Grand Slam Cup

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The Grand Slam Cup was a tennis tournament held annually in Munich, Germany, from 1990 through 1999. The event was organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The ITF invited the best-performing players in the year's Grand Slam events to compete in the Grand Slam Cup.

The tournament was created in 1990 and was played on indoor carpet courts. In its earliest years, it was held in December but was later moved to the late-September/mid-October period. From 1990 through 1997, the tournament was limited to male players. A women's championship was added in 1998 and was held simultaneously with the men's tournament.

Throughout its existence, the Grand Slam Cup was famous for paying-out the highest prize money of any tournament in tennis. The winner received U.S. $1.5 million. And according to the rules, if the tournament was won by a player who had also won a Grand Slam event that year, the winner received a bonus of U.S. $1 million. So although U.S. $1.5 million was already the biggest prize in the game, as many as four players each year (a quarter of the participants if each of the year's Grand Slam events had had a different winner) had a chance of pocketing U.S. $2.5 million.

The Grand Slam Cup, however, was not recognized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Therefore, participants did not receive points in the world rankings maintained by the ATP, and the event was not considered an official career title. (Following discontinuation of the event in 1999, the ATP decided to give the event full recognition retroactively and added it to players' lists of official titles.)

A compromise between the ITF and the ATP was announced on December 9 1999, by which the Grand Slam Cup was merged with the ATP World Championship (the ATP's year-end tournament), which was also held annually in Germany, giving birth to the Tennis Masters Cup, which would be an official tour event. In the eyes of most tennis fans, this was the end of the Grand Slam Cup because the Tennis Masters Cup is generally viewed as a continuation of the ATP World Championship, not the Grand Slam Cup. The women's tournament was also discontinued after 1999, with just two editions having been held.

A direct result of the merging of the two competitions can still be seen in the qualification rules for the Tennis Masters Cup, which include one notable difference from those of the ATP World Championship. The World Championship was meant to include the top eight players on the ATP world rankings at the end of a season, even though this could mean the exclusion of a Grand Slam champion who had not been able to earn sufficient ranking points the rest of the year. Although the present rules also refer to the best eight players of the year, they ensure the participation of a Grand Slam champion who is unable to earn a top eight ranking at the end of the season. According to the present rules, the top seven players in the ATP Champions Race qualify for the Tennis Masters Cup automatically. The eighth player, however, qualifies only if all the Grand Slam singles champions are among the top eight. Any Grand Slam event champion who is not in the top eight but is still in the top twenty is included to the detriment of the eighth-ranked player. This situation occurred at the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup (in Houston, USA), where the 8th ranked player in the ATP Champions Race, Andre Agassi, was excluded from the event in favor of Gastón Gaudio, who had won that year's French Open but was ranked 10th at the end of the year.

Contents 1 Qualification and form of play 2 Finals 2.1 Men's Championship 2.2 Women's Championship 3 Complete Results 3.1 1990 3.2 1991 3.3 1992 3.4 1993 3.5 1994 3.6 1995 3.7 1996 3.8 1997 3.9 1998 3.10 1999 4 External links

[edit] Qualification and form of play

Qualification and seeding for the Grand Slam Cup were not related to ATP rankings. The ITF attributed to players a given numbers of points for their performances in the Grand Slam events (these points were used only to qualify for the Grand Slam Cup). After all four Grand Slam events had concluded, the ITF added up the points, and the 16 players with the most points qualified for the Grand Slam Cup. Although the rules did not assure Grand Slam champions an automatic berth in the event, winning a Grand Slam event was a de facto qualification for the Grand Slam Cup, given the considerable number of points attributed by the ITF to the champion of each event.

The system of play for the Grand Slam Cup was a simple knock-out tournament. Matches in the first two rounds were best-of-three sets, while the semi-finals and final were best-of-five sets. There was no tie-break in a final set.

