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WTA Bayonne

WTA Bayonne
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameWhirlpool Open
TourWTA Tour
Founded1989
Abolished1992
Editions4
LocationBayonne, France
CategoryCategory 2 (1989)
WTA Tier V (1990)
WTA Tier IV (1991–1992)
SurfaceHard (1989)
Carpet (1990–1992)

The WTA Bayonne was a WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament held from 1989 until 1992 in Bayonne, France. It was also known as the Whirlpool Open, owing to its sponsor in 1991 and 1992.

During the event's first two years there was a total of US$100,000 on offer to players; during the final two years, when it was upgraded from a WTA Tier V to a WTA Tier IV event, the total prize fund was increased to $150,000. The inaugural event was held on indoor hard courts; the final three were played on indoor carpet courts. The tournaments were held in either late September or October.[1][2][3][4]


Past results

Singles

Year Tournament name Champions Runners-up Score
1989 Open de la Côte Basque Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva Spain Conchita Martínez 6–2, 6–2
1990 Tournoi de Bayonne France Nathalie Tauziat West Germany Anke Huber 6–3, 7–6
1991 Open Whirlpool - Ville de Bayonne Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière Georgia (country) Leila Meskhi 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1992 Open Whirlpool - Ville de Bayonne Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière France Nathalie Tauziat 6–7, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1989 Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
France Catherine Tanvier
Italy Raffaella Reggi
South Africa Elna Reinach
7–6, 7–5
1990 Australia Louise Field
France Catherine Tanvier
Australia Jo-Anne Faull
Australia Rachel McQuillan
7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1991 Argentina Patricia Tarabini
France Nathalie Tauziat
Australia Rachel McQuillan
France Catherine Tanvier
6–3 ret.
1992 Italy Linda Ferrando
Czechoslovakia Petra Langrová
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
United States Stephanie Rehe
1–6, 6–3, 6–4

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1990). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1990. London: Willow Books. pp. 163, 165, 206. ISBN 9780002183550.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1991). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1991. London: Collins Willow. pp. 151–152, 169. ISBN 9780002184038.
  3. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1992). The International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1992. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 153–154, 177. ISBN 9780002184304.
  4. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1993). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1993. London: Collins Willow. pp. 153–154, 175. ISBN 9780002185080.