WTA Hamburg

This article deals with the German Open in women's tennis in Hamburg before 1979, for the women's tournament in Berlin from 1979 see WTA Berlin .

WTA Hamburg
WTA tour
venue	Hamburg Germany
First run	1896
Last event	2002
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
As of September 14, 2009

Rotherbaum tennis stadium

The WTA Hamburg (until 1978: International Tennis Championships of Germany ) was a women's tennis tournament that was held in Hamburg from 1896 to 2002 .

history

The International Tennis Championships were held in Germany for the first time in 1892. In addition to the men's competition, a women's tournament has been held since 1896. In 1979 the International German Championships for women moved to Berlin (see WTA Berlin ). From 1982 to 2002 the Hamburg women's tennis tournament was part of the WTA Tour , after which it was sold to Philadelphia .

On April 30, 1993, Monica Seles was stabbed in the back during her quarter-final match against the Bulgarian Magdalena Maleewa by the mentally disturbed Günter Parche , a German fan of her strongest opponent Steffi Graf , while changing sides.

Official names of the tournament:

• 1896–1978: International tennis championships in Germany
• 1982: Casino Cup (in Hittfeld )
• 1983: Fila Europa Cup (in Hittfeld)
• 1987-1995: Citizen Cup
• 1996–1997: Rexona Cup
• 1998: Intersport Ladies Grand Prix
• 1999-2002: Betty Barclay Cup

Winners list

singles

International Tennis Championships of Germany (1896–1978)

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1896	Maren Thomsen	E. Lantzius	6: 3, 6: 2, 7: 5
1897	Blanche Hillyard	Charlotte Cooper	6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 2
1898–1901: the German championships are held in Homburg vor der Höhe
1902	Mary Ross	Hilda Meyer	8: 6, 6: 0
1903	Violet Pinckney	Hilda Meyer	6: 2, 6: 1
1904	Elsie Lane	L. Bergmann	6: 3, 6: 0
1905	Elsie Lane	K. pitcher	6-0, 6-1
1906	Luise Berton	-	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
1907	Margit Madarász	-	7: 5, 0: 6, 6: 2
1908	Margit Madarász	-	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0
1909	Anita Heimann	-	6: 4, 0: 6, 6: 4
1910	Mieken Rieck	-	6: 1, 6: 3
1911	Mieken Rieck	-	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 1
1912	Dora Koering	-	6: 2, 6: 2
1913	Dora Koering	-	6: 4, 6: 4
1914–1919: canceled
1920	Use Friedleben	-	-
1921	Use Friedleben	-	-
1922	Use Friedleben	-	-
1923	Use Friedleben	-	-
1924	Use Friedleben	-	-
1925	Nelly Neppach	-	-
1926	Use Friedleben	-	-
1927	Cilly Aussem	-	-
1928	Daphne Akhurst	Cilly Aussem	-
1929	Paula von Reznicek	-	-
1930	Cilly Aussem	-	-
1931	Cilly Aussem	Irmgard Rost	6: 1, 6: 2
1932	Louise Payot	-	-
1933	Hilde Krahwinkel	-	-
1934	Hilde Sperling	-	-
1935	Hilde Sperling	-	-
1936: failed
1937	Hilde Sperling	-	-
1938	Hilde Sperling	-	-
1939	Hilde Sperling	-	-
1940–1947: failed
1948	Ursula Rosenow	Inge Pohmann	6: 2, 8: 6
1949	María Weiss	Inge Pohmann	6: 2, 6: 8, 9: 7
1950	Dorothy Head	Utti Heidtmann	6: 3, 6: 0
1951	Nancye Bolton	María Weiss	6: 3, 6: 3
1952	Dorothy Head	Erika Vollmer	6: 1, 6: 3
1953	Dorothy Knode	Joy Mottram	6: 0, 4: 6, 6: 4
1954	Joy Mottram	Inge Pohmann	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
1955	Beryl Penrose	Erika Vollmer	6: 4, 6: 4
1956	Thelma Long	Silvana Lazzarino	7: 5, 6: 2
1957	Yola Ramírez	Rosa Reyes	7: 5, 6: 3
1958	Lorraine Coghlan	Shirley Bloomer	6: 4, 7: 5
1959	Edda Buding	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	without a fight
1960	Sandra Reynolds	Maria Esther Bueno	7: 5, 8: 6
1961	Sandra Reynolds	Yola Ramírez	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 1
1962	Sandra Price-Reynolds	Ann Haydon	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
1963	Renée Schuurman	Lesley Turner	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 3
1964	Margaret Smith	Maria Esther Bueno	6: 1, 6: 4
1965	Margaret Smith	Edda Buding	6: 2, 6: 3
1966	Margaret Smith	Maria Esther Bueno	8: 6, 6: 3
1967	Françoise Durr	Lesley Turner	6: 4, 6: 4
1968	Annette du Plooy	Judy Tegart	6: 1, 7: 5
1969	Judy Tegart	Helga Nissen	6: 3, 6: 4
1970	Helga Hösl-Schultze	Helga Nissen	6: 3, 6: 3
1971	Billie Jean King	Helga Masthoff	6: 3, 6: 2
1972	Helga Masthoff	Linda Tuero	6: 3, 3: 6, 8: 6
1973	Helga Masthoff	Pat Walkden-Pretorius	6: 4, 6: 1
1974	Helga Masthoff	Martina Navrátilová	6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 3
1975	Renata Tomanova	Kazuko Sawamatsu	7: 6, 5: 7, 10: 8
1976	Sue Barker	Renata Tomanová	6: 3, 6: 1
1977	Laura duPont	Heidi Eisterlehner	6: 1, 6: 4
1978	Mima Jausovec	Virginia Ruzici	6: 2, 6: 3

