WTA Filderstadt

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
WTA tour
venue	Filderstadt Germany
First run	1978
Last event	2005
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 700,000
Website	Official website
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The WTA Filderstadt (officially: Porsche Tennis Grand Prix ) was a women's tennis tournament that was held from 1978 to 2005. It was one of the most traditional tournaments on the WTA Tour . Sponsor (from 2002 also organizer) of the indoor tournament in Filderstadt was the Dr. Ing.hc F. Porsche AG .

In 2006 the tournament moved to Stuttgart .

→ see: WTA Stuttgart

history

The tournament was first held in 1978 in his tennis hall in Filderstadt - Plattenhardt on the initiative of Dieter Fischer, a Swabian drugstore owner and self -made man. The first winner was the then only 15-year-old American Tracy Austin , who initiated her rise to the tennis world class and number 1 with this success. She won the tournament four times in a row, which no other player has since succeeded. In 1979 a men's tournament took place there for the only time, the winner was Wojciech Fibak .

In 1982 Martina Navrátilová won for the first time . With a total of six singles and eight doubles between 1979 and 1992, she is the most successful player of all time at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Also in 1982, Steffi Graf , at the age of 13, competed for the first time, but lost her opening match against series winner Tracy Austin. Two years later, Graf reached the finals for the first and only time as number 42 in the world rankings ; however, she had to admit defeat to the Swede Catarina Lindqvist 1: 6, 4: 6.

In 2002 Fischer gave up the role of organizer for reasons of age. Porsche took over the tournament after 25 years of sponsorship and has been its organizer since then. In 2006, the venue changed from the tennis facility in the tranquil Filderstadt, which had long since become too small, to the newly built Porsche Arena in Stuttgart .

Winners list

singles

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1978	Tracy Austin	Betty Stöve	6: 3, 6: 3
1979	Tracy Austin	Martina Navrátilová	6: 2, 6: 0
1980	Tracy Austin	Sherry Acker	6: 2, 7: 5
1981	Tracy Austin	Martina Navrátilová	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
1982	Martina Navrátilová	Tracy Austin	6: 3, 6: 3
1983	Martina Navrátilová	Catherine Tanvier	6: 1, 6: 2
1984	Catarina Lindqvist	Steffi Graf	6: 1, 6: 4
1985	Pam Shriver	Catarina Lindqvist	6: 1, 7: 5
1986	Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková	6: 2, 6: 3
1987	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert	7: 5, 6: 1
1988	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert	6: 2, 6: 3
1989	Gabriela Sabatini	Mary Joe Fernandez	7: 6, 6: 4
1990	Mary Joe Fernandez	Barbara Paulus	6: 1, 6: 3
1991	Anke Huber	Martina Navrátilová	2: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
1992	Martina Navrátilová	Gabriela Sabatini	7: 6, 6: 3
1993	Mary Pierce	Natallja Sverava	6: 3, 6: 3
1994	Anke Huber	Mary Pierce	6: 4, 6: 2
1995	Iva Majoli	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 4, 7: 6
1996	Martina Hingis	Anke Huber	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
1997	Martina Hingis	Lisa Raymond	6: 4, 6: 2
1998	Sandrine Testud	Lindsay Davenport	7: 5, 6: 3
1999	Martina Hingis	Mary Pierce	6: 4, 6: 1
2000	Martina Hingis	Kim Clijsters	6: 0, 6: 3
2001	Lindsay Davenport	Justine Henin	7: 5, 6: 4
2002	Kim Clijsters	Daniela Hantuchová	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
2003	Kim Clijsters	Justine Henin-Hardenne	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2
2004	Lindsay Davenport	Amélie Mauresmo	6: 2, retirement
2005	Lindsay Davenport	Amélie Mauresmo	6: 2, 6: 4

Double

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1978	Tracy Austin Betty Stöve	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	6: 3, 6: 3
1979	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	6: 3, 6: 3
1980	Hana Mandlíková Betty Stöve	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6: 4, 7: 5
1981	Mima Jaušovec Martina Navrátilová	Barbara Potter Anne Smith	6: 4, 6: 1
1982	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Candy Reynolds Anne Smith	6: 2, 6: 3
1983	Martina Navrátilová Candy Reynolds	Virginia Ruzici Catherine Tanvier	6: 2, 6: 1
1984	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Bettina Bunge Eva Pfaff	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
1985	Hana Mandlíková Pam Shriver	Carina Karlsson Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6: 2, 6: 1
1986	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Zina Garrison Gabriela Sabatini	7: 6 5 , 6: 4
1987	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	6: 1, 6: 2
1988	Martina Navrátilová Iwona Kuczyńska	Elna Reinach Raffaella Reggi	6: 1, 6: 4
1989	Gigi Fernández Robin White	Elna Reinach Raffaella Reggi	6: 4, 7: 6 2
1990	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7: 5, 6: 3
1991	Martina Navrátilová Jana Novotná	Pam Shriver Natallja Swerawa	6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 4
1992	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	Pam Shriver Natallja Swerawa	6: 4, 7: 5
1993	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	Patty Fendick Martina Navrátilová	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
1994	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	Manon Bollegraf Larisa Neiland	7: 6 5 , 6: 4
1995	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 4
1996	Nicole Arendt Jana Novotná	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	6: 2, 6: 3
1997	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7: 6 4 , 3: 6, 7: 6 3
1998	Lindsay Davenport Natallja Swerawa	Anna Kurnikowa Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 4, 6: 2
1999	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 3, 6: 4
2000	Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Barbara Schett	6: 4, 6: 2
2001	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	Justine Henin Meghann Shaughnessy	6: 4, 6: 7 4 , 7: 5
2002	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	Meghann Shaughnessy Paola Suárez	6: 2, 6: 4
2003	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Cara Black Martina Navrátilová	6: 2, 6: 4
2004	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Julia Schruff	6: 3, 6: 2
2005	Daniela Hantuchová Anastassija Myskina	Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone	6: 0, 3: 6, 7: 5

Awards

When it was held for the second time in 1979, the tournament was voted the best organized of all 32 Grand Prix tournaments in the Colgate series. In 1996 it was named the world's best women's tournament by the WTA .