Acura Classic

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Acura Classic
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Location	San Diego, California  United States
Category	Tier I
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Draw	56M/32Q/32D
Prize Money	$1,340,000
Website	acuraclassic.com

The Acura Classic was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every summer at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 2004 until its final year in 2007.

The event was formed in 1984 by Raquel Giscafre as the Ginny of San Diego. Her former doubles partner, Jane Stratton, attained co-ownership of the tournament from 1986 until the event's cessation. The tournament has had various principal sponsors throughout its history, and has been played under the headings of the Great American Bank Tennis Classic, the Mazda Tennis Classic and the Toshiba Tennis Classic. The tournament was known for its strong player fields, location in the hills, and its atmosphere.

Although the tournament achieved the Tier I status only recently, it became 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, Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova. Six players won the tournament more than once, four of them consecutively. Graf holds the record for most wins (4); Venus Williams holds the record for most consecutive titles (3).

The event saw its last year of play in 2007.^[1] Maria Sharapova won the final singles event; whilst Cara Black and Liezel Huber triumphed in the doubles event. With this victory, Black became the winner of the most doubles titles, with 4.

Contents 1 Past finals 1.1 Singles 1.2 Doubles 2 See also 3 External links 4 References and footnotes

[edit] Past finals

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1984	Debbie Spence	Betsy Nagelsen	6-3, 6-7(3), 6-4
1985	Annabel Croft	Wendy Turnbull	6-0, 7-6(5)
1986	Melissa Gurney	Stephanie Rehe	6-2, 6-4
1987	Raffaella Reggi	Anne Minter	6-0, 6-4
1988	Stephanie Rehe	Ann Grossman	6-1, 6-1
1989	Steffi Graf	Zina Garrison Jackson	6-4, 7-5
1990	Steffi Graf	Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	6-3, 6-2
1991	Jennifer Capriati	Monica Seles	4-6, 6-1, 7-6(2)
1992	Jennifer Capriati	Conchita Martínez	6-3, 6-2
1993	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6-4, 4-6, 6-1
1994	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6-2, 6-1
1995	Conchita Martínez	Lisa Raymond	6-2, 6-0
1996	Kimiko Date	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3-6, 6-3, 6-0
1997	Martina Hingis	Monica Seles	7-6(4), 6-4
1998	Lindsay Davenport	Mary Pierce	6-3, 6-1
1999	Martina Hingis	Venus Williams	6-4, 6-0
2000	Venus Williams	Monica Seles	6-0, 6-7(3), 6-2
2001	Venus Williams	Monica Seles	6-2, 6-3
2002	Venus Williams	Jelena Dokić	6-2, 6-2
2003	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Kim Clijsters	3-6, 6-2, 6-3
2004	Lindsay Davenport	Anastasia Myskina	6-1, 6-1
2005	Mary Pierce	Ai Sugiyama	6-0, 6-3
2006	Maria Sharapova	Kim Clijsters	7-5, 7-5
2007	Maria Sharapova	Patty Schnyder	6-2, 3-6, 6-0

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1984	Betsy Nagelsen Paula Smith	Terry Holladay Iwona Kuczynska	6-2, 6-4
1985	Candy Reynolds Wendy Turnbull	Rosalyn Fairbank Sue Leo	6-4, 6-0
1986	Beth Herr Alycia Moulton	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	5-7, 6-2, 6-4
1987	Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	Elise Burgin Sharon Walsh-Pete	6-3, 6-4
1988	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	Betsy Nagelsen Dinky Van Rensburg	7-6(10), 6-4
1989	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	Gretchen Magers Rush Robin White	4-6, 6-3, 6-3
1990	Patty Fendick Zina Garrison Jackson	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	6-4, 7-6(5)
1991	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	Gigi Fernández Nathalie Tauziat	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
1992	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Conchita Martínez Mercedes Paz	6-1, 6-4
1993	Gigi Fernández Helena Suková	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	6-4, 6-3
1994	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Ginger Helgeson Rachel McQuillan	6-3, 6-3
1995	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Sandrine Testud	6-2, 6-1
1996	Gigi Fernández Conchita Martínez	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Savchenko Neiland	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
1997	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	6-3, 7-5
1998	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6-2, 6-1
1999	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6-4, 6-1
2000	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Lindsay Davenport Anna Kournikova	4-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)
2001	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6-4, 1-6, 6-4
2002	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6-2, 6-4
2003	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6-4, 7-5
2004	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4-6, 6-1, 6-4
2005	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6-77, 6-1, 7-5
2006	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy	6-2, 6-2
2007	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Anna Chakvetadze Victoria Azarenka	7-5, 6-3

[edit] See also

• List of tennis tournaments

[edit] External links

• Official website

[edit] References and footnotes

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