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tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association

Women's Tennis Association

The Women's Tennis Association, formed in 1973, is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It organizes the WTA Tour, the worldwide professional tennis tour for women, which has for sponsorship reasons been known since 2005 as The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour....
(WTA) tour. The event's current sponsored name is the Sony Ericsson Championships. The championships were held for the first time in August 1971 in Houston, Texas

Texas

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as one of a series of tournaments sponsored by Virginia Slims

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) as a climax event at the end of the series. From 1972 to 1974, the event was held in October, before switching to March from 1975 until 1986. The WTA then decided to adopt a January-to-November playing season, and so the event was switched to being held at the end of each year. As a consequence, there were two championships held in 1986. The event was held in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

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from 1974 to 1976 before moving to Madison Square Garden

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(MSG) in New York City

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in 1977. With the exception of a one-year move to Oakland, California

California

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in 1978, the Championships remained at MSG until 2000. The event then briefly moved to Munich

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, Germany

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in 2001. More recently, it moved back to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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from 2002 to 2005. The 2006 and 2007 editions were held in Madrid

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, Spain

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. Doha

Doha

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, Qatar

Qatar

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hosted the 2008 event and is scheduled to host the 2009 and 2010 editions before passing the flag to Istanbul

Istanbul

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, Turkey

Turkey

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, which is expected to host the 2011, 2012, and 2013 events.

From 1971-1978, the event was known as the Virginia Slims Championships. When Avon

Avon Products

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took over as the tour sponsor from 1979–1982, the event was known as the Avon Championships. Virginia Slims

Virginia Slims

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returned as the tour sponsor in 1983 and the event name reverted to the Virginia Slims Championships. It remained that way until 1994 when Virginia Slims ended their sponsorship of the WTA Tour. In 1995, without a tour sponsor, the event was simply referred to as the WTA Tour Championships. Since then, the tournament has been named after other event sponsors. From 1996 to 2000, it was called the Chase Championships. In 2001, it was the Sanex Championships while in 2002, it was the Home Depot Championships. In 2003 and 2004, the event name was once again the WTA Tour Championships. Since 2005, with Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson

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taking over as tour sponsor, the event has been called the Sony Ericsson Championships.

From 1984–1998, the final of the championships was a best-of-five-set match – making it the only tournament on the women's tour to have a best-of-five-set match at any round of the competition. In 1999, the final reverted to being a best-of-three-set match, as had been the case from 1971–1983.

The WTA Tour Championships are generally considered to be the fifth most prestigious event on the women's tour after the four Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention....
tournaments. Venus Williams

Venus Williams

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is the current champion.