ITF's Grand Slam Cup qualification points table
Rounds of Grand Slam events only

Round	Points
1st Round	2
2nd Round	20
3rd Round	40
Round of 16	75
Quarter finalist	150
Semi finalist	300
Finalist	450
Winner	600

[edit] Finals

[edit] Men's Championship

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
1990	Pete Sampras	Brad Gilbert	6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1991	David Wheaton	Michael Chang	7-5, 6-2, 6-4
1992	Michael Stich	Michael Chang	6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1993	Petr Korda	Michael Stich	2-6, 6-4, 7-6, 2-6, 11-9
1994	Magnus Larsson	Pete Sampras	7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4
1995	Goran Ivanišević	Todd Martin	7-6, 6-3, 6-4
1996	Boris Becker	Goran Ivanišević	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1997	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter	6-2, 6-4, 7-5
1998	Marcelo Ríos	Andre Agassi	6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3
1999	Greg Rusedski	Tommy Haas	6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6

[edit] Women's Championship

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
1998	Venus Williams	Patty Schnyder	6-2, 3-6, 6-2
1999	Serena Williams	Venus Williams	6-1, 3-6, 6-3

[edit] Complete Results

[edit] 1990

December 11-24

Round	Match	Score
R16	8 David Wheaton def. Yannick Noah	7-6, 6-7, 6-3
	4 Pete Sampras def. Andrei Cherkasov	5-7, 6-2, 7-5
	2 Ivan Lendl def. Christian Bergström	6-4, 6-0
	Henri Leconte def. 7 Thomas Muster	6-3, 6-4
	Aaron Krickstein def. 3 Andrés Gómez	6-3, 6-4
	5 Goran Ivanišević def. Kevin Curren	7-6, 7-6
	Brad Gilbert def. 6 Jonas Svensson	2-6, 6-3, 6-4
	Michael Chang def. 1 Stefan Edberg	6-4, 4-6, 7-5
QF	8 David Wheaton def. 2 Ivan Lendl	6-2, 7-6
	4 Pete Sampras def. 5 Goran Ivanišević	7-6, 6-7, 8-6
	Brad Gilbert def. Aaron Krickstein	6-7, 6-4, 6-3
	Michael Chang def. Henri Leconte	7-6, 6-3
SF	4 Pete Sampras def. Michael Chang	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
	Brad Gilbert def. 8 David Wheaton	6-3, 3-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4
Final	4 Pete Sampras def. Brad Gilbert	6-3, 6-4, 6-2

[edit] 1991

December 10-23

Round	Match	Score
R16	Todd Woodbridge def. Aaron Krickstein	6-3, 6-3
	7 David Wheaton def. Paul Haarhuis	1-6, 6-3, 6-2
	3 Michael Stich def. Goran Prpić	6-4, 6-3
	8 Patrick McEnroe def. Thierry Champion	4-6, 6-1, 6-4
	4 Ivan Lendl def. Cristiano Caratti	6-4, 6-1
	Jakob Hlasek def. 6 Jimmy Connors	0-6, 6-4, 6-4
	5 Guy Forget def. Jaime Yzaga	6-3, 6-3
	Michael Chang def. 2 Jim Courier	6-4, 6-2
QF	7 David Wheaton def. Todd Woodbridge	6-4, 7-6
	3 Michael Stich def. 5 Guy Forget	7-6, 6-4
	4 Ivan Lendl def. Jakob Hlasek	7-6, 6-3
	Michael Chang def. 8 Patrick McEnroe	6-2, 6-4
SF	7 David Wheaton def. 3 Michael Stich	7-6, 7-6, 7-6
	Michael Chang def. 4 Ivan Lendl	2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 9-7
Final	7 David Wheaton def. Michael Chang	7-5, 6-2, 6-4

[edit] 1992

December 8-14

Round	Match	Score
R16	Michael Stich def. 1 Stefan Edberg	7-6, 6-7, 8-6
	3 Pete Sampras def. Alexander Volkov	6-3, 6-4
	6 John McEnroe def. Nicklas Kulti	6-1, 6-4
	Henri Leconte def. 5 Wayne Ferreira	3-6, 6-3, 6-0
	3 Richard Krajicek def. Emilio Sánchez	6-3, 6-2
	7 Petr Korda def. Wally Masur	2-6, 7-5, 6-4
	4 Goran Ivanišević def. Guy Forget	7-5, 6-4
	Michael Chang def. 2 Andre Agassi	6-4, 6-2
QF	Michael Stich def. 3 Richard Krajicek	7-6, 7-5
	3 Pete Sampras def. Henri Leconte	7-6, 6-4
	4 Goran Ivanišević def. 6 John McEnroe	3-6, 6-4, 6-2
	Michael Chang def. 7 Petr Korda	6-3, 6-4
SF	Michael Stich def. 3 Pete Sampras	7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6
	Michael Chang def. 4 Goran Ivanišević	6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Final	Michael Stich def. Michael Chang	6-2, 6-3, 6-2

