WTA Tier I tournaments

The WTA Tier I tournaments are ten Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tennis tournaments held throughout the year in various locations around the world, chiefly in Europe and North America. Tier I is the upper of 4 tiers that make up the WTA Tour. Two of the ten Tier I tournaments (Indian Wells and Miami) are played simultanousely with the Masters Series tournaments in those cities.

Events

The locations of the tournaments are somewhat fixed, although recently there have been some changes. The 10 tournaments – in calendar order – are:

Tournament	Also currently known as	Location	Court surface	History	Official website
Tokyo	Toray Pan Pacific Open	Tokyo, Japan	indoor carpet	1993	http://www.toray-ppo.co.jp
Indian Wells	Pacific Life Open	Indian Wells, CA, USA	outdoor hard	1997	http://www.pacificlifeopen.com
Miami	Sony Ericsson Open	Miami, FL, USA	outdoor hard		http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/
Charleston	Family Circle Cup	Charleston, SC, USA	outdoor green clay		http://www.familycirclecup.com
Berlin	Qatar Total German Open	Berlin, Germany	outdoor red clay		http://www.german-open.org
Rome	Telecom Italia Masters	Rome, Italy	outdoor red clay		http://www.telecomitaliamasters.it
San Diego	Acura Classic	San Diego, CA, USA	outdoor hard	2004	http://www.acuraclassic.com
Canada	Rogers Cup presented by A. E.	Montreal / Toronto, Canada	outdoor hard		http://www.rogerscup.com
Moscow	Kremlin Cup	Moscow, Russia	indoor supreme	1997	http://www.kremlincup.ru
Zurich	Zurich Open	Zurich, Switzerland	indoor hard	1993	http://www.zurichopen.net

Results

2002

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Martina Hingis	Monica Seles	7-66, 4-6, 6-3
Indian Wells	Daniela Hantuchova	Martina Hingis	6-3, 6-4
Miami	Serena Williams	Jennifer Capriati	7-5, 7-6
Charleston	Iva Majoli	Patty Schnyder	6-3, 6-4
Berlin	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Serena Williams	6-2, 1-6, 7-65
Rome	Serena Williams	Justine Henin-Hardenne	7-6, 6-4
Montreal	Amelie Mauresmo	Jennifer Capriati	6-4, 6-1
Moscow	Magdalena Maleeva	Lindsay Davenport	5-7, 6-3, 7-64
Zurich	Patty Schnyder	Lindsay Davenport	6-75, 7-68, 6-3

2003

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Lindsay Davenport	Monica Seles	6-76, 6-1, 6-2
Indian Wells	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport	6-4, 7-5
Miami	Serena Williams	Jennifer Capriati	4-6, 6-4, 6-1
Charleston	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Serena Williams	7-65, 6-4
Berlin	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Kim Clijsters	6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Rome	Kim Clijsters	Amélie Mauresmo	3-6, 7-63, 6-0
Toronto	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Lina Krasnoroutskaya	6-1, 6-0
Moscow	Anastasia Myskina	Amélie Mauresmo	6-2, 6-4
Zurich	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Jelena Dokic	6-0, 6-4

2004

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Lindsay Davenport	Magdalena Maleeva	6-4, 6-1
Indian Wells	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Lindsay Davenport	6-1, 6-4
Miami	Serena Williams	Elena Dementieva	6-1, 6-1
Charleston	Venus Williams	Conchita Martinez	2-6, 6-2, 6-1
Berlin	Amélie Mauresmo	Venus Williams	walk over
Rome	Amélie Mauresmo	Jennifer Capriati	3-6, 6-3, 7-66
San Diego	Lindsay Davenport	Anastasia Myskina	6-1, 6-1
Montreal	Amélie Mauresmo	Elena Likhovtseva	6-1, 6-0
Moscow	Anastasia Myskina	Elena Dementieva	7-5, 6-0
Zurich	Alicia Molik	Maria Sharapova	4-6, 6-2, 6-3

2005

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Maria Sharapova	Lindsay Davenport	6-1, 3-6, 7-65
Indian Wells	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport	6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Miami	Kim Clijsters	Maria Sharapova	7-5, 6-3
Charleston	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Elena Dementieva	7-5, 6-4
Berlin	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Nadia Petrova	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Rome	Amélie Mauresmo	Patty Schnyder	2-6, 6-3, 6-4
San Diego	Mary Pierce	Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 6-0
Toronto	Kim Clijsters	Justine Henin-Hardenne	7-5, 6-1
Moscow	Mary Pierce	Francesca Schiavone	6-4, 6-3
Zurich	Lindsay Davenport	Patty Schnyder	7-6, 6-3

