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	2003 WTA Championships & Pattaya Women's Singles Tennis Results: QuickSports
		Kim became # 2 when the final rankings for the 2003 season came out on Tuesday, and she will keep that rank until next year, but winning her 2nd straight WTA Championship and a $1,000,030 prize is some consolation (the extra $30 represents the WTA's 30th anniversary).
		It was the last WTA match of 2003 (of course, the Fed Cup SFs and Finals are not until Nov 19-23).
		The WTA Championships, with only 8 players, had all matches scheduled in the evening, with 2 groups (Red & Black) in a round-robin format (12 matches), with two winners from each group becoming semifinalists to play off on Nov 9th, with the Final on Monday, Nov 10th.
	tennis.quickfound.net /wta_results/2003_championships_pattaya.html (3515 words)

	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)

	SI.com - Tennis - WTA Tour planning to shorten season by 2006 - Tuesday November 11, 2003 5:16PM
		LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The women's pro tennis tour is in talks to shorten its 11-month schedule by a week in 2006 and by two weeks in 2007 in response to years of player complaints about the season being too long.
		The WTA Championships suffered without the star power of Serena and Venus Williams to lure fans during its second of three years in Los Angeles.
		Scott said talks are underway for the WTA and ATP tours to combine their season-ending championships, although he said a joint event is unlikely before 2006.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2003/tennis/11/11/bc.ten.wtachampionships.ap (813 words)

	Gina Daggett
		With footprints all over the WTA Tour Championships court, Shriver was given the badge of honor as this year's chair, one that carries the weight of an ambassador.
		The WTA was conceived and Billie Jean King spanked Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes." Because of that, this year's WTA Tour Championships is extra special.
		For Shriver, her deepest WTA Tour Championships memories were born at Madison Square Garden years ago.
	www.ginadaggett.com /shriver.htm (2263 words)

	Day 6, Monday, The Record-Breaking Anti-Climax
		Clijsters becomes the first WTA Tour champion to successfully defend her title since Steffi Graf (1995-96), capping off one of the most consistent years any player has had in recent tour history.
		Clijsters competed in 15 finals this year, the most since Monica Seles reached 16 championship rounds in 1991 and appeared in the semifinals of 20 of the 21 events she entered in 2003.
		The extra $30 was added to the WTA Tour Championship prize package both to set a new prize-money record and to commemorate the WTA Tour’s 30th anniversary.
	www.tennis-ontheline.com /03kkye06.htm (740 words)

	WTA Tour Championships Will Decide No. 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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)

	AmÃ©lie Mauresmo, No. 4 on women’s tennis tour,is named an ambassador for Habitat for Humanity -- Habitat for ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The premier sponsorship of the WTA Tour by Whirlpool Europe, brings together two top global brands that are household names for performance, leadership and passion, and also sees Whirlpool Europe as the presenting sponsor for the WTA Tour’s official social cause, Habitat for Humanity.
		The WTA Tour is the world's premier professional sport for women with more than 1,100 players representing 76 nations competing for more than $58 million in prize money at the Tour's 59 events in 31 countries, as well as the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
		The WTA Tour season concludes with the WTA Tour Championships presented by Porsche at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Nov. 10-15, 2004.
	www.habitat.org /newsroom/2004archive/insitedoc006687.aspx?print=true (650 words)

	2005 Bank of the West Classic : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She owns 22 career WTA Tour singles titles, including five Grand Slam titles (1999 and 2002 U.S. Open, 2002 French Open, 2002 Wimbledon 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=13 (864 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)

	ESPN.com: TENNIS - 2003 WTA champion will earn $1 million
		On Tuesday, the WTA Tour 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.
	espn.go.com /tennis/news/2003/0204/1503918.html (302 words)

	On Pro Tennis: WTA Wrap
		After months of left wrist surgery, rehabilitation, further setbacks, a second trip to the operating table and considerable rest and training, Kim Clijsters is prepared to return to the WTA Tour at the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium, where she is the defending champion.
		Her ranking slipped immensely during her time away from the professional tour, from a mainstay in the top 10, spiraling downward to her current ranking of No. 87 entering the tournament.
		American Lindsay Davenport continued her stay at the top of the WTA Tour rankings, with the next three players, Amelie Mauresmo, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova exchanging spots.
	www.usta.com /protennis/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=149586 (980 words)

	ABC Sport - Tennis- Trio qualify for year-ending WTA Championships
		With about eight weeks remaining in the Race to the Championships, there is a fierce battle for the final five singles spots in the prestigious season-ending event at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
		Clijsters, who won last year's WTA Tour Championships, has won six titles and reached the semi-finals or better at 14 of 15 events this season coming into the US Open.
		She is currently recuperating from knee surgery and expects to return to the Tour later this year.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s939572.htm (469 words)

	Clijsters wins WTA Tour Championships - Nov. 11, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		LOS ANGELES - Belgium's Kim Clijsters won the 3 million-dollar WTA Tour Championships, dominating France's Amelie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-0 in Monday night's final at Staples Center.
		Her winner's check was actually for 1,000,030 dollars - the extra 30 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the WTA Tour.
		She was to return to the Staples Center court to play the doubles final with partner Ai Sugiyama of Japan against Argentian's Paula Suarez and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain.
	www.inq7.net /brk/2003/nov/11/brkspo_3-1.htm (362 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 reached the final of her first-ever WTA Tour Championships with a terrific fightback to stun #3-ranked French Open champion Anastasia Myskina 2-6 6-2 6-2.
		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)

