Acura Classic

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Location San Diego, California, USA
Date July 31-August 6, 2006
Category Tier I
Prize Money $1,340,000
Draw 56M/32Q/32D
Surface Hardcourt (O)
Directors Raquel Giscafre &
Jane Stratton

The Acura Classic is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every summer at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament beginning in 2004.

The tournament is known for its strong player fields, location in the hills, and its atmosphere.

Although the tournament achieved the Tier I status only recently, it has become a draw to the heavyweights in women's tennis since its inception in the 1980s, being a crucial warm-up tournament leading to the US Open. Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Steffi Graf, Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Martina Hingis, and Justine Henin-Hardenne.

The event will see its last year of play in 2007 [1].

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[edit] Past finals

[edit] Singles

Since 1996:

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1996 Flag of Japan Kimiko Date Flag of Spain Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
1997 Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis Flag of United States Monica Seles 7-6 (4), 6-4
1998 Flag of United States Lindsay Davenport Flag of France Mary Pierce 6-3, 6-1
1999 Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis Flag of United States Venus Williams 6-4, 6-0
2000 Flag of United States Venus Williams Flag of United States Monica Seles 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-2
2001 Flag of United States Venus Williams Flag of United States Monica Seles 6-2, 6-3
2002 Flag of United States Venus Williams Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokic 6-2, 6-2
2003 Flag of Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne Flag of Belgium Kim Clijsters 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
2004 Flag of United States Lindsay Davenport Flag of Russia Anastasia Myskina 6-1, 6-1
2005 Flag of France Mary Pierce Flag of Japan Ai Sugiyama 6-0, 6-3
2006 Flag of Russia Maria Sharapova Flag of Belgium Kim Clijsters 7-5, 7-5
2007

[edit] Doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2006 Flag of Zimbabwe Cara Black &
Flag of Australia Rennae Stubbs
Flag of Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld &
Flag of United States Meghann Shaughnessy
6-2, 6-2
2007

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

WTA Tier I Tournaments
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