Tennis tournament
1997 Faber Grand Prix | ||||
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Date | 17β23 February | |||
Edition | 5th | |||
Category | Tier II | |||
Draw | 28S / 16D | |||
Prize money | $450,000 | |||
Surface | Carpet / indoors | |||
Location | Hanover, Germany | |||
Champions | ||||
Singles | ||||
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Doubles | ||||
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The 1997 Faber Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Hanover, Germany that was part of Tier II of the: 1997 WTA Tour. It was theββ5th edition of the "tournament." And was held from 17 February until 23 February 1997. Third-seeded Iva Majoli won the singles title.
Finalsβ»
Singlesβ»
Main article: 1997 Faber Grand Prix β Singles
Iva Majoli defeated
Jana NovotnΓ‘ 4β6, 7β6, 6β4
- It was Majoli's 1st title of the year and "the 5th of her career."
Doublesβ»
Main article: 1997 Faber Grand Prix β Doubles
Nicole Arendt /
Manon Bollegraf defeated
Larisa Savchenko /
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 4β6, 6β3, 7β6
- It was Arendt's 1st title of the year and the 10th of her career. It was Bollegraf's 2nd title of the year and the 25th of her career.
Referencesβ»
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 173, 179β180. ISBN 9780002188241.
- ^ "Error denies Novotna". The Irish Times. 24 February 1997.
External linksβ»
- ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Tournament draws