1989 WTA Tour
Details | |
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Duration | November 28, 1988 – November 20, 1989 |
Edition | 17th |
Tournaments | 61 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Category 5 (11) WTA Category 4 (9) WTA Category 3 (7) WTA Category 2 (20) WTA Category 1 (9) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Steffi Graf (14) |
Most tournament finals | Steffi Graf (16) |
Prize money leader | Steffi Graf $1,562,905 |
Points leader | Steffi Graf 300.10 |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Steffi Graf |
Doubles team of the year | Helena Suková Jana Novotná |
Most improved player of the year | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
Newcomer of the year | Conchita Martínez |
Comeback player of the year | Kathy Rinaldi |
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The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The 1989 WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Category 1-5 events.[1] ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
Schedule
[edit]The table below shows the 1989 WTA Tour schedule.
- Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Category 5 events |
Category 4 events |
Category 3 events |
Category 2 and 1 events |
Team events |
November 1988
[edit]Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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28 Nov | Danone Southern Cross Classic Adelaide, Australia Category 2 $100,000 – hard -32S/16D/30Q Singles – Doubles | Jana Novotná 7–5, 6–4 | Jana Pospíšilová | Maria Strandlund Radka Zrubáková | Dianne Balestrat Catarina Lindqvist Rachel McQuillan Tine Scheuer-Larsen |
Sylvia Hanika Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 | Lori McNeil Jana Novotná |