WTA Tour Championships
The WTA Tour Championships is a female tennis tournament. It was held for the first time in 1972 in Boca Raton, Florida (USA). The winner was the American Chris Evert. In the final she beat Kerry Reid from Australia in two sets: 7-5 6-4.
In 2002 19-year old Kim Clijsters was the first Belgian to win the WTA Tour Championships by beating Serena Williams in the final (7-5, 6-3). In 2003 she repeated this feat by stunning Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo in two short sets: 6-2 6-0. In 2005 the 17-year old Maria Sharapova became the first Russian women to win the trophy. She beat 2001-champion Serena Williams in three sets.
PalmaresSingles 1972 Chris Evert (USA) 1973 Chris Evert (USA) 1974 Evonne Goolagong (Australia) 1975 Chris Evert (USA) 1976 Evonne Goolagong (Australia) 1977 Chris Evert (USA) 1978 Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia/USA) 1979 Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia/USA) 1980 Tracy Austin (USA) 1981 Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia/USA) 1982 Sylvia Hanika (Germany) 1983 Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia/USA) 1984 Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia/USA) 1985 Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia/USA) 1986 Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia/USA) 1986 Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia/USA) 1987 Steffi Graf (Germany) 1988 Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 1989 Steffi Graf (Germany) 1990 Monica Seles (Czechoslovakia/USA) 1991 Monica Seles (Czechoslovakia/USA) 1992 Monica Seles (Czechoslovakia/USA) 1993 Steffi Graf (Germany) 1994 Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 1995 Steffi Graf (Germany) 1996 Steffi Graf (Germany) 1997 Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) 1998 Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 1999 Lindsay Davenport (USA) 2000 Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 2001 Serena Williams (USA) 2002 Kim Clijsters (Belgium) 2003 Kim Clijsters (Belgium) 2004 Maria Sharapova (Russia) 2005
Doubles 1993 Gigi Fernandez (USA) / Natasha Zvereva (Belarus) 1994 Gigi Fernandez (USA) / Natasha Zvereva (Belarus) 1995 Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) / Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain) 1996 1997 Lindsay Davenport (USA) / Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) 1998 Lindsay Davenport (USA) / Natasha Zvereva (Belarus) 1999 Martina Hingis (Switzerland) / Anna Kournikova (Russia) 2000 Martina Hingis (Switzerland) / Anna Kournikova (Russia) 2001 Lisa Raymond (USA) / Rennae Stubbs (Australia) 2002 Elena Dementieva (Russia) / Janette Husarova (Slovakia) 2003 Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) / Paola Suarez (Argentina) 2004 Nadia Petrova (Russia) / Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 2005
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