Past results

Singles

Venue	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in Final
	1971	Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....		6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Boca Raton	1972	Chris Evert Chris Evert Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open....		7-5, 6-4
Boca Raton	1973	Chris Evert		6-3, 6-3
Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....	1974	Evonne Goolagong Cawley		6-3, 6-4
	1975	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...	6-4, 6-2
	1976	Evonne Goolagong Cawley		6-3, 5-7, 6-3
New York City New York City The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....	1977	Chris Evert	Sue Barker Sue Barker Susan Barker, Order of the British Empire is a television presenter and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career, she won the women's singles title at the French Open and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No....	2-6, 6-1, 6-1
	1978	Martina Navrátilová		7-6(0), 6-4
New York City	1979	Martina Navrátilová	Tracy Austin Tracy Austin Tracy Ann Austin Holt is a former World No. 1 women's professional tennis player from the United States who won the women's singles title at the US Open in 1979 and 1981 and the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1980, before a series of injuries cut short her career....	6-3, 3-6, 6-2
	1980	Tracy Austin		6-2, 2-6, 6-2
	1981	Martina Navrátilová	Andrea Jaeger Andrea Jaeger Andrea Jaeger is a former World No. 2 professional tennis player from the United States whose brief but highly successful tennis career ended prematurely due to major shoulder injuries....	6-3, 7-6(3)
	1982	Sylvia Hanika Sylvia Hanika Sylvia Hanika is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She is best remembered for finishing runner-up at the French Open in 1981, and for winning the Avon Championships in 1982....		1-6, 6-3, 6-4
	1983	Martina Navrátilová Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...		6-2, 6-0
	1984	Martina Navrátilová		6-3, 7-5, 6-1
	1985	Martina Navrátilová	Helena Suková Helena Suková Helena Sukov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles....	6-3, 7-5, 6-4
	1986(1)	Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandl?kov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles ? two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open ....	6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
	1986(2)	Martina Navrátilová	Steffi Graf Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....	7-6(6), 6-3, 6-2
	1987	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentina tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s....	4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-4
	1988	Gabriela Sabatini	Pam Shriver Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster from the United States. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and 1 mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments....	7-5, 6-2, 6-2
	1989	Steffi Graf		6-4, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
	1990	Monica Seles Monica Seles Monica Seles is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Hungarians in Vojvodina parents but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994....		6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
	1991	Monica Seles		6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
	1992	Monica Seles		7-5, 6-3, 6-1
	1993	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario *Ar?nzazu Arantxa* Isabel Maria S?nchez Vicario** is a Spanish professional tennis player. She won four Grand Slam singles titles, six Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
	1994	Gabriela Sabatini	Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic Games gold medal in singles....	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
	1995	Steffi Graf	Anke Huber Anke Huber Anke Huber is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996....	6-1, 2-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
	1996	Steffi Graf	Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles ....	6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0
	1997	Jana Novotná	Mary Pierce Mary Pierce Mary Pierce is a tennis professional playing on the WTA Tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics....	7-6(4), 6-2, 6-3
	1998 1998 WTA Tour Championships The 1998 WTA Tour Championships were held in New York, United States between November 16 and November 22.=Singles=...	Martina Hingis		7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
	1999 1999 WTA Tour Championships The 1999 WTA Tour Championships were held in New York, United States between November 15 and November 21.=Singles=...	Lindsay Davenport		6-4, 6-2
	2000 2000 WTA Tour Championships The 2000 WTA Tour Championships were held in New York, United States between November 13 and November 19.=Singles=...	Martina Hingis		6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4
Munich Munich Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....	2001 2001 WTA Tour Championships The 2001 WTA Tour Championships were held in Munich, Germany between October 30 and November 4 2001.=Singles=...	Serena Williams Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player who, as of February 2, 2009, is ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association, having now held that ranking on four different occasions....		walkover
Los Angeles	2002 2002 WTA Tour Championships The 2002 WTA Tour Championships were held in Los Angeles, United States between November 6 and November 11 2002....	Kim Clijsters Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a retired Belgian tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked player in singles and in doubles....		7-5, 6-3
	2003 2003 WTA Tour Championships The results of the 2003 WTA Tour Championships held in Los Angeles, United States. For the first time a round robin system was introduced, after the men's Tennis Masters Cup....	Kim Clijsters	Amélie Mauresmo Amélie Mauresmo Am?lie Simone Mauresmo is a French professional tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles in 2006, at the 2006 Australian Open and at 2006 Wimbledon Championships....	6-2, 6-0
	2004 2004 WTA Tour Championships The 2004 WTA Tour Championships were held in Los Angeles, United States.=Singles=...	Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian professional tennis player. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked players, she was on February 23, 2009, ranked World No....		4-6, 6-2, 6-4
	2005 2005 WTA Tour Championships The 2005 WTA Tour Championships were held in Los Angeles, United States from 8 November to 13 November, 2005.=Singles=...	Amélie Mauresmo		5-7, 7-6(3), 6-4
Madrid Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...	2006 2006 WTA Tour Championships The 2006 WTA Tour Championships were held in Madrid, Spain.=Singles=...	Justine Henin		6-4, 6-3
	2007 2007 WTA Tour Championships The 2007 WTA Tour Championships, officially Sony Ericsson Championships, is the thirty seventh season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the eight best female tennis players in singles, and four teams in doubles, on the 2007 WTA Tour....	Justine Henin		5-7, 7-5, 6-3
Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of Qatar. With a population of 400,051 according to the 2005 census, it is located in the Ad Dawhah municipality on the Persian Gulf....	2008 2008 WTA Tour Championships The 2008 WTA Tour Championships was a tennis tournament played on Tennis court#Hard courts. It was the WTA Tour Championships#Singles of the WTA Tour Championships, the WTA Tour Championships#Doubles of the year-end doubles championships, and is part of the 2008 WTA Tour....	Venus Williams Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players American tennis player who, as of February 23, 2009, is ranked World No....	Vera Zvonareva Vera Zvonareva Vera Igorevna Zvonar?va is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000....	6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2
	2009
	2010
Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....	2011
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Doubles

