1998 Chase Championships
1998 Chase Championships | |
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Date | November 16 – November 22 |
Edition | 27th (singles) / 23rd (doubles) |
Category | Year-end championships |
Draw | 16S/8D |
Prize money | $2,000,000 |
Surface | Carpet / indoor |
Location | New York City, United States |
Venue | Madison Square Garden |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Martina Hingis | |
Doubles | |
Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva |
The 1998 Chase Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York in the United States. It was the 27th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 23rd edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from November 16 through November 22, 1998. Martina Hingis won the singles title and earned $500,000 first-prize money. It was the last edition of the tournament to be played in the best-of-five-set format for the final which it had used since 1984.[1]
Winners
Women's Singles
Martina Hingis defeated Lindsay Davenport 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
- It was Hingis' 14th title of the year and the 39th of her career.
Women's Doubles
Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva defeated Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat 6–7, 7–5, 6–3
- It was Davenport's 12th title of the year and the 43rd of her career. It was Zvereva's 8th title of the year and the 81st of her career.
References
- ↑ John Barrett, ed. (2000). ITF World of Tennis 2000. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 203–204. ISBN 9780002189460.
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