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Jakeev · Nov 30th, 2005, 07:49 PM

Does anyone know? I know several amatuers have won Satellite and Challenger events but I have not been able to find any results on the WTA tour.

Thanks for any info

SARA-GOAT · Nov 30th, 2005, 07:56 PM

Well, Shuai is still an amateur (as written on wtatour.com)

but she hasn't won any WTA event

Shonami Slam · Nov 30th, 2005, 08:14 PM

peshke is an amutuer at the moment - but she won't be for the 2006 season.
hingis will eb an amuteur this season.
it has nothing to do with your level of play - it regards prize money from the previous two years (i think you need to earn over 40K to be considered pro)

**TheBoiledEgg** · Nov 30th, 2005, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Shonami Slam

peshke is an amutuer at the moment - but she won't be for the 2006 season.
hingis will eb an amuteur this season.
it has nothing to do with your level of play - it regards prize money from the previous two years (i think you need to earn over 40K to be considered pro)

thats got nothing to do with being a pro or not
that 40k just entitles you to being a FULL Member of the Tour which gives you certain benefits as well as not paying the $150 Entry Fee for each event. (Associate Members also dont pay entry fees and get lesser benefits)

Volcana · Nov 30th, 2005, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Pengwin

Has anyone ever won the Australian Open as their first title before?

Chris O'Neil

**Rollo** · Nov 30th, 2005, 09:03 PM

Jakeev-I guess it depends on what you would count a WTA tour level event as.

Tracy Austin didn't turn pro until Stuttgart in late 1978, before that she had won a Futures event, which would be a tier 4 or 5 today.

There were probably others after that. Caroline Stoll for example, and I'm not sure when Anfrea Jaeger turned pro. pam Shriver may also have been an amateur when she won a Futures event in 1978.

I think Margaret Court's first ever tournament win was at the Aussie in 1960-I'll double check that.

Andy T · Nov 30th, 2005, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Volcana

Chris O'Neil

She won several minor international events - as an amateur, I think - before the 78 Aussie. These included the NSW Hardcourts (bt Jan Lehane-O'Neill, 4-time Aussie runner up in the 1960s) and the Adelaide/South Australian Open (bt Nerida Gregory) both in 1976 plus others in Madrid, Norwich and Merseyside.