Year	Champions	Runner-ups	Score in Final
1971	Rosemary Casals Rosemary Casals Rosemary "Rosie" Casals is a former American professional tennis player. She was born in San Francisco, California, to El Salvador parents.Casals was twice the women's singles runner-up at the US Open , losing to Margaret Court in the 1970 final as she completed a calendar year Grand Slam and losing to Billie Jean King in 1971.... Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	Françoise Durr Françoise Durr Fran?oise Durr is a former tennis player from France. She won 26 singles titles and 60 doubles titles. According to Lance Tingay of Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bud Collins, and the Women's Tennis Association, Durr was ranked in the world top ten from 1965 through 1967, from 1970 through 1972, and from 1974 through 1976, reaching a...	6-3, 1-6, 6-2
1972	no doubles played
1973	Rosemary Casals Margaret Court	Betty Stöve Betty Stöve Betty St?ve is a Netherlands former professional tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles....	6-2, 6-4
1974	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Betty Stöve	6-1, 6-7(2), 7-5
1975	no doubles played
1976	no doubles played
1977	no doubles played
1978	no doubles played
1979	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	Sue Barker Sue Barker Susan Barker, Order of the British Empire is a television presenter and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career, she won the women's singles title at the French Open and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No.... Ann Kiyomura Ann Kiyomura Ann Kiyomura-Hayashi is a former professional tennis player.Kiyomura played on the WTA Tour from 1973 to 1984. She played in 11 US Open s, reaching the fourth round in 1978....	7-6, 7-6
1980	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...	Wendy Turnbull Wendy Turnbull Wendy Turnbull, Order of the British Empire, is a retired Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her footspeed around the court....	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
1981	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster from the United States. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and 1 mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments....	Barbara Potter Barbara Potter Barbara Potter is a former tennis player from the United States, who competed professionally on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, winning six singles titles and eight doubles titles.... Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh-Pete is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She enjoyed a long career by modern standards, playing her first Grand Slam singles event in 1969 and her last Grand Slam doubles match in 1990....	6-0, 7-6(6)
1982	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Kathy Jordan Kathy Jordan Kathryn Jordan is a former American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles during her career.... Anne Smith Anne Smith Anne Smith is a female former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was World No. 1 in 1980 and 1981....	6-4, 6-3
1983	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former Germany tennis player. She was born Claudia Kohde, but added the hyphenated "-Kilsch" to her name which came from her adoptive father Jurgen Kilsch, an attorney.... Eva Pfaff Eva Pfaff Eva Pfaff is a former Germany tennis player.During her career she won 5 doubles WTA Tour titles. Her peak world rankings in the sport were 17th in singles and 16th in doubles ....	7-5, 6-2
1984	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Jo Durie Jo Durie Jo Durie is a former world Top 5 professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.... Ann Kiyomura	6-3, 6-1
1985	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Helena Suková Helena Suková Helena Sukov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles....	6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(5)
1986 (1)	Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandl?kov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles ? two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open .... Wendy Turnbull	Helena Suková	6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3
1986 (2)	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Helena Suková	1-6, 6-1, 6-1
1987	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Helena Suková	6-1, 6-1
1988	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Natalia Zvereva	6-3, 6-4
1989	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Natalia Zvereva	6-3, 6-2
1990	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie, born 11 April 1963 in Perth, Western Australia. She is a former Australian tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985....	Mercedes Paz Mercedes Paz Mercedes Mar?a Paz is a former professional tennis player from Argentina, who won three singles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The right-hander reached her highest career ranking on April 29 1991, when she became the number 28 of the world.... Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario *Ar?nzazu Arantxa* Isabel Maria S?nchez Vicario** is a Spanish professional tennis player. She won four Grand Slam singles titles, six Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	7-6(4), 6-4
1991	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Gigi Fernández Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fern?ndez is a former professional Puerto Rico tennis player. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest doubles players of all time.... Jana Novotná Jana Novotná Jana Novotn? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Katharine, Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993....	4-6, 7-5, 6-4
1992	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	7-6(4), 6-1
1993	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6-3, 7-5
1994	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3
1995	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Natasha Zvereva	6-2, 6-1
1996	Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic Games gold medal in singles.... Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is of Spanish and Cubans descent. She was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic Games gold medals....	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6-3, 6-2
