Faber Grand Prix

The Faber Grand Prix was a WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1992 to 2000. It was held in Essen in Germany from 1992 to 1994 as well as in 1996, and subsequently in Hanover in Germany from 1997 to 2000. The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts.

Faber Grand Prix
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Nokia Grand Prix (1992–94) Faber Grand Prix (1996–2000)
Tour	WTA Tour (1992–2000)
Founded	1992
Abolished	2000
Editions	8
Location	Essen, Germany (1992–94, 1996) Hanover, Germany (1997–2000)
Surface	Carpet (1992–2000)

Results

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1992 (E)	Monica Seles	Mary Joe Fernández	6–0, 6–3
1993 (E)	Natalia Medvedeva	Conchita Martínez	6–7, 7–5, 6–4
1994 (E)	Jana Novotná	Iva Majoli	6–2, 6–4
1995	Not held
1996 (E)	Iva Majoli	Jana Novotná	7–5, 1–6, 7–6
1997 (H)	Iva Majoli	Jana Novotná	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
1998 (H)	Patty Schnyder	Jana Novotná	6–0, 2–6, 7–5
1999 (H)	Jana Novotná	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–4
2000 (H)	Serena Williams	Denisa Chládková	6–1, 6–1

(E)=Essen, (H)=Hanover

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1992	Katerina Maleeva   Barbara Rittner	Sabine Appelmans   Claudia Porwik	7–5, 6–3
1993	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   Helena Suková	Wiltrud Probst   Christina Singer	6–2, 6–2
1994	Maria Lindström   Maria Strandlund	Eugenia Maniokova   Leila Meskhi	6–2, 6–1
1995	Not held
1996	Meredith McGrath   Larisa Neiland	Lori McNeil   Helena Suková	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1997	Nicole Arendt   Manon Bollegraf	Larisa Neiland   Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1998	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	Elena Likhovtseva   Caroline Vis	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999	Serena Williams   Venus Williams	Alexandra Fusai   Nathalie Tauziat	5–7, 6–2, 6–2
2000	Åsa Carlsson   Natasha Zvereva	Silvia Farina Elia   Karina Habšudová	6–3, 6–4

References