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. 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. It was part of the WTA's 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule. In 1989, the tournament switched to outdoor hard courts. 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, also known as Taipei Municipal Tennis Courts.
Past finals
Singles YearChampionsRunners-upScoreRef.1986 Patricia Hy Adriana Villagrán 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–3 1987 Anne Minter Claudia Porwik 6–4, 6–1 1988 Stephanie Rehe Brenda Schultz 6–4, 6–4 1989 Anne Minter Cammy MacGregor 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 1990–1991 Not held1992 Shaun Stafford Ann Grossman 6–1, 6–3 1993 Wang Shi-ting Linda Harvey-Wild 6–1, 7–6(7–4) 1994 Wang Shi-ting Kyōko Nagatsuka 6–1, 6–3
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScoreRef.1986 Lea Antonoplis Barbara Gerken Gigi Fernández Susan Leo 6–1, 6–2 1987 Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor Sandy Collins Sharon Walsh 7–6(10–8), 5–7, 6–4 1988 Patty Fendick Ann Henricksson Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 1989 Maria Lindström Heather Ludloff Cecilia Dahlman Nana Miyagi 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 1990–1991 Not held1992 Jo-Anne Faull Julie Richardson Amanda Coetzer Cammy MacGregor 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 1993 Yayuk Basuki Nana Miyagi Jo-Anne Faull Kristine Radford 6–4, 6–2 1994 Michelle Jaggard-Lai Rene Simpson Nancy Feber Alexandra Fusai 6–0, 7–6(12–10)
See also Taipei Grand Prix List of sporting events in Taiwan
References
External links WTA tournament archive