Rome (Clay)	Martinez	1994, 1995
Hilton Head — Berlin (Clay)	Graf	1993
Hilton Head - Berlin (Clay)	Hingis	1999

Winners of 6 series tournaments on hard:

Hingis (Tokyo 96, Miami 97, Indian Wells 98, Canada 99, Zurich 00, Moscow 00).

Winners of 5 series tournaments on hard:

Sharapova (Tokyo 05, Indian Wells 06, San Diego 06, Zurich 06, Doha 08).

Winners of 3 series tournaments on clay:

Martinez (Rome 93, Hilton Head 94, Berlin 98).
Hingis (Hilton Head 97, Rome 98, Berlin 99).

Winners of the series tournaments on three surfaces:

Navratilova (Chicago 90, Hilton Head 90, Tokyo 93).

A number of players hold records for winning the tournaments multiple times, while other records are achieved for successive tournament wins, mini-combination victories amongst others.

Conchita Martínez won the Italian Open four straight times, from 1993 to 1996, and reached the final in 1997.
Martina Hingis has won all the different Tier I tournaments except for the San Diego event, which became a Tier I event in 2004, during her three-year withdrawal from the sport which ended in late 2005.

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[westber-4] Until German reunification, in 1990, tournament was held in West Berlin, West Germany.

[5] In 1993, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was held in Yokohama instead of Tokyo.

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Tournament	Also known as	City(s)	Country	Court surface	Tier I from	Years
Miami Open	Sony Ericsson Open	Miami	United States	Hard	1990–2008	19
German Open	Qatar Total German Open^[3]	Berlin^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Germany^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Red Clay	1990–2008	19
Canadian Open	Rogers Cup	Montreal/Toronto (rotates each year)	Canada	Hard	1990–2008	19
Family Circle Cup	Family Circle Cup	Hilton Head and Charleston	United States	Green Clay	1990–2008	19
Italian Open	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Rome	Italy	Red Clay	1990–2008	19
Pan Pacific Open	Toray Pan Pacific Open	Yokohama and Tokyo	Japan	Hard	1993–2008	16
Zurich Open	Zurich Open	Zürich	Switzerland	Hard (i)	1993–2007	15
Indian Wells Open	Pacific Life Open	Indian Wells	United States	Hard	1997–2008	12
Kremlin Cup	Kremlin Cup	Moscow	Russia	Carpet (i)	1997–2008	12
Southern California Open	Acura Classic	San Diego	United States	Hard	2004–2007	4
Advanta Championships Philadelphia	Advanta Championships Philadelphia	Philadelphia	United States	Carpet (i)	1993–1995	3
Virginia Slims of Florida	Virginia Slims of Florida	Boca Raton	United States	Hard	1991–1992	2
Ameritech Cup	Ameritech Cup Chicago	Chicago	United States	Carpet (i)	1990	1
Qatar Open	Qatar Total Open	Doha	Qatar	Hard	2008	1

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Chicago	Martina Navratilova	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	6–3, 6–2
Miami	Monica Seles	Judith Wiesner	6–1, 6–2
Hilton Head	Martina Navratilova	Jennifer Capriati	6–2, 6–4
Rome	Monica Seles	Martina Navratilova	6–1, 6–1
Berlin	Monica Seles	Steffi Graf	6–4, 6–3
Montreal	Steffi Graf	Katerina Maleeva	6–1, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boca Raton	Gabriela Sabatini	Steffi Graf	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Miami	Monica Seles	Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 7–5
Hilton Head	Gabriela Sabatini	Leila Meskhi	6–1, 6–1
Rome	Gabriela Sabatini	Monica Seles	6–3, 6–2
Berlin	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 4–6, 7–6^(8–6)
Toronto	Jennifer Capriati	Katerina Maleeva	6–2, 6–3

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boca Raton	Steffi Graf	Conchita Martínez	3–6, 6–2, 6–0
Miami	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–4
Hilton Head	Gabriela Sabatini	Conchita Martínez	6–1, 6–4
Rome	Gabriela Sabatini	Monica Seles	7–5, 6–4
Berlin	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Montreal	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Monica Seles	6–3, 4–6, 6–4

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Yokohama^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Martina Navratilova	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	6–2, 6–2
Miami	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Steffi Graf	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Hilton Head	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6^(10–8), 6–1
Rome	Conchita Martínez	Gabriela Sabatini	7–5, 6–1
Berlin	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	7–6^(7–3), 2–6, 6–4
Toronto	Steffi Graf	Jennifer Capriati	6–1, 0–6, 6–3
Zurich	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
Philadelphia	Conchita Martínez	Steffi Graf	6–3, 6–3

