[Brian Stewart]

Rollo, would you like me to stick this thread, to avoid having to bump it ad nauseum? And likewise with the Olympics?

[Rollo]

Brian-if you think it's worth it. Thanks for all the hard work on the grand slam and database threads

[Robert1]

Rollo, some stats of the Avon Championships in March 1981 (New York):

Bunge and Hanika played a match for the third place. Bunge won 5:7,6:4,3:2ret.

Hanika maintained having had stomach pains, but at that point of the match the withdrawel came very surpringly to anyone (including Bunge).

Also, there was a Jaeger/Hanika dispute. Some of their comments:
Hanika: "Andrea plays unbelievably boring and is also not very nice". Jaeger: "She once hit a smash in my direction on purpose and several times she insulted me with German invectives that I understand but don't won't to repeat." Hanika: "I apologised for that smash. Andrea is not very nice on the court, she behaves like a super-star and tries to manipulate the linesmen."

King about Bunge "She is the most talented of all the upcoming players, she'll bring it far".

Navratilova was the oldest player of the tournament at age 24, Jaeger was the youngest (15). She still has the record of the youngest finalist at the championships ever.

[Uranium]

2003 WTA Tour Championships

Played at the Staples Center, Los Angeles. November 5-10

Format: Round Robin

Red Group
Kim Clijsters[1] d. Amelie Mauresmo[6] 3-6 6-4 6-4
Clijsters[1] d. Elena Dementieva[9] 6-2 6-2
Clijsters[1] d. Chanda Rubin[10] 6-4 6-4
Mauresmo[6] d. Dementieva[9] 6-3 6-2
Rubin[10] d. Mauresmo[6] 4-6 6-4 6-2
Dementieva[9] d. Rubin[10] 4-6 7-5 6-1

Black Group
Justine Henin-Hardenne[2] d. Jennifer Capriati[5] 6-2 6-1
Henin-Hardenne[2] d. Anastasia Myskina[9] 7-5 5-7 7-5
Ai Sugiyama[11] d. Henin-Hardenne[2] 6-2 6-4
Capriati[5] d. Myskina[9] 7-5 5-7 6-4
Capriati[5] d. Sugiyama[11] 7-5 7-6(3)
Myskina[8] d. Sugiyama[11] 6-4 6-3

Semis
Clijsters[1] d. Capriati[5] 4-6 6-3 6-0
Mauresmo[6] d. Henin-Hardenne[2] 7-6(2) 3-6 6-3

Final
Clijsters[1] d. Mauresmo[6] 6-2 6-0
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Doubles

Semis
Clijsters/Sugiyama[1] d. Black/Likhovtseva 6-3 6-4
Ruano Pascual/Suarez[2] d. Kuznetsova/Navratilova 6-4 6-4

Final
Ruano Pascual/Suarez[2] d. Clijsters/Sugiyama[1] 6-4 3-6 6-3

[Uranium]

2004 WTA Tour Championships

Played at the Staples Center, Los Angeles. November 10-15

Format: Round Robin

Red Group
Anastasia Myskina[3] d. Lindsay Davenport[1] 7-6(5) 6-4
Davenport[1] d. Elena Dementieva[5] 6-0 6-1
Davenport[1] d. Serena Williams[8] 3-6 7-5 6-1
Myskina[3] d. Dementieva[5] 6-3 6-3
S. Williams[8] d. Myskina[3] 4-6 6-3 6-4
S. Williams[8] d. Dementieva[5] 7-6(3) 7-5

Black Group
Amelie Mauresmo[2] d. Svetlana Kuznetsova[4] 6-3 6-2
Mauresmo[2] d. Maria Sharapova[6] 7-5 6-4
Mauresmo[2] d. Vera Zvonareva[11] 6-1 6-0
Sharapova[6] d. Kuznetsova[4] 6-1 6-4
Kuznetsova[4] d. Zvonareva[11] 6-2 6-4
Sharapova[6] d. Zvonareva[11] 6-4 7-5

Semis
Sharapova[6] d. Myskina[3] 2-6 6-2 6-2
S. Williams[8] d. Mauresmo[2] 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4

Final
Sharapova[6] d. S. Williams[8] 4-6 6-2 6-4
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Doubles

Semis
Black/Stubbs d. Ruano Pascual/Suarez[1] 7-6(7) 6-4
Petrova/Shaughnessy d. Kuznetsova/Likhovtseva[2] 6-3 6-2

Final
Petrova/Shaughnessy d. Black/Stubbs 7-5 6-2

[Uranium]

2005 WTA Tour Championships

Played at the Staples Center, Los Angeles. November 8-13.