1997	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	Alexandra Fusai Alexandra Fusai Alexandra Fusai is a former tennis 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.... Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former tennis from France....	6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2
1998	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	Nathalie Tauziat	6-7(6), 7-5, 6-3
1999	Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles .... Anna Kournikova Anna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a semi-retired Russian professional tennis player and model . Her celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis players worldwide....	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6-4, 6-4
2000	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	Nicole Arendt Nicole Arendt Nicole Arendt is a female tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1991. She won sixteen doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she became number 49 in the world.... Manon Bollegraf Manon Bollegraf Manon Maria Bollegraf is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands, who finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....	6-2, 6-3
2001	Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the World No. 1 ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was World No.... Rennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs is an Australian professional female tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at three successive Olympic Games....	Cara Black Cara Black Cara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No.1 in Doubles.... Elena Likhovtseva Elena Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva Likhovtseva's career best appearance in a Grand Slam was when she reached the semi finals of the French Open 2005 before she was comprehensively defeated by Mary Pierce 6?1 6?1....	7-5, 3-6, 6-3
2002	Elena Dementieva Elena Dementieva Elena Dementieva ; is a professional tennis player from Russia who has won two Olympic Games medals in singles, including the gold medal at the Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... Janette Husárová Janette Husárová Janette Hus?rov? is a professional female tennis player from Slovakia. She's probably best remembered for winning the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002 partenering Russian Elena Dementieva....	Elena Likhovtseva	4-6, 6-4, 6-3
2003	Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 40 titles, including nine Grand Slam titles ... Paola Suárez Paola Suárez Paola Su?rez was a top 10 tennis player in the early 2000s. She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight Women's Tennis Association doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris, France....	Kim Clijsters Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a retired Belgian tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked player in singles and in doubles.... Ai Sugiyama Ai Sugiyama is a Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world no.1 in women's doubles, and currently ranked world no. 3 in doubles, she is considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour.In singles, she has a career-high singles ranking of world no.8 achieved on February 9, 2004....	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
2004	Nadia Petrova Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a professional tennis player from Russia.Petrova's career high ranking is World No. 3, a ranking she achieved after beating Justine Henin in the final of the Qatar Telecom German Open held in Berlin in May 2006.... Meghann Shaughnessy Meghann Shaughnessy Meghann Shaughnessy is an American professional tennis player. She was born in Richmond, Virginia, and currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona....	Rennae Stubbs	7-5, 6-2
2005 2005 WTA Tour Championships The 2005 WTA Tour Championships were held in Los Angeles, United States from 8 November to 13 November, 2005.=Singles=...	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur Samantha Stosur Samantha Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 on Women's Tennis Association in doubles, together with Lisa Raymond from the United States....	Rennae Stubbs	6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4
2006 2006 WTA Tour Championships The 2006 WTA Tour Championships were held in Madrid, Spain.=Singles=...	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Rennae Stubbs	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
2007 2007 WTA Tour Championships The 2007 WTA Tour Championships, officially Sony Ericsson Championships, is the thirty seventh season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the eight best female tennis players in singles, and four teams in doubles, on the 2007 WTA Tour....	Cara Black Liezel Huber Liezel Huber Liezel Huber is a tennis player from South Africa who competes for and resides in the United States. Huber has won the women's doubles title in The Championships, Wimbledon in 2005 and the Australian Open in 2007 with partner Cara Black....	Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player, coached by Biljana Veselinovic. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai.... Ai Sugiyama	5-7, 6-3, 10-8
2008 2008 WTA Tour Championships The 2008 WTA Tour Championships was a tennis tournament played on Tennis court#Hard courts. It was the WTA Tour Championships#Singles of the WTA Tour Championships, the WTA Tour Championships#Doubles of the year-end doubles championships, and is part of the 2008 WTA Tour....	Cara Black Liezel Huber Liezel Huber Liezel Huber is a tennis player from South Africa who competes for and resides in the United States. Huber has won the women's doubles title in The Championships, Wimbledon in 2005 and the Australian Open in 2007 with partner Cara Black....	Kveta Peschke Kveta Peschke Kvetoslava Peschke, also known as Kveta Peschkeov? is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. She plays mostly on the baseline, with her best shot being the forehand.... Rennae Stubbs	6-1, 7-5
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Results by country