2006

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Elena Dementieva	Martina Hingis	6-2, 6-0
Indian Wells	Maria Sharapova	Elena Dementieva	6-1, 6-2
Miami	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Maria Sharapova	6-4, 6-3
Charleston	Nadia Petrova	Patty Schnyder	6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Berlin	Nadia Petrova	Justine Henin-Hardenne	4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Rome	Martina Hingis	Dinara Safina	6-2, 7-5
San Diego	Maria Sharapova	Kim Clijsters	7-5, 7-5
Montreal	Ana Ivanovic	Martina Hingis	6-2, 6-3
Moscow	Anna Chakvetadze	Nadia Petrova	6-4 6-4
Zurich	Maria Sharapova	Daniela Hantuchova	6-1 4-6 6-3

2007

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	Martina Hingis	Ana Ivanović	6-4, 6-2
Indian Wells
Miami
Charleston
Berlin
Rome
San Diego
Montreal
Moscow
Zurich

Winners

	Tokyo	Indian Wells	Miami	Charleston	Berlin	Rome	San Diego	Toronto/Montreal	Moscow	Zurich
06	Dementieva	Sharapova	Kuznetsova	Petrova	Petrova	Hingis	Sharapova	Ivanovic	Chakvetadze	Sharapova
05	Sharapova	Clijsters	Clijsters	Henin	Henin	Mauresmo	Pierce	Clijsters	Pierce	Davenport
04	Davenport	Henin	S.Williams	V.Williams	Mauresmo	Mauresmo	Davenport	Mauresmo	Myskina	Molik
03	Davenport	Clijsters	S.Williams	Henin	Henin	Clijsters	-	Henin	Myskina	Henin
02	Hingis	Hantuchova	S.Williams	Majoli	Henin	S.Williams	-	Mauresmo	M.Maleeva	Schnyder
01	Davenport	S.Williams	V.Williams	Capriati	Mauresmo	Dokic	-	S.Williams	Dokic	Davenport
00	Hingis	Davenport	Hingis	Pierce	Martinez	Seles	-	Hingis	Hingis	Hingis
99	Hingis	S.Williams	V.Williams	Hingis	Hingis	V.Williams	-	Hingis	Tauziat	V.Williams
98	Davenport	Hingis	V.Williams	Coetzer	Martinez	Hingis	-	Seles	Pierce	Davenport
97	Hingis	Davenport	Hingis	Hingis	M.Fernandez	Pierce	-	Seles	Novotna	Davenport
96	Majoli	-	Graf	A.Sanchez Vicario	Graf	Martinez	-	Seles	-	Novotna
95	Date	-	Graf	Martinez	A.Sanchez Vicario	Martinez	-	Seles	-	Majoli
94	Graf	-	Graf	Martinez	Graf	Martinez	-	A.Sanchez Vicario	-	M.Maleeva
93	Navratilova	-	A.Sanchez Vicario	Graf	Graf	Martinez	-	Graf	-	Ma.Maleeva-Fragnière

Singles Titles Matrix

Since 1993:

Rank	Player	Tokyo	Indian Wells	Miami	Charleston	Berlin	Rome	San Diego	Toronto/ Montreal	Moscow	Zurich	Total
1	Martina Hingis	4	1	2	2	1	2	-	2	1	1	16
2	Lindsay Davenport	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	11
3	Steffi Graf	1	-	3	1	3	-	-	1	-	-	9
4=	Justine Henin-Hardenne	-	1	-	2	3	-	-	1	-	1	8
4=	Conchita Martinez	-	-	-	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	8
6	Serena Williams	-	2	3	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	7
7=	Amélie Mauresmo	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	2	-	-	6
7=	Venus Williams	-	-	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	6
9=	Kim Clijsters	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	5
9=	Mary Pierce	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	2	-	5
9=	/ Monica Seles	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	5
12=	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	4
12=	Maria Sharapova	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	4
14	Iva Majoli	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
15=	/ Jelena Dokic	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	2
15=	Magdalena Maleeva	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
15=	Anastasia Myskina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
15=	Jana Novotna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
15=	Nadia Petrova	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
20=	Jennifer Capriati	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
20=	Anna Chakvetadze	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
20=	Amanda Coetzer	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
20=	Kimiko Date	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
20=	Elena Dementieva	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
20=	Mary Joe Fernandez	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
20=	Daniela Hantuchova	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
20=	Ana Ivanovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
20=	Svetlana Kuznetsova	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
20=	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
20=	Alicia Molik	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
20=	Martina Navratilova	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
20=	Patty Schnyder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
20=	Nathalie Tauziat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

Trivia

• Monica Seles holds the record for the most consecutive wins at a Tier One event. From 1995 to 1999, she reached the finals of the Canadian Open, winning on the first four occasions.
• Conchita Martinez won the Italian Open four straight times, from 1993 to 1996, and reached the final in 1997.
• Martina Hingis of Switzerland has won all the different Tier I tournaments except for the San Diego event, which became a Tier I event in 2004, during her three-year withdrawal from the sport which ended in late 2005.