Format: Round Robin

Green Group
Maria Sharapova[3] d. Lindsay Davenport[1] 6-3 5-7 6-4
Davenport[1] d. Patty Schnyder[8] 6-3 7-5
Davenport[1] d. Nadia Petrova[9] 6-2 7-6(1)
Sharapova[3] d. Schnyder[8] 6-1 3-6 6-3
Petrova[9] d. Sharapova[3] 6-1 6-2
Schnyder[8] d. Petrova[9] 6-0 5-7 6-4

Black Group
Amelie Mauresmo[4] d. Kim Clijsters[2] 6-3 7-6(4)
Mary Pierce[5] d. Clijsters[2] 6-1 4-6 7-6(2)
Clijsters[2] d. Elena Dementieva[10] 6-2 6-3
Pierce[5] d. Mauresmo[4] 2-6 6-4 6-2
Mauresmo[4] d. Dementieva[10] 6-2 6-3
Pierce[5] d. Dementieva[10] 6-2 6-3

Semis
Pierce[5] d. Davenport[1] 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
Mauresmo[4] d. Sharapova[3] 7-6(1) 6-3

Final
Mauresmo[4] d. Pierce[5] 5-7 7-6(3) 6-4
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Doubles

Semis
Black/Stubbs[1] d. Likhovtseva/Zvonareva 6-4 7-6(4)
Raymond/Stosur[2] d. Martinez/Ruano Pascual 7-5 5-7 6-3

Final
Raymond/Stosur[2] d. Black/Stubbs[1] 6-7(5) 7-5 6-4

[Uranium]

2006 Sony Ericsson Championships

Played at Madrid, Spain. November 7-12.

Format: Round Robin

Yellow Group
Amelie Mauresmo[1] d. Justine Henin-Hardenne[3] 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2
Nadia Petrova[5] d. Mauresmo[1] 6-2 6-2
Mauresmo[1] d. Martina Hingis[8] 3-6 6-1 6-4
Henin-Hardenne[3] d. Petrova[5] 6-4 6-4
Henin-Hardenne[3] d. Hingis[8] 6-2 6-7(5) 6-1
Hingis[8] d. Petrova[5] 6-4 3-6 6-3

Red Group
Maria Sharapova[2] d. Svetlana Kuznetsova[4] 6-1 6-4
Sharapova[2] d. Kim Clijsters[6] 6-4 6-4
Sharapova[2] d. Elena Dementieva[7] 6-1 6-4
Clijsters[6] d. Kuznetsova[4] 6-1 6-1
Kuznetsova[4] d. Dementieva[7] 7-5 6-3
Clijsters[6] d. Dementieva[7] 6-4 6-0

Semis
Mauresmo[1] d. Clijsters[6] 6-2 3-6 6-3
Henin-Hardenne[3] d. Sharapova[2] 6-2 7-6(5)

Final
Henin-Hardenne[3] d. Mauresmo[1] 6-4 6-3
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Doubles

Semis
Raymond/Stosur[1] d. Peschke/Schiavone 6-1 6-4
Black/Stubbs d. Yan/Zheng[2] 7-5 2-6 7-5

Final
Raymond/Stosur[1] d. Black/Stubbs 3-6 6-3 6-3

[Uranium]

2007 Sony Ericsson Championships

Played at Madrid, Spain. November 6-11.

Format: Round Robin

Yellow Group
Justine Henin[1] d. Jelena Jankovic[3] 6-2 6-2
Henin[1] d. Marion Bartoli[9] 6-0 6-0
Henin[1] d. Anna Chakvetadze[7] 6-1 7-6(4)
Bartoli[9] d. Jankovic[3] 6-1 1-0 ret.
Chakvetadze[7] d. Jankovic[3] 6-4 0-6 6-3
Chakvetadze[7] d. Serena Williams[5] 6-4 ret.

