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	WTA Tour Championships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour.
		From 1984-1998, the final of the championships was a best-of-five-set match – making it the only tournament on the women's tour to have a best-of-five-set match at any round of the competition.
		The WTA Tour Championships are generally considered to be the fifth most prestigious event on the women's tour after the four Grand Slam tournaments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WTA_Tour_Championships (267 words)

	Elena Dementieva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 2000, she was named the WTA tour's Most Improved Player.
		At Amelia Island, she won her first WTA tour title, defeating Amanda Coetzer, Daniela Hantuchová, then world no. 1 Justin Henin, and world no. 2 Lindsay Davenport.
		At the 2005 WTA Tour Championships she lost all 3 round-robin matches against Amélie Mauresmo, Mary Pierce and Kim Clijsters with 3 times the same score: 6-2 and 6-3
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elena_Dementieva (739 words)

	Encyclopedia: WTA Tour Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		WTA stands for Womens Tennis Association, and is also known as the WTA Tour, and is to womens tennis what the ATP is to mens tennis.
		She won nine tournaments that year, including the WTA championships, reached two Grand Slam finals at the French Open and the US Open, losing on both occasions to her compatriot Justine Henin-Hardenne, and was ranked number one in the world for several weeks, although she eventually finished the season at number two behind Henin-Hardenne.
		Two of those came at the prestigious year-ending WTA Tour Championships, affirming the fact that she is quite capable of winning a tournament featuring only the top eight women players in the world, and another one came at the 2005 US Open.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/WTA-Tour-Championships (3722 words)

	WTA Tour Championships: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The WTA Tour Championships is a female tennis (A game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court) tournament.
		In the final she beat Kerry Reid from Australia (A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) in two sets: 7-5 6-4.
		In 2002 19-year old Kim Clijsters (additional info and facts about Kim Clijsters) was the first Belgian (A native or inhabitant of Belgium) to win the WTA Tour Championships by beating Serena Williams (additional info and facts about Serena Williams) in the final (7-5, 6-3).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wt/wta_tour_championships2.htm (1959 words)

	Everything Old is New Again
		One thing that has remained constant, as the WTA Tour celebrates its 30th Anniversary at the STAPLES Center with their season-ending Bank of America WTA Tour Championships, the WTA players, officials and spokesman continue to keep a stiff upper lip; even during the most uncertain times.
		By promoting a tour independent of the men’s game and by rallying the support of sponsors and fans worldwide, the WTA Tour has enjoyed a 30-year epic story filled with on- and off-court drama, politics, rivalries and increasing riches and fan base.
		The WTA Tour officials remain enthusiastic, energetic and positive despite the loss of 3 major players from this year’s event.
	www.tennis-ontheline.com /03kkye00.htm (886 words)

	WTA Tour moves season-ending event to Los Angeles
		The tour's board of directors voted to shift the site of the Sanex Championships to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the WTA announced Saturday.
		The Sanex Championships, which involves the top 16 women's singles players and the top eight doubles teams, was moved to Munich, Germany in 2001 after being played in New York's Madison Square Garden the previous 29 years.
		The WTA board approved a deal between sports marketing firm Octagon, the tour and AEG, which owns the Staples Center.
	www.venusandserena.homestead.com /news32302.html (236 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Petersburg, FL (April 17, 2002) — The Sanex WTA Tour, international sanctioning body for women’s professional tennis, today announced that Grey Worldwide New York has been named to handle the advertising for their upcoming brand building campaign effective immediately.
		In 2002, more than 1,000 players representing 76 nations are competing for over $51 million in prize money at the Tour’s 66 events in 33 countries.
		The Tour's season concludes with the Championships of the Sanex WTA Tour at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California scheduled for the week of November 4, 2002.
	www.greyglobalgroup.com /news/041702.html (413 words)

	WTA Championships \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Although she has captured six WTA Tour events this year, she has been shut out in Grand Slams, failing in the finals at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
		Her nine WTA Tour titles this year are the most of this week's eight qualifiers.
		Dementieva is the only player at Los Angeles who has not won a WTA Tour tournament this season, which should not be comforting to those who must oppose her.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20051108/news_1s8wtacaps.html (809 words)

	WTA Tour Championships Will Decide No. 1
		A year ago, playing in her last full season as a teenager, Clijsters shrugged off disappointing results at the major championships and defeated Chanda Rubin, a then major title-less Henin-Hardenne, an ailing Venus Williams and the indomitable Serena Williams in the same tournament to capture the 2002 WTA Tour Championships.
		The defending women’s tour champion leads all players in match wins compiling a phenomenal singles record of 85-12, but has fallen short in the tournaments that count, the four majors that comprise tennis’ Grand Slam.
		At this point in the season the odds-on 2003 women’s player of the year claiming her first two major championship wins at the French Open and US Open, Henin-Hardenne would be due for a letdown at the Championships if it were not for that year-end number one world ranking.
	www.usta.com /protennis/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=46089 (1106 words)

	Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships to be held in Madrid, Spain, in 2006, 30 June 2005 - Sony Ericsson ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships to be held in Madrid, Spain, in 2006
		This year’s Championships are expected to be another stellar competition in the event’s long and distinguished history, which dates back to 1972 and has included the all-time greats of the sport, such as Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles.
		The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season concludes with the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships presented by Porsche at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California, November 9-14, 2005.
	www.sonyericsson.com /spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=en&ver=4001&template=pc3_1_1&zone=pc&lm=pc3_1&prid=3639 (853 words)

	USATODAY.com - WTA Tour makes changes to season-ending event (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The WTA Tour on Tuesday announced that the season-ending event will offer a record top prize of $1 million and change from a 16-player single-elimination tournament to an eight-player round robin.
		The top check in WTA Tour history had been the $900,000 earned by Serena Williams at the 2002 U.S. Open.
		The system is identical to the one used by the ATP Tour for its season-ending tournament.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/tennis/2003-02-04-wta-tour-championships_x.htm (291 words)

	Tennisrulz.com Message Board - Andrew's WTA Tour Championships reports
		Maria has blamed her recent chest- and shoulder-injuries on the heavy Tretorn balls used on the WTA Tour, and wants these balls to be withdrawn from the WTA Tour Championships at Los Angeles.
		Maria reaffirmed to me that she is the best thing to happen to tennis since Monica Seles by winning the WTA Tour Championships at Los Angeles, beating Serena Williams (the woman who won four consecutive Grand Slam titles in 2002/2003) 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the final.
		No one can say that winning Wimbledon and the WTA Tour Championships in the same year was a fluke, even though Maria had more than her fair share of luck here - with her last two opponents both needing injury-timeouts.
	www.tennisrulz.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2141 (6419 words)

	Serena, Venus planning comebacks
		The two sisters will again be absent when the elite, eight-woman WTA Tour Championships begin here on Wednesday.
		Appearing at the annual WTA Tour Charities Gala and Fashion Show in Santa Monica, the Williams sisters said their minds did wander back to the court, even though they were deeply involved in the fashion show.
		Venus reached the 2002 WTA Tour Championships semi-finals, losing to Clijsters, who went on to beat Serena in the final.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/nov/04will.htm (491 words)

	news - Mauresmo Wins Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The third set was closely-contested for the most part, with the Frenchwomen trading breaks early en route to 4-all, but it was Mauresmo who stepped it up in the ninth game, breaking serve and capitalizing on five consecutive errors from Pierce after falling behind 0-40 while serving for the match in the 10th game.
		For Mauresmo, the Tour Championships title caps an impressive season in which she has never departed from the Top Four in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Singles Rankings, capturing titles in February at Antwerp (Tier II), in May at Rome (Tier I) and just last week in Philadelphia (Tier II).
		This year marked the 35th staging of the Tour Championships, and the last in Los Angeles as it moves to Madrid in 2006.
	www.noticias.info /asp/aspcomunicados.asp?nid=117958 (1209 words)

	AZSPORTSFAN.COM: Members: Sports Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		She was a finalist at the season-ending championships and the German Open.
		Clijsters, who finished the 2002 season ranked No. 4 in the world, captured her 10th career singles title at this year's season-ending championships by snapping Serena Williams' 18-match winning streak 7-5, 6-3.
		Sanex WTA Tour events are seen in person by more than four million fans worldwide, with its matches televised to more than 6.1 billion homes annually.
	azsportsfan.com /members/sports/11262002.4.html (621 words)

	ESPN.com: TENNIS - Shriver: Williams sisters top favorites
		Former WTA Tour pro Pam Shriver is providing ESPN.com with in-depth analysis throughout the Championships.
		Daniela Hantuchova is in her first Championships and faces Maleeva.
		Hantuchova is one of the three teenagers in the draw going up against someone who has been around pro tennis for as long as she can remember because her older sisters played.
	espn.go.com /tennis/s/2002/1105/1456567.html (854 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Sharapova lifts Tour title in LA
		Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova defeated an aching Serena Williams 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Monday to win the $3-million WTA Tour Championships, and solidfy her status among the game's elite.
		The 17-year-old Russian, who shot to global prominence when she defeated two-time defending champion Williams in the Wimbledon final, handed the former world number one another disappointing defeat in front of some 10 000 fans at the Staples Centre.
		Sharapova, already the second-youngest Wimbledon winner in the Open era, now joins Williams as the only two women to win the WTA Tour Championships in their first attempt.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/390654.htm (735 words)

	TennisNet.org - The WTA
		The WTA or "Women's Tennis Association" is the governing body of the women's game.
		This year over 1000 players representing 76 nations are competing for $58 million in prize money at 60 events in 31 countries.
		Tier I Events are the highest paying tournaments in the calendar, in both money and points.
	www.tennisnet.org /wta (52 words)

	Sports 4 - Round-robin Action Wraps Up Friday At WTA Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The 1997 Tour Championships runner-up Pierce, however, upended Mauresmo in the U.S. Open quarterfinals in September.
		The Belgian is 2-1 in their matchups at the Tour Championships.
		Clijsters, the 2002 and 2003 Tour Championships titlist, headed to LA battling Davenport for the year-end top-ranking, but she needed to at least reach the semifinals here in order to have a chance at supplanting the powerful American.
	www.wciv.com /news/stories/1105/276966.html (527 words)