WTA_Tier_I_tournaments

WTA Tier I tournaments

Events

Singles results

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Tier I records & statistics

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Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Steffi Graf	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–4
Miami	Steffi Graf	Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Hilton Head	Conchita Martínez	Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–0
Rome	Conchita Martínez	Martina Navratilova	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Berlin	Steffi Graf	Brenda Schultz	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Montreal	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Steffi Graf	7–5, 1–6, 7–6^(7–4)
Zurich	Magdalena Maleeva	Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Philadelphia	Anke Huber	Mary Pierce	6–0, 6–7^(4–7), 7–5

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Kimiko Date	Lindsay Davenport	6–1, 6–2
Miami	Steffi Graf	Kimiko Date	6–1, 6–4
Hilton Head	Conchita Martínez	Magdalena Maleeva	6–1, 6–1
Rome	Conchita Martínez	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–1
Berlin	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Magdalena Maleeva	6–4, 6–1
Toronto	Monica Seles	Amanda Coetzer	6–0, 6–1
Zurich	Iva Majoli	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–4
Philadelphia	Steffi Graf	Lori McNeil	6–1, 4–6, 6–3

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Martina Hingis	Steffi Graf	Walkover
Indian Wells	Lindsay Davenport	Irina Spîrlea	6–2, 6–1
Miami	Martina Hingis	Monica Seles	6–2, 6–1
Hilton Head	Martina Hingis	Monica Seles	3–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Rome	Mary Pierce	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 6–0
Berlin	Mary Joe Fernández	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–2
Toronto	Monica Seles	Anke Huber	6–2, 6–4
Zurich	Lindsay Davenport	Nathalie Tauziat	7–6^(7–3), 7–5
Moscow	Jana Novotná	Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Martina Hingis	Sandrine Testud	6–3, 7–5
Indian Wells	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Miami	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–2
Hilton Head	Mary Pierce	Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario	6–1, 6–0
Berlin	Conchita Martínez	Amanda Coetzer	6–1, 6–2
Rome	Monica Seles	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Montreal	Martina Hingis	Serena Williams	0–6, 6–3, 3-0 retired
Zurich	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Moscow	Martina Hingis	Anna Kournikova	6–3, 6–1

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Maria Sharapova	Lindsay Davenport	6–1, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Indian Wells	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Miami	Kim Clijsters	Maria Sharapova	7–5, 6–3
Charleston	Justine Henin	Elena Dementieva	7–5, 6–4
Berlin	Justine Henin	Nadia Petrova	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Rome	Amélie Mauresmo	Patty Schnyder	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
San Diego	Mary Pierce	Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–0
Toronto	Kim Clijsters	Justine Henin	7–5, 6–1
Moscow	Mary Pierce	Francesca Schiavone	6–4, 6–3
Zurich	Lindsay Davenport	Patty Schnyder	7–6, 6–3

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Martina Hingis	Ana Ivanovic	6–4, 6–2
Indian Wells	Daniela Hantuchová	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–3, 6–4^[4]
Miami	Serena Williams	Justine Henin	0–6, 7–5, 6–3
Charleston	Jelena Janković	Dinara Safina	6–2, 6–2
Berlin	Ana Ivanovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Rome	Jelena Janković	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7–5, 6–1
San Diego	Maria Sharapova	Patty Schnyder	6–2, 3–6, 6–0
Toronto	Justine Henin	Jelena Janković	7–6^(7–3), 7–5
Moscow	Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams	5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Zurich	Justine Henin	Tatiana Golovin	6–4, 6–4

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Doha	Maria Sharapova	Vera Zvonareva	6–1, 2–6, 6–0
Indian Wells	Ana Ivanovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–4, 6–3
Miami	Serena Williams	Jelena Janković	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Charleston	Serena Williams	Vera Zvonareva	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Berlin	Dinara Safina	Elena Dementieva	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Rome	Jelena Janković	Alizé Cornet	6–2, 6–2
Montreal	Dinara Safina	Dominika Cibulková	6–2, 6–1
Tokyo	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–3
Moscow	Jelena Janković	Vera Zvonareva	6–2, 6–4

