1995 WTA Tour
Steffi Graf finished the year as world No. 1 for the record-equaling seventh time in her career, tying Martina Navratilova's achievement. She won nine tournaments during the season, including three majors at the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open, as well as the WTA Tour Championships. She also won two Tier I events.
Monica Seles also finished the year as world No. 1 for the third time in her career, being granted the ranking on a protected status as part of her return from her 1993 stabbing. She won one tournament during the season, a Tier I event, and finished runner-up at a major at the US Open.
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 2 January – 13 November 1995 |
| Edition | 25th |
| Tournaments | 51 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Tier I (8) WTA Tier II (17) WTA Tier III (11) WTA Tier IV (10) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles |  Steffi Graf (9) |
| Most finals | Steffi Graf (9) |
| Prize money leader | Steffi Graf ($2,538,620) |
| Points leader | Steffi Graf (393.25) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Steffi Graf |
| Doubles team of the year | |
| Most improved player of the year |  Chanda Rubin |
| Newcomer of the year |  Martina Hingis |
| Comeback player of the year | Monica Seles |
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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
[edit]The table below shows the 1995 WTA Tour schedule.
- Key
| Grand Slam events |
| Year-end championships |
| Tier Is |
| Tier IIs |
| Tier IIIs |
| Tier IVs |
| Team events |
January
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February
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March
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May
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June
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August
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October
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Statistical Information
[edit]List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
- Steffi Graf – Paris, Delray Beach, Miami, Houston, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, Philadelphia, WTA Tour Championships (9)
- Conchita Martínez – Hilton Head, Amelia Island, Hamburg, Rome, San Diego, Manhattan Beach (6)
- Magdalena Maleeva – Chicago, Moscow, Oakland (3)
- Mary Joe Fernández – Indian Wells, Brighton (2)
- Iva Majoli – Zurich, Filderstadt (2)
- Barbara Paulus – Warsaw, Pattaya City (2)
- Mary Pierce – Australian Open, Tokyo (Tier II) (2)
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario – Barcelona, Berlin (2)
- Brenda Schultz-McCarthy – Oklahoma City, Quebec City (2)
- Linda Wild – Nagoya, Beijing (2)
- Sabine Appelmans – Zagreb (1)
- Nicole Bradtke – Auckland (1)
- Kimiko Date – Tokyo (Tier I) (1)
- Lindsay Davenport – Strasbourg (1)
- Amy Frazier – Tokyo (Tier III) (1)
- Zina Garrison-Jackson – Birmingham (1)
- Sabine Hack – Jakarta (1)
- Julie Halard – Prague (1)
- Anke Huber – Leipzig (1)
- Joannette Kruger – San Juan (1)
- Leila Meskhi – Hobart (1)
- Jana Novotná – Linz (1)
- Ludmila Richterová – Bournemouth (1)
- Gabriela Sabatini – Sydney (1)
- Monica Seles – Toronto (1)
- Irina Spîrlea – Palermo (1)
- Nathalie Tauziat – Eastbourne (1)
- Wang Shi-ting – Surabaya (1)
- Judith Wiesner – Styria (1)
The following players won their first title:
Joannette Kruger – San Juan
Ludmila Richterová – Bournemouth
Iva Majoli – Zurich
Rankings
[edit]Below are the 1995 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1995" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1995" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.