[edit] 1993

December 7-13

Round	Match	Score
R16	5 Michael Stich def. MaliVai Washington	6-3, 6-1
	Brett Steven def. 4 Cédric Pioline	6-4, 7-6
	1 Pete Sampras def. Thomas Muster	6-3, 6-1
	Petr Korda def. Alexander Volkov	6-2, 6-3
	Wayne Ferreira def. 7 Boris Becker	7-5, 6-4
	2 Stefan Edberg def. Todd Martin	6-3, 6-2
	Michael Chang def. 8 Wally Masur	6-2, 4-6, 7-5
	3 Sergi Bruguera def. Magnus Larsson	6-3, 6-4
QF	5 Michael Stich def. Brett Steven	5-7, 6-4, 6-4
	1 Pete Sampras def. Michael Chang	7-6, 6-3
	Petr Korda def. 3 Sergi Bruguera	4-6, 6-0, 6-4
	2 Stefan Edberg def. Wayne Ferreira	6-7, 6-1, 6-0
SF	5 Michael Stich def. 2 Stefan Edberg	2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
	Petr Korda def. 1 Pete Sampras	3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 13-11
Final	Petr Korda def. 5 Michael Stich	2-6, 6-4, 7-6, 2-6, 11-9

[edit] 1994

December 6-12

Round	Match	Score
R16	1 Pete Sampras def. Jaime Yzaga	6-2, 6-4
	8 Michael Chang def. Alberto Berasategui	6-1, 7-5
	3 Boris Becker def. Wayne Ferreira	5-7, 6-4, 6-3
	6 Goran Ivanišević def. Jonas Björkman	6-4, 6-2
	5 Todd Martin def. Karel Nováček	7-6, 6-4
	4 Sergi Bruguera def. Andriy Medvedev	5-7, 6-4, 6-0
	Magnus Larsson def. 7 Stefan Edberg	6-4, 6-7, 8-6
	2 Andre Agassi def. Thomas Muster	6-3, 7-5
QF	1 Pete Sampras def. 8 Michael Chang	6-4, 6-3
	6 Goran Ivanišević def. 3 Boris Becker	6-4, 6-1
	5 Todd Martin def. 4 Sergi Bruguera	6-4, 7-6
	Magnus Larsson def. 2 Andre Agassi	6-3, 1-6, 6-0
SF	1 Pete Sampras def. 6 Goran Ivanišević	5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 10-8
	Magnus Larsson def. 5 Todd Martin	6-4, 6-1, 6-1
Final	Magnus Larsson def. 1 Pete Sampras	7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4

[edit] 1995

December 5-11

Round	Match	Score
R16	1 Pete Sampras def. Patrick McEnroe	6-1, 7-6
	Goran Ivanišević def. Petr Korda	7-6, 6-3
	Jacco Eltingh def. Michael Chang	7-6, 6-3
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov def. Renzo Furlan	6-4, 6-1
	Byron Black def. Thomas Muster	7-6, 2-6, 6-1
	Boris Becker def. Cédric Pioline	6-1, 6-7, 9-7
	Andriy Medvedev def. Aaron Krickstein	6-2, 7-6
	Todd Martin def. Sergi Bruguera	7-6, 6-4
QF	Goran Ivanišević def. 1 Pete Sampras	Walkover
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov def. Jacco Eltingh	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
	Boris Becker def. Byron Black	7-6, 6-1
	Todd Martin def. Andriy Medvedev	6-3, 3-6, 4-0 ret.
SF	Goran Ivanišević def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
	Todd Martin def. Boris Becker	5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6
Final	Goran Ivanišević def. Todd Martin	7-6, 6-3, 6-4

[edit] 1996

December 3-9

Round	Match	Score
R16	Tim Henman def. Michael Stich	6-1, 6-2
	MaliVai Washington def. Richard Krajicek	6-3, 6-2
	Boris Becker def. Jason Stoltenberg	2-6, 6-3, 6-4
	Jakob Hlasek def. Cédric Pioline	7-5, 6-2
	Jim Courier def. Marc Rosset	6-4, 7-6
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov def. Àlex Corretja	6-3, 6-4
	Mark Woodforde def. Andre Agassi	6-4, 6-2
	Goran Ivanišević def. Mikael Tillström	7-6, 6-3
QF	Tim Henman def. MaliVai Washington	6-4, 6-1
	Boris Becker def. Jakob Hlasek	2-6, 6-4, 8-6
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov def. Jim Courier	6-4, 6-4
	Goran Ivanišević def. Mark Woodforde	6-4, 6-4
SF	Boris Becker def. Tim Henman	6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
	Goran Ivanišević def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Final	Boris Becker def. Goran Ivanišević	6-3, 6-4, 6-4