Year	Doha	Tokyo	Indian Wells	Miami	Charleston	Berlin	Rome	San Diego	Canada	Moscow	Zurich	Chicago	Boca Raton	Philadelphia
1990	-	-	-	Seles (1/9)	Navratilova (1/3)	Seles (2/9)	Seles (3/9)	-	Graf (1/15)	-	-	Navratilova (2/3)	-	-
1991	-	-	-	Seles (4/9)	Sabatini (1/5)	Graf (2/15)	Sabatini (2/5)	-	Capriati (1/2)	-	-	-	Sabatini (3/5)	-
1992	-	-	-	Sánchez (1/6)	Sabatini (4/5)	Graf (3/15)	Sabatini (5/5)	-	Sánchez (2/6)	-	-	-	Graf (4/15)	-
1993	-	Navratilova (3/3)	-	Sánchez (3/6)	Graf (5/15)	Graf (6/15)	Martínez (1/9)	-	Graf (7/15)	-	Man.Maleeva (1/1)	-	-	Martínez (2/9)
1994	-	Graf (8/15)	-	Graf (9/15)	Martínez (3/9)	Graf (10/15)	Martínez (4/9)	-	Sánchez (4/6)	-	Mag.Maleeva (1/2)	-	-	Huber (1/1)
1995	-	Date (1/1)	-	Graf (11/15)	Martínez (5/9)	Sánchez (5/6)	Martínez (6/9)	-	Seles (5/9)	-	Majoli (1/3)	-	-	Graf (12/15)
1996	-	Majoli (2/3)	Graf (13/15)	Graf (14/15)	Sánchez (6/6)	Graf (15/15)	Martínez (7/9)	-	Seles (6/9)	-	Novotná (1/2)	-	-	-
1997	-	Hingis (1/17)	Davenport (1/11)	Hingis (2/17)	Hingis (3/17)	M.J.Fernandez (1/1)	Pierce (1/5)	-	Seles (7/9)	Novotná (2/2)	Davenport (2/11)	-	-	-
1998	-	Davenport (3/11)	Hingis (4/17)	V.Williams (1/6)	Coetzer (1/1)	Martínez (8/9)	Hingis (5/17)	-	Seles (8/9)	Pierce (2/5)	Davenport (4/11)	-	-	-
1999	-	Hingis (6/17)	S.Williams (1/10)	V.Williams (2/6)	Hingis (7/17)	Hingis (8/17)	V.Williams (3/6)	-	Hingis (9/17)	Tauziat (1/1)	V.Williams (4/6)	-	-	-
2000	-	Hingis (10/17)	Davenport (5/11)	Hingis (11/17)	Pierce (3/5)	Martínez (9/9)	Seles (9/9)	-	Hingis (12/17)	Hingis (13/17)	Hingis (14/17)	-	-	-
2001	-	Davenport (6/11)	S.Williams (2/10)	V.Williams (5/6)	Capriati (2/2)	Mauresmo (1/6)	Dokić (1/2)	-	S.Williams (3/10)	Dokić (2/2)	Davenport (7/11)	-	-	-
2002	-	Hingis (15/17)	Hantuchová (1/2)	S.Williams (4/10)	Majoli (3/3)	Henin (1/10)	S.Williams (5/10)	-	Mauresmo (2/6)	Mag.Maleeva (2/2)	Schnyder (1/1)	-	-	-
2003	-	Davenport (8/11)	Clijsters (1/5)	S.Williams (6/10)	Henin (2/10)	Henin (3/10)	Clijsters (2/5)	-	Henin (4/10)	Myskina (1/2)	Henin (5/10)	-	-	-
2004	-	Davenport (9/11)	Henin (6/10)	S.Williams (7/10)	V.Williams (6/6)	Mauresmo (3/6)	Mauresmo (4/6)	Davenport (10/11)	Mauresmo (5/6)	Myskina (2/2)	Molik (1/1)	-	-	-
2005	-	Sharapova (1/6)	Clijsters (3/5)	Clijsters (4/5)	Henin (7/10)	Henin (8/10)	Mauresmo (6/6)	Pierce (4/5)	Clijsters (5/5)	Pierce (5/5)	Davenport (11/11)	-	-	-
2006	-	Dementieva (1/2)	Sharapova (2/6)	Kuznetsova (1/1)	Petrova (1/2)	Petrova (2/2)	Hingis (16/17)	Sharapova (3/6)	Ivanovic (1/3)	Chakvetadze (1/1)	Sharapova (4/6)	-	-	-
2007	-	Hingis (17/17)	Hantuchová (2/2)	S.Williams (8/10)	Janković (1/4)	Ivanovic (2/3)	Janković (2/4)	Sharapova (5/6)	Henin (9/10)	Dementieva (2/2)	Henin (10/10)	-	-	-
2008	Sharapova (6/6)	Safina (3/3)	Ivanovic (3/3)	S.Williams (9/10)	S.Williams (10/10)	Safina (1/3)	Janković (3/4)	-	Safina (2/3)	Janković (4/4)	-	-	-	-
Year	Doha	Tokyo	Indian Wells	Miami	Charleston	Berlin	Rome	San Diego	Canada	Moscow	Zurich	Chicago	Boca Raton	Philadelphia