[Monsters]

2000: ZERO winners
2001: ZERO winners

2002: 6 tournies (1 Tier II & 5 Tier III-), 4 winners
Bahai: Myskina
Warsaw/Quebec City: Bovina
Sopot: Safina
Helsinki/Bali: Kuznetsova

2003: 6 tournies (1 Tier II & 5 Tier III-), 4 winners so far
Doha/Sarasota: Myskina
Amelie Island/Bali: Dementieva
Bol: Zvonareva
Palermo: Safina

and 2003 hasnt ended yet.....
how cool is this, the list might still grow for 2003

 

[Daniel]

let"s hope Myskina wins one more title

 

[Randy H]

good to seem them winning titles, but interesting to see that the overall tier level remains the same with only 1 capturing a tier 2 level title all year and the rest being tier 3 - still 2 tier 1's left, wonder if someone can breakthrough and grab it, or even add to the tier 2 list (certainly possible this week for dementieva given shanghai's field)

 

[Gowza]

hopefully bovina can get one this year and kuznetsova, douchevina, kirilenko and sharapova can also get them this year.

 

[bandabou]

Nice and all...but they all seem like the queens of tier III´s. Come on girls, time to move to the big leagues. Plus for all the Russian invation thing, 6 titles ain´t that much.

 

[Burberry]

I hope the Kremlin Cup 2003 will be the Russian's next title!!! Go Girls!!

 

[wateva]

i thought warsaw 2002, bali 2002, helsinki, palermo are tier V events? sarasota is a tier IV event. anyway, keep up the good work russians!

 

[-Sonic-]

Yeah I think some of those are below tier 3 status.

 

[Monsters]

that's why the Tier III-

 

[Fantastic]

I don't know. Would you prefer to win a Tier 5 title or no title at all? Think of it from the players point of view. It's easy for us to say "oh, it was only a Tier 5 tournament. It doesn't mean anything." When will they ever satisfy anyone? Until all four Grand Slams are won by Russians? Then you'd have people saying, "oh, the Russians are dominating. They are boring!" As fans, we should be happy with whatever the players accomplish. It's up to them to say what is or isn't good enough for them. D'ya get what m'saying?

 

[Sammm]

Hopefully Sveta will win a tournie this year.

 

[Hurley]

I don't know. Would you prefer to win a Tier 5 title or no title at all? Think of it from the players point of view. It's easy for us to say "oh, it was only a Tier 5 tournament. It doesn't mean anything." When will they ever satisfy anyone? Until all four Grand Slams are won by Russians? Then you'd have people saying, "oh, the Russians are dominating. They are boring!" As fans, we should be happy with whatever the players accomplish. It's up to them to say what is or isn't good enough for them. D'ya get what m'saying?

Right, maybe this is good enough for them. But I mean, really. People are complaining about ten titles Tier III or below in 2002-3? They're missing the point of the thread.

Look at how many Tier III titles won in 2000-1.

Get it?

 

[Martian KC]

Now Nadia just needs one.

 

[alfajeffster]

Olga Morozova was better than all of them- made it to the finals of Wimbledon and the French Open, and was one of the better serve-and-volley players... in 1973