Tennis tournament
Amelia Island Championships Tournament information Founded 1980 Abolished 2010 Editions 31 Location Amelia Island and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Venue Amelia Island Plantation and Sawgrass Country Club Category International Surface Green Clay / outdoors Draw 32M / 32Q / 16D Prize money 220,000ドル
The Amelia Island Championships was a women's tennis tournament held in Amelia Island Plantation and later Ponte Vedra Beach , Florida , United States. The Women's Tennis Association event was an International series tournament played on outdoor green clay courts from 1980 to 2010.
Formerly the Bausch & Lomb Championships , the tournament lost its title sponsor when Bausch & Lomb did not renew its contract following the 2008 event at Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida . Tournament organizers Octagon hired Axia Public Relations , a public relations firm, to find a new title sponsor. In August 2008, Axia and Octagon announced Fortune 1000 global staffing firm MPS Group (NYSE:MPS) of Jacksonville, Florida as the official tournament title sponsor. Octagon moved the annual event to Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach as part of the tournament changes to attract more attendees and enjoy upgraded facilities.
On May 21, 2010, The WTA announced that the event would not be held in 2011. The WTA wanted to reduce the number of spring clay court events and the tournament offered the smallest prize money. The WTA offered replacement dates in February and July, but no facility was available in February, and temperatures in July can be unbearable.[ 1]
One of the most unusual matches in the tournament's history occurred in the first round of the 2002 event. Anne Kremer defeated Jennifer Hopkins 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, with both players serving a combined 29 double faults. An investigation discovered that the court markings had been incorrectly measured, resulting in a smaller service box than normal.[ 2]
1980–1983: Murjani WTA Championships
1984: Lipton WTA Champions
1984: NutraSweet WTA Championships
1985–1986: Sunkist WITA Championships
1987–2008 : Bausch & Lomb Championships
2009–2010 : The MPS Group Championships
Location
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Amelia Island
1980 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1981 United States Chris Evert Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova 6–0, 6–0
1982 United States Chris Evert (2)United States Andrea Jaeger 6–3, 6–1
1983 United States Chris Evert (3)Canada Carling Bassett 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1984 United States Martina Navratilova (2)United States Chris Evert 6–2, 6–0
1985 United States Zina Garrison United States Chris Evert 6–4, 6–3
1986 West Germany Steffi Graf West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)
1987 West Germany Steffi Graf (2)Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 6–3, 6–4
1988 United States Martina Navratilova (3)Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6–0, 6–2
1989 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini West Germany Steffi Graf 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1990 West Germany Steffi Graf (3)Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–0
1991 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (2)Germany Steffi Graf 7–5, 7–6
1992 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (3)Germany Steffi Graf 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
1993 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1994 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6–1, 6–4
1995 Spain Conchita Martínez Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6–1, 6–4
1996 Romania Irina Spîrlea France Mary Pierce 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1997 United States Lindsay Davenport France Mary Pierce 6–2, 6–3
1998 France Mary Pierce Spain Conchita Martínez 6–7(8–10) , 6–0, 6–2
1999 United States Monica Seles Romania Ruxandra Dragomir 6–2, 6–3
2000 United States Monica Seles (2)Spain Conchita Martínez 6–3, 6–2
2001 France Amélie Mauresmo South Africa Amanda Coetzer 6–4, 7–5
2002 United States Venus Williams Belgium Justine Henin 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2003 Russia Elena Dementieva United States Lindsay Davenport 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2004 United States Lindsay Davenport (2)France Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–4
2005 United States Lindsay Davenport (3)Italy Silvia Farina Elia 7–5, 7–5
2006 Russia Nadia Petrova Italy Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 6–4
2007 France Tatiana Golovin Russia Nadia Petrova 6–2, 6–1
2008 Russia Maria Sharapova Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 7–6(9–7) , 6–3
Ponte Vedra Beach
2009 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Canada Aleksandra Wozniak 6–1, 6–2
2010 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (2)Belarus Olga Govortsova 6–2, 7–5
Location
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Amelia Island
1980 United States Rosemary Casals South Africa Ilana Kloss United States Kathy Jordan United States Pam Shriver 7–6, 7–6
1981 United States Kathy Jordan United States Anne Smith United States Joanne Russell United States Pam Shriver 6–3, 5–7, 7–6
1982 United States Leslie Allen Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec United States Barbara Potter United States Sharon Walsh 6–1, 7–5
1983 United States Candy Reynolds South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank Romania Virginia Ruzici Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 6–4, 6–2
1984 United States Kathy Jordan (2) United States Anne Smith (2)United Kingdom Anne Hobbs Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1985 South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank (2) Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Canada Carling Bassett United States Chris Evert 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1986 West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Argentina Gabriela Sabatini France Catherine Tanvier 6–2, 5–7, 7–6
1987 West Germany Steffi Graf Argentina Gabriela Sabatini Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Australia Wendy Turnbull 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1988 United States Zina Garrison Jackson West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Katrina Adams United States Penny Barg-Mager 4–6, 6–2, 7–6
1989 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver 7–6, 2–6, 6–1
1990 Argentina Mercedes Paz Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Czechoslovakia Regina Rajchrtová Hungary Andrea Temesvári 7–6, 6–4
1991 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (2)Argentina Mercedes Paz Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1992 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) Belarus Natasha Zvereva (2)United States Zina Garrison-Jackson Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná 6–1, 6–0
1993 Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière Georgia (country) Leila Meskhi South Africa Amanda Coetzer Argentina Inés Gorrochategui 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1994 Latvia Larisa Neiland Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4)South Africa Amanda Coetzer Argentina Inés Gorrochategui 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
1995 South Africa Amanda Coetzer Argentina Inés Gorrochategui United States Nicole Arendt Netherlands Manon Bollegraf 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1996 United States Chanda Rubin Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (5)United States Meredith McGrath Latvia Larisa Neiland 6–1, 6–1
1997 United States Lindsay Davenport Czech Republic Jana Novotná United States Nicole Arendt Netherlands Manon Bollegraf 6–3, 6–0
1998 United States Sandra Cacic France Mary Pierce Austria Barbara Schett Switzerland Patty Schnyder 7–6, 4–6, 7–6
1999 Spain Conchita Martínez Argentina Patricia Tarabini United States Lisa Raymond Australia Rennae Stubbs 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
2000 Rain prevented play
2001 Spain Conchita Martínez (2) Argentina Patricia Tarabini (2)United States Martina Navratilova Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 6–2
2002 Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (6)Argentina María Emilia Salerni Sweden Åsa Svensson 6–4, 6–2
2003 United States Lindsay Davenport (2)United States Lisa Raymond Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Argentina Paola Suárez 7–5, 6–2
2004 Russia Nadia Petrova United States Meghann Shaughnessy Switzerland Myriam Casanova Australia Alicia Molik 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
2005 Australia Bryanne Stewart Australia Samantha Stosur Czech Republic Květa Peschke Switzerland Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–2
2006 Japan Shinobu Asagoe Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik South Africa Liezel Huber India Sania Mirza 6–2, 6–4
2007 Italy Mara Santangelo Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (2)Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2008 United States Bethanie Mattek Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Belarus Victoria Azarenka Russia Elena Vesnina 6–3, 6–1
Ponte Vedra Beach
2009 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung India Sania Mirza Czech Republic Květa Peschke United States Lisa Raymond 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
2010 United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2)China Yan Zi Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung China Peng Shuai 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2009–2020 2011–2020 2013–2020 2014–2020 2015–2020 2016–2020 2019–2020 2020 Defunct
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