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Sapporo Ladies Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Sapporo Ladies Open
Tour WTA Tier IV
Founded 1993
Abolished 1993
Location Sapporo, Japan
Surface Carpet

This is a defunct tennis tournament on the WTA Tour that was held just once, in 1993. It was held in Sapporo, Japan from September 27 to October 3 and was a Tier IV event. The official name of the tournament was the Sapporo Ladies Open.

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

1993 WTA Tour womens tennis tour

The 1993 WTA Tour, also known by its sponsored name Kraft General Foods World Tour, was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.

Sapporo Designated city in Hokkaido, Japan

Sapporo is the fifth largest city of Japan by population, and the largest city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is the capital city of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. It is an ordinance-designated city.

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1993 Flag of the United States.svg Linda Harvey-Wild Flag of Romania.svg Irina Spîrlea 6–4, 6–3

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1993 Flag of Indonesia.svg Yayuk Basuki
Flag of Japan.svg Nana Miyagi
Flag of Japan.svg Yone Kamio
Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Kijimuta
6–4, 6-2

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