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Duration | February 2 – October 25 |
Edition | 9th |
Tournaments | 8 |
Achievements (singles) | |
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Most tournament finals | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.[1]
Tournaments
[edit]Tournament | Country | Location | Surface | Date | Prize money[2] |
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Toray Pan Pacific Open | Japan | Tokyo | Carpet (i) | Feb 2 – 8 | $926,250 |
State Farm Evert Cup | United States | Indian Wells | Hard | Mar 2 – 15 | $1,250,000 |
Lipton Championships | United States | Key Biscayne | Hard | Mar 16 – 29 | $1,900,000 |
Family Circle Magazine Cup | United States | Hilton Head Island | Clay (green) | Mar 30 – Apr 5 | $926,250 |
Campionati Internazionali d’Italia[3] | Italy | Rome | Clay (red) | May 4 – 10 | $926,250 |
German Open[4] | Germany | Berlin | Clay (red) | May 11 – 17 | $926,250 |
du Maurier Open | Canada | Montreal | Hard | Aug 17 – 23 | $926,250 |
European Championships | Switzerland | Zürich | Hard | Oct 12 – 18 | $926,250 |
MGTS Kremlin Cup | Russia | Moscow | Carpet (i) | Oct 19 – 25 | $1,000,000 |
Results
[edit]* First-time champion
Tournament | Singles champions | Runners-up | Score | Doubles champions | Runners-up | Score |
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Tokyo | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
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Indian Wells | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() |
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6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |
Miami | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, 6–1 | ![]() ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
Hilton Head | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Rome | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() |
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7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
Berlin | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4s | ![]() ![]() |
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6–3, 6–0 |
Montréal | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 | ![]() ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Zürich | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() |
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5–7, 6–1, 6–3 |
Moscow | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 6–3 | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1998 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
- ^ "1998 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 30 August 2009.
- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ "1998 German Open Draws" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 September 2017.
External links
[edit]- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website