Country	Wins
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Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....	6
Belgium Belgium * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....	4
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918 until 1992 . On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia....	3
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia File:LocationYugoslavia2.pngYugoslavia is a term that describes three political entities that existed successively on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century....	3
Argentina Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....	2
Australia Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....	2
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....	2
Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....	1
France France France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....	1
Russia Russia Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....	1

Final Appearances

Singles

Player	Appearances	Win-Loss	Year(s)
Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...	14	8-6	1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986(1), 1986(2), 1989, 1991, 1992
Chris Evert Chris Evert Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open....	8	4-4	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984
Steffi Graf Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....	6	5-1	1986(2), 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996
Monica Seles Monica Seles Monica Seles is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Hungarians in Vojvodina parents but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994....	4	3-1	1990, 1991, 1992, 2000
Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentina tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s....	4	2-2	1987, 1988, 1990, 1994
Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles ....	4	2-2	1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic Games gold medal in singles....	4	1-3	1994, 1998, 1999, 2001
Evonne Goolagong Cawley	3	2-1	1974, 1976, 1978
Serena Williams Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player who, as of February 2, 2009, is ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association, having now held that ranking on four different occasions....	3	1-2	2001, 2002, 2004
Amélie Mauresmo Amélie Mauresmo Am?lie Simone Mauresmo is a French professional tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles in 2006, at the 2006 Australian Open and at 2006 Wimbledon Championships....	3	1-2	2003, 2005, 2006
Kim Clijsters Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a retired Belgian tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked player in singles and in doubles....	2	2-0	2002, 2003
Justine Henin	2	2-0	2006, 2007
Tracy Austin Tracy Austin Tracy Ann Austin Holt is a former World No. 1 women's professional tennis player from the United States who won the women's singles title at the US Open in 1979 and 1981 and the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1980, before a series of injuries cut short her career....	2	1-1	1980, 1979
Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian professional tennis player. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked players, she was on February 23, 2009, ranked World No....	2	1-1	2004, 2007
Mary Pierce Mary Pierce Mary Pierce is a tennis professional playing on the WTA Tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics....	2	0-2	1997, 2005
Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	1	1-0	1971
Sylvia Hanika Sylvia Hanika Sylvia Hanika is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She is best remembered for finishing runner-up at the French Open in 1981, and for winning the Avon Championships in 1982....	1	1-0	1982
Jana Novotná Jana Novotná Jana Novotn? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Katharine, Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993....	1	1-0	1997
Venus Williams Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players American tennis player who, as of February 23, 2009, is ranked World No....	1	1-0	2008
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario *Ar?nzazu Arantxa* Isabel Maria S?nchez Vicario** is a Spanish professional tennis player. She won four Grand Slam singles titles, six Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	1	0-1	1993
Anke Huber Anke Huber Anke Huber is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996....	1	0-1	1995
Vera Zvonareva Vera Zvonareva Vera Igorevna Zvonar?va is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000....	1	0-1	2008

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