	Read about WTA Tour Championships at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research WTA Tour Championships and learn about WTA ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Read about WTA Tour Championships at WorldVillage Encyclopedia.
		The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the
		The championships were held for the first time in 1972 at
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/WTA_Tour_Championships (258 words)

	2005 Bank of the West Classic : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		She has won 22 career WTA Tour singles titles, including five Grand Slam titles (1999 and 2002 U.S. Open, 2002 Wimbledon and the French Open, and 2003 Australian Open).
		The WTA Tour is the world's premier professional sport for women with more than 1,000 players representing 76 nations competing for more than $52 million in prize money at the Tour's 60 events in 31 countries.
		The WTA Tour's season concludes with the WTA Tour Championships presented by Porsche at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California, November 5-10, 2003.
	www.bankofthewestclassic.com /news/detailnews.asp?NewsID=15 (839 words)

	Sony Ericsson And WTA Tour Unveil On-Court Branding - News Headlines - Mobiledia
		The global sponsorship deal between Sony Ericsson and WTA Tour is the largest and most comprehensive sponsorship in the history of tennis.
		The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour partnership will explore opportunities that bring mobile technology, connectivity and content into play on a level never before seen in professional sports.
		On announcing the sponsorship deal in January, WTA Tour founder and tennis legend Billie Jean King said: "This is an historic day for women's sport and tennis.
	www.mobiledia.com /forum/topic25924.html (450 words)

	CNN.com - Australian return for Williams duo - Nov. 4, 2003
		The sisters will again be absent when the elite, eight-woman WTA Tour Championships starts in California on Wednesday.
		Appearing at the annual WTA Tour Charities Gala and Fashion Show in Santa Monica, the Williams sisters spoke of their frustrations at being sidelined through injury.
		Venus reached the 2002 WTA Tour Championships semifinals, losing to Kim Clijsters, who went on to beat Serena in the final.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/SPORT/11/03/tennis.venus.reut (433 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Armstrong may skip next Tour
		Armstrong, who won a record sixth straight Tour de France this year, said in yesterday's edition of L'Equipe that it is "time to move on to other things." He had been somewhat evasive about whether he would return...
		Armstrong, who won a record sixth straight Tour de France this year, said in yesterday's edition of L'Equipe that it is "time to move on to other things." He had been somewhat evasive about whether he would return in 2005, but these were his strongest comments yet about his plans.
		The Swedish star, trying to match the LPGA Tour record of four straight victories in a tournament set by Laura Davies in the 1994-97 Standard Register Ping, birdied the two par-5 closing holes for the second straight day to finish at 15-under 129.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/articles/2004/11/07/armstrong_may_skip_next_tour?mode=PF (640 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Sony Ericsson, WTA Tour reach $88 million title sponsor deal
		It's a sign of resurgence for the tour, which had been without a global sponsor for the 2003 and 2004 seasons, relying instead on regional deals.
		Under the new deal, reported by The Associated Press on Tuesday, the season-ending event will be called The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships, and the sponsor presumably would have a say in where it's played in future years.
		Those deals will stay in place along with what the tour is calling the largest global sponsorship in the history of women's sports.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050105-0818-ten-wta-titlesponsor.html (409 words)

	Women's WTA Tour
		Sony Ericsson and WTA Tour Announce Largest Global Sponsorship In History of Women's Sport; Title Sponsor partnership over six years is set to significantly enhance entertainment value of women's tennis with the Sony Ericsson mobile communications devices.
		WTA Tour Launches Worldwide Brand Marketing Campaign; 'Get In Touch With Your Feminine Side' Campaign Among Most Comprehensive Ever in Women's Professional Sports.
		Four are fantastic for women's tour Tour relishing rivalries: With four players who can stake a claim on No. 1, the WTA is ideally competitive at the top.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0800465.html (312 words)

	Kim Clijsters, Amelie Mauresmo, WTA Tour, TENNIS - CBS SportsLine.com
		Clijsters successfully defended her title at the WTA Championships, defeating Amelie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-0 Monday night.
		WTA Tour president and CEO Larry Scott said the event will leave Los Angeles in 2005, and relocate to another American city, Europe or China.
		However, Clijsters will drop from No. 1 to No. 2 when the year-end WTA Tour rankings are released.
	www.sportsline.com /tennis/story/6821638 (795 words)

	International Series - Memphis - News
		Kournikova was a guest of the Tournament for 2002 and 2003, where she donated a total of $55,000 to St. Jude over the two-year period.
		Vaidisova is currently ranked No. 15 in the world and is the only player on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour to win three consecutive titles in 2005.
		Raymond is back on the tour after recovering from a muscle tear and recently captured her second career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships doubles title with Stosur by defeating top seeds Black/Stubbs.
	www.atptennis.com /memphis/news/extend.asp (582 words)

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