WTA Austria

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The WTA Austria was a WTA Tour affiliated tennis event held annually from 1973–1998, with some periods of suspension. Four locations hosted the event: Kitzbühel, 1973–1977, 1979–1983, 1990–1993; Vienna, 1978; Bregenz, 1985–1986; Styria, 1994; Maria Lankowitz, 1995–1998. Women's tennis returned to Austria in 2007, with the creation of the Gastein Ladies tournament.

The event was held on outdoor clay for the duration of its existence. Upon its re-introduction to the tour in 1990, it was classed in the Tier IV categoyr of events; it was briefly elevated to a Tier III event in 1993 before being brought down a tier again. Three Austrians won the singles event, all from 1995–1997: Judith Wiesner, Barbara Paulus, and Barbara Schett. Romanian Virginia Ruzici holds the record number of singles wins, with her three victories coming in 1980, 1982, and 1985.

Contents 1 Prize money 2 Results 2.1 Singles 2.2 Doubles 3 References

[edit] Prize money

These were the total prize funds.

Year	Prize Money
1973–77	Figure unavailable
1978	$75,000
1979	$35,000
1980–83	$50,000
1984	not held
1985–86	$50,000
1987–89	not held
1990	$100,000
1991–93	$150,000
1994	$100,000
1995–98	$107,500

[edit] Results

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Olga Morozova	Rain prevented play
1974	Miroslava Koželuhová	Mima Jaušovec	6-3, 6-0
1975	Sue Barker	Pam Teeguarden	6-4, 6-4
1976	Wendy Turnbull	Virginia Ruzici	6-4, 5-7, 6-2
1977	Renáta Tomanová	Katja Ebbinghaus	6-3, 7-5
1978	Chris Evert	Caroline Stoll	6-1, 6-1
1979	Hana Mandlíková	Sylvia Hanika	2-6, 7-5, 6-3
1980	Virginia Ruzici	Hana Mandlíková	3-6, 6-1 ret.
1981	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Sylvia Hanika	7-5, 7-6
1982	Virginia Ruzici	Lea Plchová	6-2, 6-2
1983	Pascale Paradis	Petra Huber	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1984	not held
1985	Virginia Ruzici	Mima Jaušovec	6-2, 6-3
1986	Sandra Cecchini	Mariana Pérez-Roldán	6-4, 6-0
1987-89	not held
1990	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Rachel McQuillan	7-6, 6-4
1991	Conchita Martínez	Judith Wiesner	6-1, 2-6, 6-3
1992	Conchita Martínez	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	6-0, 3-6, 6-2
1993	Anke Huber	Judith Wiesner	6-4, 6-1
1994	Anke Huber	Judith Wiesner	6-3, 6-3
1995	Judith Wiesner	Ruxandra Dragomir	7-6, 6-3
1996	Barbara Paulus	Sandra Cecchini	walkover
1997	Barbara Schett	Henrieta Nagyová	3-6, 6-2, 6-3
1998	Patty Schnyder	Gala León García	6-2, 4-6, 6-3

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Result unavailable
1974	Beatrix Klein Eva Szabo	Ana Maria Bravo Iris Riedel-Kuhn	6-1, 6-4
1975	Sue Barker Pam Teeguarden	Fiorella Bonicelli Raquel Giscafre	6-4, 6-3
1976	Helen Anliot Mimi Wikstedt	Katja Ebbinghaus Heidi Eisterlenher	6-4, 2-6, 7-5
1977	Helen Gourlay-Cawley Rayni Fox	Lesley Charles Jackie Fayter	6-1, 6-4
1978	Dianne Fromholtz Marise Kruger	Ilana Kloss Betty-Ann Stuart	3-6, 6-4, 6-1
1979	Helen Anliot Diane Evers	Virginia Ruzici Elly Vessies	6-0, 6-4
1980	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	Renáta Tomanová Hana Mandlíková	walkover
1981	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	Elizabeth Little Yvonne Vermaak	6-4, 6-3
1982	Yvona Brzáková Kateřina Böhmová	Jill Patterson Courtney Lord	6-1, 7-5
1983	Chris Newton Pam Whytcross	Nathalie Herreman Pascale Paradis	2-6, 6-4, 7-6
1984	not held
1985	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	Andrea Holíková Kateřina Böhmová	6-2, 6-3
1986	Petra Huber Petra Keppeler	Sabrina Goleš Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6-2, 6-4
1987-89	not held
1990	Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková	Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini	6-0, 6-4
1991	Bettina Fulco-Villella Nicole Muns-Jagerman	Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini	7-5, 6-4
1992	Florencia Labat Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	Amanda Coetzer Wiltrud Probst	6-3, 6-3
1993	Li Fang Dominique Monami	Maja Murić Pavlína Rajzlová	6-2, 6-1
1994	Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini	Alexandra Fusai Karina Habšudová	7-5, 7-5
1995	Silvia Farina Elia Andrea Temesvari	Alexandra Fusai Wiltrud Probst	6-2, 6-2
1996	Janette Husárová Natalia Medvedeva	Lenka Cenková Katerina Šišková	6-4, 7-5
1997	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	Radka Bobková Wiltrud Probst	6-2, 6-2
1998	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6-1, 6-2

[edit] References

• WTA Tour Final Results: 1971-2007