1997 ASB Classic

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1997 ASB Classic
Date30 December 1996 – 5 January
Edition12th
Category Tier IV
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$107,500
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Auckland, New Zealand
Venue ASB Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Flag of Austria.svg Marion Maruska
Doubles
Flag of Slovakia.svg Janette Husárová
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dominique Van Roost
  1996  · WTA Auckland Open ·  1998  

The 1997 ASB Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland in New Zealand that was part of Tier IV of the 1997 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 30 December 1996 until 5 January 1997. Qualifier Marion Maruska won the singles title. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Austria.svg Marion Maruska defeated Flag of Austria.svg Judith Wiesner 6–3, 6–1

Doubles

Flag of Slovakia.svg Janette Husárová / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dominique Van Roost defeated Flag of Poland.svg Aleksandra Olsza / Flag of Germany.svg Elena Wagner 6–2, 6–7, 6–3

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References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. p. 187. ISBN   9780002188241.