	Boston.com / Sports / Golf / Three set for WTA Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She has won six titles and reached at least the semifinals at 14 of 15 events this season to overtake Williams for the top spot in the rankings.
		Williams, ranked No. 2, won the Australian and Wimbledon championships and was a semifinalist at the French Open.
		She is currently recuperating from knee surgery that prevented her from defending her U.S. Open championship.
	www.boston.com /sports/golf/articles/2003/09/04/three_set_for_wta_championships (636 words)

	List of female tennis players - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Silvia Farina Elia (Italy) - 2003 Wimbledon quarter-finalist
		Amélie Mauresmo (France) - 1999 Australian Open finalist; 2003 and 2004 French Open quarter-finalist; 2002, 2004 and 2005 Wimbledon semi-finalist; 2002 U.S. Open semi-finalist; 2005 WTA Tour Championships champion, 2003 finalist; ranked World No. 1 for 5 weeks
		Serena Williams (USA) - 1999 and 2002 U.S. Open champion; 2002 French Open champion; 2002 and 2003 Wimbledon champion, 2004 finalist; 2003 and 2005 Australian Open champion; 2001 WTA Tour Championships champion, 2002 and 2004 finalist; ranked World No. 1
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_female_tennis_players (1619 words)

	Los Angeles Tour
		This years 24city tour, which features Ozzy Osbourne, Labm of Godx, Hatebreed, and many others, launches July 12th in Seattel, and tickets which were made available free to fans for the ifrst time in the events 12year history, are sodl out.
		According to a source Posh Spice would have not agreed to be a part of the gig fi she was to keep suhnting between Lonjdon and LA, where she has moved with her family.
		Ttotendale in the natyional tour of The Drowsy Chaperone.
	los-angeles.big-city.org /tour.html (712 words)

	Pointed Magazine - WTA Tennis, Amelie Mauresmo Wins WTA Advanta Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The championships returned to the WTA schedule after a three-year absence.
		The Advanta Championships, held from 1971-79 and 1991-00 were usually the final tournament before the season-ending WTA Tour Championships.
		The doubles championship was a homecoming for Raymond, of nearby Wayne.
	www.eastcoastattractions.com /031102advanta.htm (540 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)

	WTA Championships Preview; No. 1 Clijsters in Action on Opening Day
		But if, like last year, the WTA can't put people in the seats for their year-end championship, it could be hostile takeover time.
		The WTA will be fielding a lot of line drives from the media on Day One.
		Martina Navratilova won 21 consecutive year-end championship matches from 1983-87...Did You Know: Between 1976 and 1982 when Colgate and Toyota were sponsors of the April-December WTA Tour segments, each held its own WTA Championships...
	www.tennis-x.com /story/2003-11-06/d.php (1003 words)

	USATODAY.com - Sony Ericsson, WTA Tour reach $88M title sponsor deal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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, 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.usatoday.com /sports/tennis/2005-01-04-wta-sponsorship_x.htm?csp=34 (566 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)

	Tennis Week
		The fourth-ranked French woman, who withdrew from this week's Linz tournament citing a left abductor strain, is scheduled to maker her third straight appearance at the season-ending event and fifth appearance overall.
		Mauresmo beat Justine Henin-Hardenne to reach the 2003 WTA Tour Championships final where she fell to Kim Clijsters.
		U.S. Open champions Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur joined Cara Black and Liezel Huber in qualifying for the four-teams doubles draw of the WTA Tour Championships.
	www.sportsmediainc.com /tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=14168&bannerregion= (239 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)

	SANEX WTA TOUR ANNOUNCES 2003 SEASON CALENDAR \|\| teamwta.com - Unofficial Womens Tennis News and Views (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 2003 season begins the week of December 30, 2002, with Uncle Tobys Hardcourts in Gold Coast, Australia, and the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand.
		The announcement of the 2003 calendar comes on the heels of another outstanding year for the Sanex WTA Tour.
		The Sanex WTA Tour is the world’s premier professional sport for women.
	www.sportnetwork.net /main/s133/st16361.htm (485 words)

	Pointed Magazine - WTA Tennis, Amelie Mauresmo Advances at WTA Advanta Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Third-seeded Anastasia Myskina of Russia qualified for the season-ending WTA Tour Championships with a 6-3, 6-1 rout of Germany's Marlene Weingartner in the quarterfinals.
		Myskina will be going to next week's WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles for the second straight year.
		She reached her fifth semifinal of the year and has won four titles this year, including a pair of indoor crowns in the fall.
	www.eastcoastattractions.com /031031advanta.htm (317 words)

	Eurosport - Tennis - Tennis Live Scoring and Comments. Grand Slams, ATP and WTA Tour, Davis Cup and Fed Cup. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Grand Slams, ATP and WTA Tour, Davis Cup and Fed Cup.
		It will be an all-French final as Amelie Mauresmo and Mary Pierce will square off in the WTA Championships final.
		The 26-year-old Mauresmo, who was the 2003 Tour Championships runner-up beaten by Kim Clijsters, improved to 3-1 this week and will look to capture her fourth WTA singles title of the year.
	www.eurosport.com /home/pages/v4/l0/s57/sport_lng0_spo57_sto789513.shtml (260 words)

	WLKY.com - Tennis - Round-Robin Action Wraps Up Friday At WTA Championships
		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.wlky.com /tennis/5303987/detail.html (514 words)

	NEPA News - Sports - 11/02/2003 - Mauresmo wins Advanta Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mauresmo, ranked seventh by the WTA, dominated the final two sets and cruised to her 10th career title, a day after needing over 2 1/2 hours in a semifinal victory against Ai Sugiyama.
		The Advanta Championships, held from 1971-1979 and 1991-2000, was usually the final tournament before the season-ending WTA Tour Championships.
		Mauresmo's path to the final was helped by the withdrawals of Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport, leaving her the highest-seeded player left in the tournament.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10450189&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465816&rfi=6 (349 words)

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