[edit] 1997

September 23 - October 6

Round	Match	Score
R16	1 Pete Sampras def. Félix Mantilla Botella	6-3, 6-2
	8 Jonas Björkman def. Boris Becker	4-6, 6-1, 7-5
	4 Greg Rusedski def. Todd Woodbridge	6-4, 6-3
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov def. 5 Sergi Bruguera	7-6, 2-2, ret.
	6 Cédric Pioline def. Filip Dewulf	6-3, 5-3, ret.
	Petr Korda def. 3 Gustavo Kuerten	6-7, 6-3, 6-1
	7 Marcelo Ríos def. Todd Woodbridge	6-3, 6-3
	2 Patrick Rafter def. Thomas Muster	7-6, 6-4
QF	1 Pete Sampras def. 8 Jonas Björkman	6-7, 6-3, 6-1
	4 Greg Rusedski def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-5, 6-3
	Petr Korda def. 6 Cédric Pioline	6-1, 7-6
	2 Patrick Rafter def. 7 Marcelo Ríos	3-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-2
SF	1 Pete Sampras def. 4 Greg Rusedski	7-5, 2-6, 6-7, 7-6, 9-7
	2 Patrick Rafter def. Petr Korda	6-2, 6-4, 7-5
Final	1 Pete Sampras def. 2 Patrick Rafter	6-2, 6-4, 7-5

[edit] 1998

Week of September 28

Round	Match	Score
R16	2 Marcelo Ríos	first-round bye
	Félix Mantilla Botella def. Nicolas Escudé	6-3, 6-3
	4 Mark Philippoussis	first-round bye
	Jonas Björkman def. Tim Henman	7-5, 6-4
	1 Petr Korda	first-round bye
	Andre Agassi def. Cédric Pioline	6-0, 6-0
	3 Goran Ivanišević	first-round bye
	Karol Kučera def. Hicham Arazi	6-4, 6-4
QF	2 Marcelo Ríos def. Félix Mantilla Botella	7-62, 7-5
	4 Mark Philippoussis def. Jonas Björkman	4-6, 7-61, 6-1
	Andre Agassi def. 1 Petr Korda	4-6, 6-0, 6-1
	Karol Kučera def. 3 Goran Ivanišević	5-7, 6-4, 8-6
SF	2 Marcelo Ríos def. 4 Mark Philippoussis	7-64, 6-3, 6-4
	Andre Agassi def. Karol Kučera	7-61, 6-75, 2-6, 7-5, 6-0
Final	Marcelo Ríos def. Andre Agassi	6-4, 2-6, 7-61, 5-7, 6-3

[edit] 1999

September 27 - October 4

Round	Match	Score
R16	1 Andre Agassi	first-round bye
	Tommy Haas def. Dominik Hrbatý	6-3, 6-2
	4 Thomas Enqvist	first-round bye
	Nicolás Lapentti def. Fernando Meligeni	6-4, 2-6, 16-14
	Richard Krajicek def. Vincent Spadea	6-2, 7-5
	3 Andriy Medvedev	first-round bye
	Greg Rusedski def. Gustavo Kuerten	6-3, 3-6, 6-3
	2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov	first-round bye
QF	Tommy Haas def. 1 Andre Agassi	6-0, 6-72, 6-4
	4 Thomas Enqvist def. Nicolás Lapentti	6-3, 6-2
	3 Andriy Medvedev def. Richard Krajicek	7-65, 6-4
	Greg Rusedski def. 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-5, 7-66
SF	Tommy Haas def. 4 Thomas Enqvist	6-3, 6-4, 6-74, 6-4
	Greg Rusedski def. 3 Andriy Medvedev	6-3, 3-6, 7-61, 7-5
Final	Greg Rusedski def. Tommy Haas	6-3, 6-4, 6-75, 7-65

[edit] External links

• tenniscorner.net page on the men's championship
• tenniscorner.net page on the women's championship