1995 Warsaw Cup by Heros
Encyclopedia
The 1995 Warsaw Cup by Heros was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
at the Legia Tennis Centre
in Warsaw
in Poland that was part of Tier III of the 1995 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from September 11 through September 17, 1995.
Barbara Paulus
defeated
Alexandra Fusai
7–6, 4–6, 6–1
Sandra Cecchini
/ Laura Garrone
defeated
Henrieta Nagyová
/ Denisa Szabova 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
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 Legia Tennis Centre
Legia Tennis Centre
The Legia Tennis Centre is a tennis complex in Warsaw, Poland. The complex is the host of the annual premier stop, the Warsaw Open. The stadium court has a capacity of 4,000 people.-External links:**...
in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
in Poland that was part of Tier III of the 1995 WTA Tour
1995 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...
. The tournament was held from September 11 through September 17, 1995.
Singles
Barbara PaulusBarbara Paulus
Barbara Paulus is a former professional top 10 female tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career she won a total of seven WTA tournaments...
defeated
Alexandra FusaiAlexandra Fusai
Alexandra Fusai is a former professional tennis player from France.Fusai turned professional in 1991. She was 1.76m tall and weighed about 60 kg in 1997. She played right-handed and lived in Nantes during her career...
7–6, 4–6, 6–1
- It was Paulus' 1st title of the year and the 4th of her career.
Doubles
Sandra CecchiniSandra Cecchini
Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter...
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Laura GarroneLaura Garrone
Laura Garrone is a former professional tennis player from Italy.Garrone won five doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The right-hander reached her highest career ranking on January 19, 1987, when she became the number 32 of the world...
defeated
Henrieta NagyováHenrieta Nagyová
Henrieta Nagyová is a Slovak female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as the 21st in the world . In recent years her ranking has fallen due to constant injury. In late 2005, she brought her ranking up to a year ending 145, after it fell below 200...
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Denisa Szabova 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
- It was Cecchini's only title of the year and the 22nd of her career. It was Garrone's only title of the year and the 5th of her career.