1997 Warsaw Cup by Heros
Encyclopedia
The 1997 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 1997 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from July 21 through July 27, 1997.
Barbara Paulus
defeated
Henrieta Nagyová
6–4, 6–4
Ruxandra Dragomir
/
Inés Gorrochategui
defeated
Meike Babel
/
Catherine Barclay
6–4, 6–0
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
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
that was part of Tier III of the 1997 WTA Tour
1997 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 July 21 through July 27, 1997.
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
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...
6–4, 6–4
- It was Paulus' only title of the year and the 7th of her career.
Doubles
Ruxandra DragomirRuxandra Dragomir
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie is a retired female tennis player from Romania, who won four singles and five doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 25, 1997, when she became the number 15 of the world...
/
Inés GorrochateguiInes Gorrochategui
Inés Gorrochategui is a former professional female tennis player from Argentina. She reached her career-high singles ranking World No...
defeated
Meike BabelMeike Babel
Meike Babel is a tennis champion from Langen, Germany. She is assistant women's tennis coach at Vanderbilt University. In her 10 years on the WTA tour she ranked 27 in singles and 45 in doubles. She was born 22 November 1974.-References:*-External links:...
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Catherine BarclayCatherine Barclay
Catherine Barclay is an Australian professional female tennis player.-External links:...
6–4, 6–0
- It was Dragomir's 3rd title of the year and the 8th of her career. It was Gorrochategui's only title of the year and the 7th of her career.