Sparkassen Cup (tennis)

Sparkassen Cup
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Volkswagen Grand Prix (1990–93) International Grand Prix (1994) Sparkassen Cup (1995–2003)
Tour	WTA Tour
Founded	1990
Abolished	2003
Editions	14
Surface	Carpet

The Sparkassen Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1990 to 2003. It was held in Leipzig in Germany and played on indoor carpet courts.

The inaugural event was held from 24–30 September 1990, shortly before the German reunification.

Steffi Graf won the first four titles and won the tournament again in 1998 to make her the most successful player at the event. Anke Huber, Jana Novotná and Kim Clijsters also won multiple singles titles at the event.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1990	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez	6–1, 6–1
1991	Steffi Graf	Jana Novotná	6–3, 6–3
1992	Steffi Graf	Jana Novotná	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1993	Steffi Graf	Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–0
1994	Jana Novotná	Mary Pierce	7–5, 6–1
1995	Anke Huber	Magdalena Maleeva	Walkover
1996	Anke Huber	Iva Majoli	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
1997	Jana Novotná	Amanda Coetzer	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1998	Steffi Graf	Nathalie Tauziat	6–3, 6–4
1999	Nathalie Tauziat	Květa Hrdličková	6–1, 6–3
2000	Kim Clijsters	Elena Likhovtseva	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–4
2001	Kim Clijsters	Magdalena Maleeva	6–1, 6–1
2002	Serena Williams	Anastasia Myskina	6–3, 6–2
2003	Anastasia Myskina	Justine Henin-Hardenne	3–6, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1990	Gretchen Magers Lise Gregory	Manon Bollegraf Jo Durie	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1991	Manon Bollegraf Isabelle Demongeot	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	6–4, 6–3
1992	Larisa Savtsjenko-Neiland Jana Novotná	Patty Fendick Andrea Strnadová	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
1993	Natasha Zvereva Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–3, 6–2
1994	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	Larisa Neiland Manon Bollegraf	6–4, 6–4
1995	Larisa Neiland Meredith McGrath	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Caroline Vis	6–4, 6–4
1996	Kristie Boogert Nathalie Tauziat	Miriam Oremans Sabine Appelmans	6–4, 6–4
1997	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	Yayuk Basuki Helena Suková	6–2, 6–2
1998	Ai Sugiyama Elena Likhovtseva	Manon Bollegraf Irina Spîrlea	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–1
1999	Larisa Neiland Mary Pierce	Ai Sugiyama Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
2000	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario	Kim Clijsters Laurence Courtois	6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3
2001	Nathalie Tauziat Elena Likhovtseva	Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner	6–4, 6–2
2002	Serena Williams Alexandra Stevenson	Janette Husárová Paola Suárez	6–3, 7–5
2003	Martina Navratilova Svetlana Kuznetsova	Elena Likhovtseva Nadia Petrova	3–6, 6–1, 6–3

References

• WTA Results Archive