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1990 WTA Tier I Series

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1990 WTA Tier I Series
Details
DurationFebruary 12 – August 5
Edition1st
Tournaments6
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles (3)
Most finalsSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles (3)
1989
1991

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.[1][2]

Tournaments

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Tournament Country Location Surface Date Prize money[3]
Virginia Slims of Chicago[4] United States Chicago Carpet (i) Feb 12 –18 $500,000
Lipton International Players Championships United States Key Biscayne Hard Mar 19 – 24 $750,000
Family Circle Cup United States Hilton Head Island Clay Apr 2 – 8 $500,000
Peugeot Italian Open Italy Rome Clay May 7 – 13 $500,000
Lufthansa Cup German Open West Germany West Berlin Clay May 14 – 20 $500,000
Canadian Open Canada Montreal Hard Jul 30 – Aug 5 $500,000

Results

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* First-time champion
Tournament Singles champions Runners-up Score Doubles champions Runners-up Score
Chicago

SinglesDoubles

United States Martina Navratilova Switzerland Manuela Maleeva 6–3, 6–2 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Anne Smith
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
France Nathalie Tauziat
6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–3
Miami

SinglesDoubles

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles Austria Judith Wiesner 6–1, 6–2 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
United States Betsy Nagelsen
United States Robin White
6–4, 6–3
Hilton Head

SinglesDoubles

United States Martina Navratilova United States Jennifer Capriati 6–2, 6–4 United States Martina Navratilova Argentina Mercedes Paz
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
6–2, 6–1
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario*
Rome

SinglesDoubles

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles United States Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–1 Canada Helen Kelesi
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
Italy Laura Garrone
Italy Laura Golarsa
6–3, 6–4
Berlin

SinglesDoubles

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles West Germany Steffi Graf 6–4, 6–3 Australia Nicole Provis
South Africa Elna Reinach
Australia Hana Mandlíková
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
6–2, 6–1
Montréal

SinglesDoubles

Germany Steffi Graf Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 United States Betsy Nagelsen
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Canada Helen Kelesi
Italy Raffaella Reggi
3–6, 6–2, 6–2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1990 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1991). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1991. London: Collins Willow. p. 155. ISBN 9780002184038.
  3. ^ "1990 WTA Tour Tournament Archive". Archived from the original on 24 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Chicago 1990 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
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