Toyota Princess Cup

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The Toyota Princess Cup was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament held annually from 1997-2002. It was played in Tokyo, Japan and was categorized as a Tier II event.

Competitors played their matches on outdoor hard courts. Monica Seles and Serena Williams each won the event twice, with Seles collecting a further two titles in the doubles event. Ai Sugiyama was the only winner from Japan, with her two triumphs coming in the doubles in 1997 and 2000.

Contents 1 Prize money 2 Results 2.1 Singles 2.2 Doubles 3 References

[edit] Prize money

These were the total prize funds for each tournament.

Year	Prize Money
1997-98	$450,000
1999	$520,000
2000	$535,000
2001	$565,000
2002	$585,000

[edit] Results

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1997	Monica Seles	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
1998	Monica Seles	Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1999	Lindsay Davenport	Monica Seles	7–5, 7–6
2000	Serena Williams	Julie Halard-Decugis	7–5, 6–1
2001	Jelena Dokić	Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario	6–4, 6–2
2002	Serena Williams	Kim Clijsters	2–6, 6–3, 6–3

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1997	Monica Seles / Ai Sugiyama	Julie Halard-Decugis / Chanda Rubin	6–1, 6–0
1998	Anna Kournikova / Monica Seles	Mary Joe Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario	6–4, 6–4
1999	Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini	Amanda Coetzer / Jelena Dokić	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
2000	Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama	Nana Miyagi / Paola Suárez	6–0, 6–2
2001	Cara Black / Liezel Huber	Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama	6–1, 6–3
2002	Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario / Svetlana Kuznetsova	Petra Mandula / Patricia Wartusch	6–2, 6–4

[edit] References

• WTA Tour website