1989 Lufthansa Cup - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1989 Lufthansa Cup was a tennis

Tennis

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts

Clay court

A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club

Rot-Weiss Tennis Club

The Lawn Tennis Turnier Club Rot-Weiß is a tennis club located in the Grunewald district of Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1897, and has been the venue of the German Open WTA Tour tournament since 1979. The club has 16 clay courts. A 7,000-seat stadium court was built in 1996, and was...

in Berlin

Berlin

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in West Germany

West Germany

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that was part of Tier I

WTA Tier I tournaments

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of the 1989 WTA Tour

1989 WTA Tour

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. The tournament was held from May 15 through May 21, 1989.

Women's Singles

Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...

defeated

Gabriela Sabatini

Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s...

6–3, 6–1

It was Graf's 7th title of the year and the 45th of her career.

Women's Doubles

Elizabeth Smylie
Elizabeth Smylie
Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993....

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Janine Tremelling defeated

Lise Gregory

Lise Gregory was a South African tennis player who played primarily doubles. She played left-handed. Her career-high doubles ranking in 1990 was no. 18...

Gretchen Magers

Gretchen Anne Magers is a former professional tennis player from the United States....

5–7, 6–3, 6–2

It was Smylie's 5th title of the year and the 26th of her career. It was Tremelling's 3rd title of the year and the 5th of her career.

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