Sparkassen Cup (tennis)

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.

Sparkassen Cup
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameVolkswagen Grand Prix (1990–93)
International Grand Prix (1994)
Sparkassen Cup (1995–2003)
TourWTA Tour
Founded1990
Abolished2003
Editions14
SurfaceCarpet

The inaugural event was held from 24 to 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 Champions Runners-up Score
1990West Germany Steffi GrafSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario6–1, 6–1
1991Germany Steffi GrafCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná6–3, 6–3
1992Germany Steffi GrafCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1993Germany Steffi GrafCzech Republic Jana Novotná6–2, 6–0
1994Czech Republic Jana NovotnáFrance Mary Pierce7–5, 6–1
1995Germany Anke HuberBulgaria Magdalena MaleevaWalkover
1996Germany Anke HuberCroatia Iva Majoli5–7, 6–3, 6–1
1997Czech Republic Jana NovotnáSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1998Germany Steffi GrafFrance Nathalie Tauziat6–3, 6–4
1999France Nathalie TauziatCzech Republic Květa Hrdličková6–1, 6–3
2000Belgium Kim ClijstersRussia Elena Likhovtseva7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–4
2001Belgium Kim ClijstersBulgaria Magdalena Maleeva6–1, 6–1
2002United States Serena WilliamsRussia Anastasia Myskina6–3, 6–2
2003Russia Anastasia MyskinaBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne3–6, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

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

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