1998 WTA Tour Championships
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The 1998 Chase Championships was a 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
defeated
Lindsay Davenport
7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Lindsay Davenport
/
Natasha Zvereva
defeated
Alexandra Fusai
/ Nathalie Tauziat
6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
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in New York City
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in the United States
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. It was the 27th edition of the year-end singles championships
WTA Tour Championships
The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association tour. The month, city and number of players has changed since the first edition in 1972...
, the 23rd edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 1998 WTA Tour
1998 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...
. The tournament was held from November 16 through November 22, 1998.
Women's Singles
Martina HingisMartina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
defeated
Lindsay DavenportLindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
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 DavenportLindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
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Natasha ZverevaNatasha Zvereva
Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...
defeated
Alexandra FusaiAlexandra Fusai
Alexandra Fusai is a former professional tennis player from France.Fusai turned professional in 1991. She was 1.76m tall and weighed about 60 kg in 1997. She played right-handed and lived in Nantes during her career...
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Nathalie TauziatNathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
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.