1992 WTA Tour
The 1992 WTA Tour (officially titled 1992 Kraft General Foods World Tour after its sponsor) was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 1992 tennis season.
Monica Seles dominated 1992 | |
Details | |
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Duration | December 2, 1991 – November 16, 1992 |
Edition | 22nd |
Tournaments | 57 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Summer Olympics WTA Tier I (6) WTA Tier II (15) WTA Tier III (5) WTA Tier IV (11) WTA Tier V (14) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Monica Seles (10) |
Most tournament finals | Monica Seles (14) |
Prize money leader | Monica Seles $2,622,352 |
Points leader | Monica Seles 283.00 |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Monica Seles |
Doubles Team of the year | Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva |
Most improved player of the year | Kimiko Date |
Newcomer of the year | Debbie Graham |
Comeback player of the year | Jenny Byrne |
← 1991 1993 → |
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
Schedule
- Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Summer Olympic Games |
Year-end championships |
WTA Tier I events |
WTA Tier II events |
WTA Tier III events |
WTA Tier IV events |
WTA Tier V events |
Team events |
December 1991
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Dec 2 | Nivea Cup São Paulo, Brazil Tier V event $75,000 – Clay – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Sabine Hack 6–3, 7–5 | Veronika Martinek | Inés Gorrochategui Donna Faber | Virginia Ruano Luanne Spadea Patricia Tarabini Florencia Labat |
Inés Gorrochategui Mercedes Paz 6–2, 6–2 | Renata Baranski Laura Glitz | ||||
Dec 30 | Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships A$1,000,000 – Hard (i) – 12 teams | Switzerland 2–1 | Czechoslovakia | Germany Spain | France United States CIS Spain |
Danone Open Brisbane, Australia WTA Tier IV $150,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Nicole Provis 6–3, 6–2 | Rachel McQuillan | Magdalena Maleeva Debbie Graham | Andrea Temesvári Radka Zrubáková Mana Endo Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | |
Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland 6–4, 6–3 | Manon Bollegraf Nicole Provis |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Rankings
Below are the 1992 WTA year-end rankings (November 23, 1992) in both singles and doubles competition:
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See also
References
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1992" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1992" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
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