Jana Novotná was a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career.
Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former world No. 1 retired tennis player. She won 14 Grand Slam titles: four in singles, six in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She also won four Olympic medals and five Fed Cup titles representing Spain. In 1994, she was crowned the ITF World Champion for the year.
The Women's Doubles competition was part of the tennis program at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernandez were the defending gold medallists, and successfully defended their title, defeating Jana Novotná and Helena Suková in the final 7–6(8–6), 6–4. To obtain the bronze medal, Conchita Martínez and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Manon Bollegraf and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 6–1, 6–3.
The women's doubles competition was part of the tennis program at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Zina Garrison and Pam Shriver were the defending gold medallists, but neither competed in this tournament.
The 1993 Lipton Championships was a tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Key Biscayne, Florida, United States the event was part of the 1993 ATP Tour and 1993 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from March 12 to 21, 1993.
The 1996 Direct Line International Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and was held from 18 June until 22 June 1996. First-seeded Monica Seles won the singles title.
The 1995 Ford International Championships of Spain was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona in Spain that was part of Tier II of the 1995 WTA Tour. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from April 25 through April 30, 1995.
The 1995 Direct Line International Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 1995 WTA Tour. It was the 21t edition of the tournament and was held from 19 June until 25 June 1995.
The 1999 Family Circle Cup – Doubles was the doubles event of the twenty-seventh edition of the tennis tournament played at Hilton Head, United States. It is the third WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Silvia Farina and Corina Morariu.
The 1999 Direct Line International Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Eastbourne Tennis Centre in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 14 June until 19 June 1999. Natasha Zvereva won the singles title.
The 1991 Pilkington Glass Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 1991 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 17 June until 22 June 1991.
Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but decided not to compete together. Hingis partnered with Anna Kournikova but withdrew before the start of the tournament. Novotná competed with Natasha Zvereva but lost in the semifinals to Mariaan de Swardt and Elena Tatarkova.
The 1999 Australian Open – Women's Doubles was the women's doubles event of the eighty-seventh edition of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year and the most prestigious tournament in the Asia-Pacific and the Southern Hemisphere. Martina Hingis and Mirjana Lučić were the defending champions, but Hingis competed with Russian Anna Kournikova, and Lučić competed with Frenchwoman Mary Pierce. Lučić and Pierce were defeated in the first round by Christina Singer and Helena Vildová.
Hingis and Kournikova, however, ended up winning the title, defeating first seeds Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva, 7–5, 6–3. With this win, Hingis won her fifth consecutive Grand Slam title in doubles, and became the only woman to have won three consecutive Australian Open titles in singles and doubles simultaneously. Hingis and her partners defeated Davenport/Zvereva for all five consecutive women's doubles titles starting with the 1998 Australian and ending with the 1999 Australian Open.
The 1999 US Open – Women's Doubles was the women's doubles event of the hundred-and-ninth edition of the US Open, the fourth and last Grand Slam of the year, and the most prestigious tournament in the Americas. Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but Hingis did not compete this year and Novotná teamed up with Natasha Zvereva. Novotná and Zvereva were eliminated in the third round by Liezel Horn and Kimberly Po.
The 1999 WTA German Open – Singles was the singles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Berlin, Germany, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Latin Europe. It was the sixth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but only Zvereva participated this year with Mary Pierce. They were eliminated in the first round by Brie Rippner and Tara Snyder.
The 1999 du Maurier Open – Doubles was the doubles event of the one hundred and tenth edition of the Canadian Open; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Canada.
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but Fernández retired at the end of the 1997 season.
The 1996 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 84th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1996.
Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Martina Hingis and Helena Suková.
The 1994 Citizen Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the Citizen Cup and was a Tier II tournament on the 1994 WTA Tour. The tournament, consisting of a singles and doubles competition, took place from 25 April through 1 May 1994 at the Am Rothenbaum venue in Hamburg, Germany. Second-seeded Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the singles title and $80,000 first-prize money.
Jana Novotná 
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