WTA Hamburg

WTA Hamburg
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Casino Cup (1982) Fila Europa Cup (1983) Citizen Cup (1987–95) Rexona Cup (1996–97) Intersport Damen Grand Prix (1998) Betty Barclay Cup (1999–2002)
Tour	WTA Tour (1982–2002)
Founded	1982
Abolished	2002
Editions	18
Surface	Clay (1982–2002)

The WTA Hamburg was a women's tennis event that was held from 1982 to 1983 (in Hittfeld) and again from 1987 through to 2002 and was part of the WTA Tour. It existed under several different sponsored names but was most commonly known as the Citizen Cup (1987–1995) or the Betty Barclay Cup (1999–2002). It was held in Hamburg, Germany and was played on outdoor clay courts.

It existed as a lower tier tournament in the first five years of its run but in 1990 was promoted to Tier II status which it maintained for the rest of its run. Steffi Graf holds the record for the most wins at the event, winning it six times consecutively from 1987–1992. She also finished runner-up a further two times.

The event is also infamous for being the location where Monica Seles, then-world No.1, was stabbed on April 30, 1993 by a disorderly local tennis fan during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva. Seles never played in Germany again after the incident.

Champions

Singles

Year	Name	Champion	Runners-up	Score
1982	Casino Cup	Lisa Bonder-Kreiss	Renáta Tomanová	6–3, 6–2
1983	Fila Europa Cup	Andrea Temesvári	Eva Pfaff	6–4, 6–2
1984–86	Not Held
1987	Citizen Cup	Steffi Graf	Isabel Cueto	6–2, 6–2
1988		Steffi Graf	Katerina Maleeva	6–4, 6–2
1989		Steffi Graf	Jana Novotná	Walkover
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	Rexona Cup	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Conchita Martínez	4–6, 7–6, 6–0
1997		Iva Majoli	Ruxandra Dragomir	6–3, 6–2
1998	Intersport Damen Grand Prix	Martina Hingis	Jana Novotná	6–3, 7–5
1999	Betty Barclay Cup	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

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1982	Elizabeth Ekblom Lena Sandin	Pat Medrado Cláudia Monteiro	7–6, 6–3
1983	Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde Kilsch	Ivanna Madruga Catherine Tanvier	7–5, 6–4
1987	Claudia Kohde Kilsch Jana Novotná	Natal'ja Egorova Leila Meskhi	7–6, 7–6
1988	Jana Novotná Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Andrea Betzner Judith Wiesner	6–4, 6–2
1989	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	walkover
1990	Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova	Larisa Neiland Helena Suková	6–2, 6–3
1991	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	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
1994	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Eugenia Maniokova Leila Meskhi	6–3, 6–2
1995	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–2, 6–3
1996	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Brenda Schultz	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, 3–6, 6–3
1999	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Amanda Coetzer Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–1
2000	Anna Kournikova Natasha Zvereva	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
2001	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	Květa Peschke Barbara Rittner	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
2002	Martina Hingis Barbara Schett	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–1

See also

• German Open (WTA)
• List of tennis tournaments