WTA Tier V tournaments

The WTA Tier V tournaments were the fifth, and lowest, level of women's tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour between 1990 and 1992 and from 2001 to 2005. The line-up of events varied over the years, with tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled. Most of the Tier V tournaments became Tier IV events between 1993 and 2000 and from 2006 to 2008.

In 2009, WTA changed the tournament categories, so that most of the Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V tournaments from 2008 were placed in a single, WTA International tournaments, category.

Number of tournaments

Year	No.
1990	12
1991	14
1992	14
2001	8
2002	7
2003	6
2004	8
2005	2

Events

Tournament	Location(s)	Country	Surface	Tier V in	Years
Athens Trophy	Athens	Greece	Clay	1990	1
Auckland Open	Auckland	New Zealand	Hard	1990–1992, 2001	4
WTA Austrian Open	Kitzbühel	Austria	Clay	1990	1
Swedish Open	Båstad	Sweden	Hard	1990	1
WTA Bayonne	Bayonne	France	Carpet (i)	1990	1
Estoril Open	Estoril	Portugal	Clay	1990–1991	2
Moscow Ladies Open	Moscow / St. Petersburg	Russia	Carpet (i)	1990–1991	2
WTA Palermo	Palermo	Italy	Clay	1990–1992, 2001–2004	7
WTA Schenectady	Schenectady	United States	Hard	1990–1992	3
WTA Taranto	Taranto	Italy	Clay	1990–1992	3
Croatian Open	Bol	Croatia	Clay	1991	1
Oslo Open	Oslo	Norway	Carpet (i)	1991	1
Pattaya Open	Pattaya	Thailand	Clay	1991–1992, 2001–2003	5
San Marino International	City of San Marino	San Marino	Clay	1992	1
Taiwan Open	Taipei	Taiwan	Carpet (i)	1992	1
Belgian Open	Waregem / Antwerp	Belgium	Clay	1992, 2001	2
WTA Bratislava	Bratislava	Slovakia	Hard (i)	2001–2002	2
Hungarian Ladies Open	Budapest	Hungary	Clay	2001–2004	4
Morocco Open	Casablanca	Morocco	Clay	2001–2004	4
Hobart International	Hobart	Australia	Hard	2001–2005	5
Canberra International	Canberra	Australia	Hard	2002–2005	4
WTA Forest Hills	New York City	United States	Hard	2004	1
Vancouver Open	Vancouver	Canada	Hard	2004	1

Past finals

1990

The 1990 WTA Tour consisted of 59 tournaments of which 12 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WIPTC with prize money of $75,000. ^{[1] [2]}

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Guarujá [lower-alpha 1]	Federica Haumüller	Patricia Tarabini	7–6(9–7), 6–4
Auckland	Leila Meskhi	Sabine Appelmans	6–1, 6–0
Wellington	Wiltrud Probst	Leila Meskhi	1–6, 6–4, 6–0
Taranto	Raffaella Reggi	Alexia Dechaume	5–7, 6–0, 6–1
Båstad	Sandra Cecchini	Csilla Bartos	6–1, 6–2
Palermo	Isabel Cueto	Barbara Paulus	6–2, 6–3
Estoril	Federica Bonsignori	Laura Garrone	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Schenectady	Anke Huber	Marianne Werdel	6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Kitzbühel	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Rachel McQuillan	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Athens	Cecilia Dahlman	Katia Piccolini	7–5, 7–5
Bayonne	Nathalie Tauziat	Anke Huber	6–3, 7–6(10–8)
Moscow	Leila Meskhi	Elena Brioukhovets	6–4, 6–4

1991

The 1991 WTA Tour consisted of 60 tournaments of which 14 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WIPTC with prize money of $75,000 or $100,000. ^[3]

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
São Paulo [lower-alpha 2]	Veronika Martinek	Donna Faber	6–2, 6–4
Auckland	Eva Švíglerová	Andrea Strnadová	6–2, 0–6, 6–1
Wellington	Leila Meskhi	Andrea Strnadová	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Oslo	Catarina Lindqvist	Raffaella Reggi	6–3, 6–0
Linz	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Petra Langrová	7–5, 6–3
Aurora	Lori McNeil	Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–4
Pattaya City	Yayuk Basuki	Naoko Sawamatsu	6–2, 6–2
Bol	Sandra Cecchini	Magdalena Maleeva	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Taranto	Emanuela Zardo	Petra Ritter	7–5, 6–2
Palermo	Mary Pierce	Sandra Cecchini	6–0, 6–3
Bayonne	Nathalie Tauziat	Anke Huber	6–3, 7–6(10–8)
San Marino	Katia Piccolini	Silvia Farina	6–2, 6–3
Schenectady	Brenda Schultz	Alexia Dechaume	7–6(7–5), 6–2
St. Petersburg	Larisa Neiland	Barbara Rittner	3–6, 6–3, 6–4

1992

The 1992 WTA Tour consisted of 57 tournaments of which 14 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WIPTC with prize money of $100,000. ^[4]