WTA Hamburg (1982-2002)

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1982	Lisa Bonder	Renáta Tomanová	6: 3, 6: 2
1983	Andrea Temesvári	Eva Pfaff	6: 4, 6: 2
1984–1986: failed
1987	Steffi Graf	Isabel Cueto	6: 2, 6: 2
1988	Steffi Graf	Katerina Maleewa	6: 4, 6: 2
1989	Steffi Graf	Jana Novotná	without a fight
1990	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5: 7, 6: 0, 6: 1
1991	Steffi Graf	Monica Seles	7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 3
1992	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7: 6, 6: 2
1993	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Steffi Graf	6: 3, 6: 3
1994	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Steffi Graf	4: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6
1995	Conchita Martínez	Martina Hingis	6: 1, 6: 0
1996	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Conchita Martínez	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 0
1997	Iva Majoli	Ruxandra Dragomir	6: 3, 6: 2
1998	Martina Hingis	Jana Novotná	6: 3, 7: 5
1999	Venus Williams	Mary Pierce	6: 0, 6: 3
2000	Martina Hingis	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 3, 6: 3
2001	Venus Williams	Meghann Shaughnessy	6: 3, 6: 0
2002	Kim Clijsters	Venus Williams	1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4

Double

year	Winners	Final opponents	Result
1982	Elizabeth Ekblom Lena Sandin	Pat Medrado Claudia Monteiro	7: 6, 6: 3
1983	Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Ivanna Madruga-Osses Catherine Tanvier	7: 5, 6: 4
1984–1986: failed
1987	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Jana Novotná	Natalia Bykova Leila Mes'chi	7: 6, 7: 6
1988	Jana Novotná Tine Scheuer	Andrea Betzner Judith Wiesner	6: 4, 6: 2
1989	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	without a fight
1990	Gigi Fernández Martina Navrátilová	Laryssa Savchenko Helena Suková	6: 2, 6: 3
1991	Jana Novotná Laryssa Savchenko	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	7: 5, 6: 1
1992	Steffi Graf Rennae Stubbs	Manon Bollegraf Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
1993	Steffi Graf Rennae Stubbs	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6: 4, 7: 6 5
1994	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Yevgenia Manjukowa Leila Mes'chi	6: 3, 6: 2
1995	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6: 2, 6: 3
1996	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
1997	Anke Huber Mary Pierce	Ruxandra Dragomir Iva Majoli	2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2
1998	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	7: 6 3 , 3: 6, 6: 3
1999	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Amanda Coetzer Jana Novotná	6: 2, 6: 1
2000	Anna Kurnikowa Natallja Swerava	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6: 7 5 , 6: 2, 6: 4
2001	Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa	Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 2
2002	Martina Hingis Barbara Schett	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 1, 6: 1

See also

• List of winners of the German Open (women singles)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hamburg: cradle of German tennis. In: ndr.de. July 18, 2018, accessed June 13, 2019 .