Taipei Women's Championships

Taipei Women's Championships
Taipei Women's Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Taipei Women's Championships (1986–89); P&G Taiwan Women's Open (1992–94)
Tour	WTA Tour
Founded	1986
Abolished	1994
Editions	7
Location	Taipei ; Taiwan
Venue	Taipei Municipal Tennis Courts
Category	Tier V (1992) ; Tier IV (1993–94)
Surface	Carpet (1986–88) ; Hard (1989, 1992–94)

Last updated November 29, 2023

The Taipei Women's Championships is a defunct WTA Tour-affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1986 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1994. It was held in Taipei, Taiwan and played on indoor carpet courts from 1986 to 1988, and on outdoor hard courts in 1989 and from 1992 to 1994. The 1980s tours were sponsored partly by Virginia Slims, and the 1990s events were sponsored by Kraft Foods and Procter & Gamble, the latter of which were named P&G Taiwan Women's Open or Taiwan Open in short. Anne Minter and Shi-Ting Wang were the most successful players at the tournament, each winning the singles competition twice.

History

The inaugural 1986 tournament was called the Chung Cheng Centennial Cup International Women's Tennis Championships and ran from October 6–12, 1986 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Chiang Kai-shek's birth.^[1] The 32-draw singles and 16-draw doubles was played on carpet and the prize money for singles was $50,000. The winner of the singles tournament was Patricia Hy of Hong Kong who defeated Adriana Villagrán of Argentina in three sets.^[2]^[3] It was part of the WTA's 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule. In 1989, the tournament switched to outdoor hard courts.^[4] There was no tournament in Taipei for 1990 or 1991.

From 1992 to 1994, the tournament was run on outdoor hard courts where it was sponsored by Kraft Foods and called the P&G Taiwan Women's Open. It was played at the Taipei City Courts,^[5] also known as Taipei Municipal Tennis Courts.^[6]^[7]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score	Ref.
1986	Patricia Hy	Adriana Villagrán	6–7^(6–8), 6–2, 6–3	^[2]^[3]
1987	Anne Minter	Claudia Porwik	6–4, 6–1	^[8]
1988	Stephanie Rehe	Brenda Schultz	6–4, 6–4	^[9]
1989	Anne Minter	Cammy MacGregor	6–1, 4–6, 6–2	^[4]
1990–1991	Not held
1992	Shaun Stafford	Ann Grossman	6–1, 6–3	^[5]
1993	Wang Shi-ting	Linda Harvey-Wild	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)	^[6]
1994	Wang Shi-ting	Kyōko Nagatsuka	6–1, 6–3	^[7]

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score	Ref.
1986	Lea Antonoplis Barbara Gerken	Gigi Fernández Susan Leo	6–1, 6–2	^[3]
1987	Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor	Sandy Collins Sharon Walsh	7–6^(10–8), 5–7, 6–4	^[8]
1988	Patty Fendick Ann Henricksson	Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	6–2, 2–6, 6–2	^[9]
1989	Maria Lindström Heather Ludloff	Cecilia Dahlman Nana Miyagi	4–6, 7–5, 6–3	^[4]
1990–1991	Not held
1992	Jo-Anne Faull Julie Richardson	Amanda Coetzer Cammy MacGregor	3–6, 6–3, 6–2	^[5]
1993	Yayuk Basuki Nana Miyagi	Jo-Anne Faull Kristine Radford	6–4, 6–2	^[6]
1994	Michelle Jaggard-Lai Rene Simpson	Nancy Feber Alexandra Fusai	6–0, 7–6^(12–10)	^[7]

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References

↑ "Women's Tennis Tournament Brings Hu Na Back to Taipei". Taiwan Today. 6 October 1986. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
1 2 Services, Times Wire (13 October 1986). "Tennis Roundup : McEnroe Wins 3rd Straight Event" . Retrieved 1 June 2016– via LA Times.
1 2 3 "1986 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1986. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
1 2 3 "1989 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw, Qualifying Draw" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1989. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
1 2 3 "1992 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1992. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
1 2 3 "1993 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1993. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
1 2 3 "1994 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1994. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
1 2 "1987 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw, 32Q draw sheet" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1987. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
1 2 "1988 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1988. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

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[1] "Women's Tennis Tournament Brings Hu Na Back to Taipei". Taiwan Today. 6 October 1986. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[latimes_1986-2] 1 2 Services, Times Wire (13 October 1986). "Tennis Roundup : McEnroe Wins 3rd Straight Event" . Retrieved 1 June 2016– via LA Times.

[1986_results-3] 1 2 3 "1986 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1986. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[1989_results-4] 1 2 3 "1989 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw, Qualifying Draw" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1989. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[1992_results-5] 1 2 3 "1992 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1992. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[1993_results-6] 1 2 3 "1993 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1993. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[1994_results-7] 1 2 3 "1994 P&G Taiwan Women's Open Results" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1994. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[1987_results-8] 1 2 "1987 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw, 32Q draw sheet" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1987. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[1988_results-9] 1 2 "1988 Taipei Women's Championship draw sheets – Women's Singles Main Draw, Women's Doubles Main Draw" (PDF). WTA Tennis. 1988. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

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