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
São Paulo [lower-alpha 3]	Sabine Hack	Veronika Martinek	6–3, 7–5
Auckland	Robin White	Andrea Strnadová	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Wellington	Noëlle van Lottum	Donna Faber	6–4, 6–0
Linz	Natalia Medvedeva	Pascale Paradis	6–4, 6–2
Cesena	Mary Pierce	Catherine Tanvier	6–1, 6–1
Pattaya City	Sabine Appelmans	Andrea Strnadová	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Kuala Lumpur	Yayuk Basuki	Andrea Strnadová	6–3, 6–0
Taranto	Julie Halard	Emanuela Zardo	6–0, 7–5
Waregem	Wiltrud Probst	Meike Babel	6–2, 6–3
Palermo	Mary Pierce	Brenda Schultz	6–0, 6–3
San Marino	Magdalena Maleeva	Federica Bonsignori	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Prague	Radka Zrubáková	Kateřina Kroupová	6–3, 7–5
Schenectady	Barbara Rittner	Brenda Schultz	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Taipei	Shaun Stafford	Ann Grossman	6–1, 6–3

2001

The 2001 WTA Tour consisted of 63 tournaments of which 8 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WTA Tour with a minimum prize money of $110,000.

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Auckland	Meilen Tu	Paola Suárez	7–6(12–10), 6–2
Hobart	Rita Grande	Jennifer Hopkins	0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Budapest	Magdalena Maleeva	Anne Kremer	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Antwerp	Barbara Rittner	Klára Koukalová	6–3, 6–2
Palermo	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Cristina Torrens Valero	6–4, 6–4
Casablanca	Zsófia Gubacsi	Maria Elena Camerin	1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Bratislava	Rita Grande	Martina Suchá	6–1, 6–1
Pattaya City	Patty Schnyder	Henrieta Nagyová	6–0, 6–4

2002

The 2002 WTA Tour consisted of 64 tournaments of which 7 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WTA Tour with a minimum prize money of $110,000.

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Hobart	Martina Suchá	Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–6(9–7), 6–1
Canberra	Anna Smashnova	Tamarine Tanasugarn	0–6, 6–3, 6–3(7–2)
Budapest	Martina Müller	Myriam Casanova	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Casablanca	Patricia Wartusch	Klára Koukalová	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Palermo	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Vera Zvonareva	6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–3
Bratislava	Maja Matevžič	Iveta Benešová	6–0, 6–1
Pattaya City	Angelique Widjaja	Cho Yoon-jeong	6–2, 6–4

2003

The 2003 WTA Tour consisted of 59 tournaments of which 6 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WTA Tour with a minimum prize money of $110,000. ^[5]

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Hobart	Alicia Molik	Amy Frazier	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Canberra	Meghann Shaughnessy	Francesca Schiavone	6–1, 6–1
Casablanca	Rita Grande	Antonella Serra Zanetti	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Budapest	Magüi Serna	Alicia Molik	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Palermo	Dinara Safina	Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 6–4
Pattaya City	Henrieta Nagyová	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová	6–4, 6–2

2004

The 2004 WTA Tour consisted of 60 tournaments of which 8 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WTA Tour with a minimum prize money of $110,000.

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Hobart	Amy Frazier	Shinobu Asagoe	6–3, 6–3
Canberra	Paola Suárez	Silvia Farina Elia	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Casablanca	Émilie Loit	Ľudmila Cervanová	6–2, 6–2
Estoril	Émilie Loit	Iveta Benešová	7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Budapest	Jelena Janković	Martina Suchá	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Palermo	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Flavia Pennetta	6–4, 6–4
Vancouver	Nicole Vaidišová	Laura Granville	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Forest Hills	Elena Likhovtseva	Iveta Benešová	6–2, 6–2

2005

The 2005 WTA Tour consisted of 63 tournaments of which 2 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WTA Tour with a minimum prize money of $110,000.

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Hobart	Zheng Jie	Gisela Dulko	6–2, 6–0
Canberra	Ana Ivanovic	Melinda Czink	7–5, 6–1

Notes

1. Tournament was part of the 1990 WTA Tour but was held in December 1989.
2. Tournament was part of the 1991 WTA Tour but was held in November 1990.
3. Tournament was part of the 1992 WTA Tour but was held in December 1991.

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1991). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1991. London: Collins Willow. p. 152. ISBN   9780002184038.
2. Bloch Shallouf, Renee; Reynolds, Robyn, eds. (1990). 1990 Women's International Tennis Association Media Guide. Miami: WITA. pp. 52, 66.
3. John Barrett, ed. (1992). The International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1992. London: CollinsWillow. p. 154. ISBN   9780002184304.
4. John Barrett, ed. (1993). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1993. London: Collins Willow. p. 154. ISBN   9780002185080.
5. Gatchalian, Robert; Bloch Shallouf, Renée, eds. (2003). WTA 2003 Media Guide. St. Petersburg: WTA. p. 17.