WTA Tokyo II

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tennis Toyota Princess Cup
WTA tour
venue Tokyo Japan
JapanJapan 
First run 1990
Last event 2002
category WTA Tier II
Tournament type Free place tournament
Game surface Hard court
draw 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
Prize money US $ 585,000 
As of July 27, 2011

The WTA Tokyo II (officially: Toyota Princess Cup ) was a women's tennis tournament of the WTA Tour , which was held in the Japanese capital Tokyo . The venue was the Ariake Coliseum in the Ariake Tennis Forest Park .

This tournament was held for the first time in 1990 under the official name of Nichirei International Championships (also known as Nichirei Ladies ), at that time still on carpet; from the following year it was played on hard courts.

WTA tournaments also held in Tokyo: WTA Tokyo (Kōtō) and WTA Tokyo .

Official names of the tournament:

  • 1990–1996: Nichirei International Championships
  • 1997-2002: Toyota Princess Cup

Prize money:

  • 1990-1992: $ 350,000
  • 1993: $ 375,000
  • 1994: $ 400,000
  • 1995: $ 430,000
  • 1996-1998: $ 450,000
  • 1999: $ 520,000
  • 2000: $ 535,000
  • 2001: $ 565,000
  • 2002: $ 585,000

Winners list

singles

year Winner Final opponent Result
1990 United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández United StatesUnited States Amy Frazier 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
1991 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Monica Seles United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández 6: 1, 6: 1
1992 Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Monica Seles ArgentinaArgentina Gabriela Sabatini 6: 2, 6: 0
1993 South Africa 1961South Africa Amanda Coetzer JapanJapan Kimiko Date 6: 3, 6: 2
1994 SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario United StatesUnited States Amy Frazier 6: 1, 6: 2
1995 FranceFrance Mary Pierce SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6: 3, 6: 3
1996 United StatesUnited States Monica Seles SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6: 1, 6: 4
1997 United StatesUnited States Monica Seles SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6: 1, 3: 6, 7: 6
1998 United StatesUnited States Monica Seles SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
1999 United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport United StatesUnited States Monica Seles 7: 5, 7: 6
2000 United StatesUnited States Serena Williams FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis 7: 5, 6: 1
2001 Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6: 4, 6: 2
2002 United StatesUnited States Serena Williams BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3

Double

year Winners Final opponents Result
1990 United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández Robin White
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Gigi Fernández Martina Navrátilová
United StatesUnited States 
4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
1991 United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández Pam Shriver
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Carrie Cunningham Laura Gildemeister
PeruPeru 
6: 3, 6: 3
1992 United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández Robin White
United StatesUnited States 
IndonesiaIndonesia Yayuk Basuki Nana Miyagi
JapanJapan 
6: 4, 6: 4
1993 United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Chanda Rubin
United StatesUnited States 
South Africa 1961South Africa Amanda Coetzer Linda Wild
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 6: 1
1994 FranceFrance Julie Halard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain 
United StatesUnited States Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki
JapanJapan 
6: 1, 0: 6, 6: 1
1995 United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández
United StatesUnited States 
South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Linda Wild
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 6: 2
1996 South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Mary Pierce
FranceFrance 
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Park Sung-hee Wang Shi-ting
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
6: 1, 7: 6
1997 United StatesUnited States Monica Seles Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Chanda Rubin
United StatesUnited States 
6: 1, 6: 0
1998 RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Monica Seles
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain 
6: 4, 6: 4
1999 SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Jelena Dokic
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2
2000 FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
JapanJapan Nana Miyagi Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
6-0, 6-2
2001 ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
South AfricaSouth Africa 
BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
6: 1, 6: 3
2002 SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Svetlana Kuznetsova
RussiaRussia 
HungaryHungary Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch
AustriaAustria 
6: 2, 6: 4