1995 WTA Tour
Steffi Graf won nine titles, including three slams | |
Details | |
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Duration | 2 January – 13 November, 1995 |
Edition | 25th |
Tournaments | 51 |
Categories |
Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Tier I (8) WTA Tier II (17) WTA Tier III (11) WTA Tier IV (10) |
Achievements | |
Most tournament titles |
Steffi Graf (9) Conchita Martínez (9) |
Most tournament finals | Steffi Graf (9) |
Prize money leader | Steffi Graf ($2,538,620) |
Points leader | Steffi Graf (393.25) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Steffi Graf |
Doubles Team of the year |
Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva |
Most improved player of the year | Chanda Rubin |
Newcomer of the year | Martina Hingis |
Comeback player of the year | Monica Seles |
← 1994 1996 → |
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1995 WTA Tour schedule.
- Key
Grand Slam events |
Year-end championships |
Tier I events |
Tier II events |
Tier III events |
Tier IV events |
Team events |
January
February
March
Week of | Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists |
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6 March | Virginia Slims of Florida Delray Beach, FL, USA Tier II Event $430,000 - Hard - 56S/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Steffi Graf 6–2, 6–4 | Conchita Martínez | Anke Huber Brenda Schultz | Barbara Rittner Elena Likhovtseva Florencia Labat Kristie Boogert |
Mary Joe Fernández Jana Novotná 6–4, 6–0 | Lori McNeil Larisa Savchenko | ||||
13 March 20 March | Lipton Championships Miami, FL, USA Tier I Event $1,550,000 - Hard - 96S/48D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Steffi Graf 6–1, 6–4 | Kimiko Date | Gabriela Sabatini Jana Novotná | Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer Rachel McQuillan Anke Huber Natalia Zvereva |
Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 | Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva | ||||
27 March | Family Circle Cup Hilton Head, SC, USA Tier I Event $806,250 - Clay - 56S/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–1 | Magdalena Maleeva | Silvia Farina Natalia Zvereva | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Lea Ghirardi Larisa Savchenko Iva Majoli |
Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva |
April
Week of | Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists |
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3 April | Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island, FL, USA Tier II Event $430,000 - Clay - 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–4 | Gabriela Sabatini | Magdalena Maleeva Sabine Hack | Amanda Coetzer Laurence Courtois Katarzyna Nowak Inés Gorrochategui |
Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf | ||||
10 April | Virginia Slims of Houston Houston, TX, USA Tier II Event $430,000 - Clay - 28S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Steffi Graf 6–1, 6–1 | Åsa Carlsson | Sabine Hack Wiltrud Probst | Tami Whitlinger Jones Nino Louarsabishvili Joannette Kruger Anna-Maria Cecchini |
Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf 6–4, 6–2 | Wiltrud Probst Rene Simpson | ||||
Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan Tier III Event $161,250 - Hard - 32S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Amy Frazier 7–6, 7–5 | Kimiko Date | Nana Miyagi Min Tang | Kyōko Nagatsuka Rita Grande Yone Kamio Patty Fendick | |
Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida 6–7, 6–4, 7–6 | Kyōko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama | ||||
17 April | Fed Cup First Round Sofia, Bulgaria, Carpet (i) Freiburg, Germany, Clay Metz, France, Clay Aventura, Florida, USA, Hard | Germany 4-1 France 3–2 United States 5-0 | Japan South Africa Austria | ||
24 April | Zagreb Open Zagreb, Croatia Tier III Event $161,250 - Clay - 32S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Sabine Appelmans 6–4, 6–3 | Silke Meier | Denisa Szabová Irina Spîrlea | Laura Golarsa Marketa Kochta Barbara Rittner Ai Sugiyama |
Mercedes Paz Rene Simpson 7–5, 6–2 | Laura Golarsa Irina Spîrlea | ||||
Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, Spain Tier II Event $430,000 - Clay - 28S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 5–7, 6–0, 6–2 | Iva Majoli | Amanda Coetzer Katarzyna Nowak | Ann Grossman Nathalie Tauziat Ruxandra Dragomir Inés Gorrochategui | |
Larisa Savchenko Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 | Mariaan de Swardt Iva Majoli |
May
June
Week of | Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists |
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12 June | DFS Classic Birmingham, Great Britain Tier III Event $161,250 - Grass - 56S/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Zina Garrison-Jackson 6–3, 6–3 | Lori McNeil | Elna Reinach Els Callens | Laurence Courtois Nicole Arendt Christina Singer Kristine Radford |
Manon Bollegraf Rennae Stubbs 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | Nicole Bradtke Kristine Radford | ||||
19 June | Direct Line International Championships Eastbourne, Great Britain Tier II Event $430,000 - Grass - 56S/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Nathalie Tauziat 3–6, 6–0, 7–5 | Chanda Rubin | Christina Singer Natalia Zvereva | Kimiko Date Yayuk Basuki Lori McNeil Inés Gorrochategui |
Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva | ||||
26 June 3 July | Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam $3,044,890 - Grass - 128S/64Q/64D/64X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Steffi Graf 4–6, 6–1, 7–5 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Jana Novotná Conchita Martínez | Mary Joe Fernández Kimiko Date Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz-McCarthy |
Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 | Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva | ||||
Martina Navratilova Jonathan Stark 6–4, 6–4 | Gigi Fernández Cyril Suk |
July
Week of | Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists | |
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10 July | Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy Tier IV Event $107,500 - Clay - 32S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Irina Spîrlea 7–6, 6–2 | Sabine Hack | Natalia Medvedeva Barbara Schett | Karina Habšudová Flora Perfetti Veronika Martinek Silvia Farina | |
Radka Bobková Petra Langrová 6–4, 6–1 | Petra Schwarz Katarína Studeníková | |||||
17 July | Fed Cup Semifinals Santander, Spain, Clay Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, Carpet (i) | United States 3-2 | France | |||
24 July | Styrian Open Styria, Austria Tier IV Event $107,500 - Clay - 32S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Judith Wiesner 7–6, 6–3 | Ruxandra Dragomir | Tatjana Ječmenica Barbara Paulus | Ángeles Montolio Silvia Farina Anna-Maria Cecchini Silvia Ramon-Cortes | |
Silvia Farina Andrea Temesvári 6–2, 6–2 | Alexandra Fusai Wiltrud Probst | |||||
31 July | Toshiba Classic San Diego, CA, USA Tier II Event $430,000 - Hard - 48S/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Conchita Martínez 6–2, 6–0 | Lisa Raymond | Sandrine Testud Mary Pierce | Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer Gigi Fernández Rachel McQuillan Åsa Carlsson | |
Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva 6–2, 6–1 | Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Sandrine Testud |
August
September
Week of | Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists |
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11 September | Warsaw Cup by Heros Warsaw, Poland Tier III Event $161,250 - Clay - 32S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Barbara Paulus 7–6(4), 4–6, 6–1 | Alexandra Fusai | Magdalena Grzybowska Karin Kschwendt | Jana Kandarr Katerina Kroupova Ludmila Richterová Tatiana Ignatieva |
Anna-Maria Cecchini Laura Garrone 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 | Henrieta Nagyová Denisa Szabová | ||||
WTA Nagoya Nagoya, Japan Tier IV Event $107,500 - Carpet (i) - 32S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Linda Wild 6–4, 6–2 | Sandra Kleinová | Yone Kamio Kristin Godridge | Rika Hiraki Sung-Hee Park Laxmi Poruri Kerry-Anne Guse | |
Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Radford 6–4, 6–4 | Rika Hiraki Sung-Hee Park | ||||
18 September | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Tier III Event $161,250 - Carpet (i) - 32S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Magdalena Maleeva 6–4, 6–2 | Elena Makarova | Meredith McGrath Adriana Serra Zanetti | Åsa Carlsson Elena Likhovtseva Sabine Appelmans Nanne Dahlman |
Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko 6–1, 6–0 | Anna Kournikova Aleksandra Olsza | ||||
Nichirei International Championships Tokyo, Japan Tier II Event $430,000 - Hard - 28S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Mary Pierce 6–3, 6–3 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Gabriela Sabatini Amanda Coetzer | Naoko Sawamatsu Lindsay Davenport Sung-Hee Park Amy Frazier | |
Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández 6–3, 6–2 | Amanda Coetzer Linda Wild | ||||
25 September | Sparkassen Cup Leipzig, Germany Tier II Event $430,000 - Carpet (i) - 28S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Anke Huber Walkover | Magdalena Maleeva | Judith Wiesner Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer | Jana Novotná Elena Likhovtseva Joannette Kruger Lindsay Lee |
Larisa Savchenko Meredith McGrath 6–4, 6–4 | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Caroline Vis | ||||
Nokia Open Beijing, China Tier IV Event $107,500 - Hard - 32S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Linda Wild 7–5, 6–2 | Shi-Ting Wang | Kristin Godridge Shaun Stafford | Mi-Ra Jeon Ann Grossman Petra Kamstra Elena Tatarkova | |
Claudia Porwik Linda Wild 6–1, 6–0 | Stephanie Rottier Shi-Ting Wang |
October
Week of | Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists |
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2 October | Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic Surabaya, Indonesia Tier IV Event $107,500 - Hard - 32S/14Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Shi-Ting Wang 6–1, 6–1 | Jing-Qian Yi | Tina Križan Annabel Ellwood | Elena Brioukhovets Fang Li Li-Ling Chen Sarah Pitkowski |
Petra Kamstra Tina Križan 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 | Nana Miyagi Stephanie Reece | ||||
Zurich Open Zürich, Switzerland Tier I Event $806,250 - Hard (i) - 28S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Iva Majoli 6–4, 6–4 | Mary Pierce | Chanda Rubin Mariaan de Swardt | Jana Novotná Magdalena Maleeva Joannette Kruger Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | |
Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 | Chanda Rubin Caroline Vis | ||||
9 October | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt, Germany Tier II Event $430,000 - Hard (i) - 28S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Iva Majoli 6–4, 7–6 | Gabriela Sabatini | Anke Huber Chanda Rubin | Petra Begerow Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Natalia Zvereva Mary Pierce |
Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva 5–7, 6–1, 6–4 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko | ||||
17 October | Brighton International Brighton, Great Britain Tier II Event $430,000 - Carpet (i) - 28S/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Mary Joe Fernández 6–4, 7–5 | Amanda Coetzer | Kristie Boogert Magdalena Maleeva | Mariaan de Swardt Barbara Paulus Helena Suková Miriam Oremans |
Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko 7–5, 6–1 | Lori McNeil Helena Suková | ||||
30 October | Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada Tier III Event $161,250 - Carpet (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 7–6, 6–2 | Dominique Monami | Lindsay Lee Rennae Stubbs | Sandrine Testud Julie Halard-Decugis Laurence Courtois Amanda Coetzer |
Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf 7–6, 4–6, 6–2 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | ||||
Bank of the West Classic Oakland, CA, USA Tier II Event $430,000 - Carpet (i) - 28S/14D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Magdalena Maleeva 6–3, 6–4 | Ai Sugiyama | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández | Zina Garrison-Jackson Helena Suková Linda Wild Venus Williams | |
Lori McNeil Helena Suková 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | Katrina Adams Zina Garrison-Jackson |
November
Week of | Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists |
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6 November | Advanta Championships of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA, USA Tier I Event $806,250 - Carpet (i) - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Steffi Graf 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 | Lori McNeil | Zina Garrison-Jackson Anke Huber | Meredith McGrath Irina Spîrlea Gabriela Sabatini Conchita Martínez |
Lori McNeil Helena Suková 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko | ||||
13 November | WTA Tour Championships New York, NY, USA WTA Tour Championships $2,000,000 - Carpet (i) - 16S/9D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Steffi Graf 6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 | Anke Huber | Natalia Zvereva Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | Mary Joe Fernández Gabriela Sabatini Kimiko Date Conchita Martínez |
Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–2, 6–1 | Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva | ||||
PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya City, Thailand Tier IV Event $107,500 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | Barbara Paulus 6–4, 6–3 | Jing-Qian Yi | Rita Grande Naoko Kijimuta | Aleksandra Olsza Maria-Alejandra Vento Min Tang Shi-Ting Wang | |
Jill Hetherington Kristine Radford 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 | Kristin Godridge Nana Miyagi | ||||
20 November | Fed Cup Final Valencia, Spain, Clay | Spain 3-2 | United States |
Statistical Information
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
- Steffi Graf - Paris, Delray Beach, Miami, Houston, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, Philadelphia, WTA Tour Championships (9)
- Conchita Martínez - Hilton Head, Amelia Island, Hamburg, Rome, San Diego, Manhattan Beach (6)
- Magdalena Maleeva - Chicago, Moscow, Oakland (3)
- Mary Joe Fernández - Indian Wells, Brighton (2)
- Iva Majoli - Zurich, Filderstadt (2)
- Barbara Paulus - Warsaw, Pattaya City (2)
- Mary Pierce - Australian Open, Tokyo (Tier II) (2)
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario - Barcelona, Berlin (2)
- Brenda Schultz-McCarthy - Oklahoma City, Quebec City (2)
- Linda Wild - Nagoya, Beijing (2)
- Sabine Appelmans - Zagreb (1)
- Nicole Bradtke - Auckland (1)
- Kimiko Date - Tokyo (Tier I) (1)
- Lindsay Davenport - Strasbourg (1)
- Amy Frazier - Tokyo (Tier III) (1)
- Zina Garrison-Jackson - Birmingham (1)
- Sabine Hack - Jakarta (1)
- Julie Halard - Prague (1)
- Anke Huber - Leipzig (1)
- Joannette Kruger - San Juan (1)
- Leila Meskhi - Hobart (1)
- Jana Novotná - Linz (1)
- Ludmila Richterová - Bournemouth (1)
- Gabriela Sabatini - Sydney (1)
- Monica Seles - Toronto (1)
- Irina Spîrlea - Palermo (1)
- Nathalie Tauziat - Eastbourne (1)
- Shi-Ting Wang - Surabaya (1)
- Judith Wiesner - Styria (1)
The following players won their first title:
- Joannette Kruger - San Juan
- Ludmila Richterová - Bournemouth
- Iva Majoli - Zurich
Rankings
Below are the 1995 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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See also
References
- ↑ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1995". WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ↑ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1995". WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
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