Red Group
Ana Ivanovic[4] d. Svetlana Kuznetsova[2] 6-1 4-6 7-5
Maria Sharapova[6] d. Kuznetsova[2] 5-7 6-2 6-2
Daniela Hantuchova[8] d. Kuznetsova[2] 7-6(7) 6-0
Sharapova[6] d. Ivanovic[4] 6-1 6-2
Ivanovic[4] d. Hantuchova[8] 6-2 7-6(9)
Sharapova[6] d. Hantuchova[8] 6-4 7-5

Semis
Henin[1] d. Ivanovic[4] 6-4 6-4
Sharapova[6] d. Chakvetadze[7] 6-2 6-2

Final
Henin[1] d. Sharapova[6] 5-7 7-5 6-3
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Doubles

Semis
Black/Huber[1] d. Peschke/Stubbs 7-6(3) 4-6 10-6
Srebotnik/Sugiyama[2] d. Chan/Chuang 6-2 6-2

Final
Black/Huber[1] d. Srebotnik/Sugiyama[2] 5-7 6-3 10-8

[Uranium]

2008 Sony Ericsson Championships

Played in Khalifa Tennis Complex at Qatar, Doha. November 4-9.

Format: Round Robin

White Group
Jelena Jankovic[1] d. Ana Ivanovic[4] 6-3 6-4
Jankovic[1] d. Svetlana Kuznetsova[6] 7-6(6) 6-4
Vera Zvonareva[8] d. Jankovic[1] 2-6 6-3 6-4
Agnieszka Radwanska[9] d. Kuznetsova[6] 6-2 7-5
Zvonareva[8] d. Ivanovic[4] 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4
Zvonareva[8] d. Kuznetsova[6] 6-2 6-3

Maroon Group
Serena Williams[3] d. Dinara Safina[2] 6-4 6-1
Elena Dementieva[5] d. Safina[2] 6-2 6-4
Venus Williams[7] d. Safina[2] 7-5 6-3
Dementieva[5] d. Nadia Petrova[10] 6-4 4-6 6-4
V. Williams[7] d. S. Williams[3] 5-7 6-1 6-0
V. Williams[7] d. Dementieva[5] 6-4 4-6 6-3

Semis
Zvonareva[8] d. Dementieva[5] 7-6(7) 3-6 6-3
V. Williams[7] d. Jankovic[1] 6-2 2-6 6-3

Final
V. Williams[7] d. Zvonareva[8] 6-7(5) 6-0 6-2
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Doubles

Semis
Black/Huber[1] d. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual 6-1 6-3
Peschke/Stubbs d. Srebotnik/Sugiyama[2] 6-3 2-6 10-4

Final
Black/Huber[1] d. Peschke/Stubbs 6-1 7-5

[Rollo]

Many thanks Uranium-I have copied and posted these!

[tommystar]

A suggestion, is it not possible to list the Round Robin matches in a cronological order as the matches were played? I remember Henin-Momo in 2005 was a great last match which decided the final standing in the group.
That would be much better as we know that the results of the group affected the willing to win by many players eg. Petrova trashing Sharapova 6-1 6-2, etc...

[Rollo]

A suggestion, is it not possible to list the Round Robin matches in a cronological order as the matches were played? I remember Henin-Momo in 2005 was a great last match which decided the final standing in the group.
That would be much better as we know that the results of the group affected the willing to win by many players eg. Petrova trashing Sharapova 6-1 6-2, etc...

It's a great idea Tommystar-if anyone posts or PMS me the results in the order they happened I will edit them in.

[Josus57]

November 13-19, 1989
Virginia Slims Championships
New York, New York, USA (Indoor Carpet)
Notes:
A record 5 women of Czech origin entered: Kelesi, Mandlikova, Novotna, Navratilova, and Sukova.

Excuse me, but I always thought Helen Kelesi was of Canadian heritage?

[Rollo]

A record 5 women of Czech origin entered: Kelesi, Mandlikova, Novotna, Navratilova, and Sukova.

Excuse me, but I always thought Helen Kelesi was of Canadian heritage?

Hi Josus Kelesi was Canadian, but her parents were Czech. They emigrated to Canada the year before she was born.

[Jakebfletch]

Is there a list anywhere on this forum that shows all the winners of the 3rd place play offs? I was just wondering as it seems that some years had a third place play off and others didn't and I just wondered whether there was a list available that showed them clearly? Sorry if that's confusing!