Clarins Open
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The Open Clarins is a defunct WTA Tour
affiliated tennis
tournament played from 1987 to 1992. It was held in Paris
in France
and played on outdoor clay courts
. It was a Tier V tournament until 1989 and was subsequently promoted to Tier IV, raising prize money from $50,000 to $150,000. It was replaced by the Open Gaz de France
in 1993.
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
affiliated tennis
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 from 1987 to 1992. It was held in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in France
France
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and played on outdoor clay courts
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
. It was a Tier V tournament until 1989 and was subsequently promoted to Tier IV, raising prize money from $50,000 to $150,000. It was replaced by the Open Gaz de France
Open Gaz de France
Open GDF Suez, formerly Open Gaz de France, is a Premier level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris, France. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on indoor hardcourts....
in 1993.
Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |  Sabrina GolešSabrina Goleš Sabrina Goleš is a former Yugoslav tennis player, from modern day Croatia.... |
 Sandra WassermanSandra Wasserman Sandra Wasserman is a former professional Belgian tennis player from Antwerp. She is most famous for being the youngest Belgian Fed Cup player.-Fed Cup:... |
7–5, 6–1 |
| 1988 |  Petra LangrováPetra Langrová Petra Píchalová Langrová is a retired professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic.-Wins :-Runners-up :-Wins :-Runners-up :-References:... |
Sandra Wasserman Sandra Wasserman Sandra Wasserman is a former professional Belgian tennis player from Antwerp. She is most famous for being the youngest Belgian Fed Cup player.-Fed Cup:... |
7–6 (7–0), 6–2 |
| 1989 |  Sandra CecchiniSandra Cecchini Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter... |
Regina Rajchrtová Regina Rajchrtová Regina Rajchrtová is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There she was defeated in the first round.... |
6–4, 6–7 (5–7), 6–1 |
| 1990 |  Conchita MartínezConchita Martínez Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998... |
 Patricia TarabiniPatricia Tarabini Patricia Tarabini was an Argentine tennis player. Tarabini represented her country and won the Bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting. On May 9, 1988, Tarabini reached... |
7–5, 6–3 |
| 1991 | Conchita Martínez Conchita Martínez Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998... |
Inés Gorrochategui Ines Gorrochategui Inés Gorrochategui is a former professional female tennis player from Argentina. She reached her career-high singles ranking World No... |
6–0, 6–3 |
| 1992 | Sandra Cecchini Sandra Cecchini Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter... |
 Emanuela ZardoEmanuela Zardo Emanuela Zardo is a former professional female tennis player who competed for Switzerland. She was active on the WTA Tour in the late 1980s and through the 1990s, and was among the top 100 in the world between 1990 and 1994.... |
6–2, 6–1 |
Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |  Isabelle DemongeotIsabelle Demongeot Isabelle Demongeot is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional on May 1, 1983. She lived in Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in the early stages of her career and later settled down further south in Gassin.Demongeot won her only WTA Tour singles title in Purchase... / 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.... |
Sandra Cecchini Sandra Cecchini Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter... / Sabrina GolešSabrina Goleš Sabrina Goleš is a former Yugoslav tennis player, from modern day Croatia.... |
1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1988 | Alexia Dechaume Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Alexia Dechaume-Balleret is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career high singles ranking of No. 46 in the world on August 17, 1992.... / Emmanuelle Derly |
 Louise Field / Nathalie HerremanNathalie Herreman Nathalie Herreman is a former professional tennis player . She was born in France on March 28, 1966 and played on the WTA tour from 1983 to 1995. She won a singles title in 1986 in Perugia and reached the 4th round at Wimbledon in 1990.-Singles 1 :... |
6–0, 6–2 |
| 1989 | Sandra Cecchini Sandra Cecchini Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter... / Patricia TarabiniPatricia Tarabini Patricia Tarabini was an Argentine tennis player. Tarabini represented her country and won the Bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting. On May 9, 1988, Tarabini reached... |
Nathalie Herreman Nathalie Herreman Nathalie Herreman is a former professional tennis player . She was born in France on March 28, 1966 and played on the WTA tour from 1983 to 1995. She won a singles title in 1986 in Perugia and reached the 4th round at Wimbledon in 1990.-Singles 1 :... / Catherine SuireCatherine Suire Catherine Suire is a former tennis player from France, who competed as a lucky loser for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She won eight doubles titles in her professional career, and reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on May 14, 1984, when she became the... |
6–1, 6–1 |
| 1990 | Kristin Godridge / Kirrily Sharpe |
Alexia Dechaume Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Alexia Dechaume-Balleret is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career high singles ranking of No. 46 in the world on August 17, 1992.... / Nathalie HerremanNathalie Herreman Nathalie Herreman is a former professional tennis player . She was born in France on March 28, 1966 and played on the WTA tour from 1983 to 1995. She won a singles title in 1986 in Perugia and reached the 4th round at Wimbledon in 1990.-Singles 1 :... |
4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1991 | Petra Langrová Petra Langrová Petra Píchalová Langrová is a retired professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic.-Wins :-Runners-up :-Wins :-Runners-up :-References:... / Radka ZrubákováRadka Zrubáková Radomira "Radka" Zrubáková is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia.Zrubáková gained professional status in 1986. She won three single and two double titles during her career on the WTA Tour. She was a member of the Czechoslovakia Federation Cup team that won the 1988 Federation Cup... |
Alexia Dechaume Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Alexia Dechaume-Balleret is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career high singles ranking of No. 46 in the world on August 17, 1992.... / Julie HalardJulie Halard-Decugis Julie Halard-Decugis is a former professional female tennis player.Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland... |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 1992 | Sandra Cecchini Sandra Cecchini Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter... / Patricia TarabiniPatricia Tarabini Patricia Tarabini was an Argentine tennis player. Tarabini represented her country and won the Bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting. On May 9, 1988, Tarabini reached... |
Rachel McQuillan Rachel McQuillan Rachel McQuillan is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She won 5 WTA Tour doubles titles, as well as 14 singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 1995 and 1998 French Opens and at the 1996 US Open, each time... / Noëlle van LottumNoëlle van Lottum Noëlle van Lottum is a Dutch-born former professional tennis player who played for France.Van Lottum played on the WTA Tour from 1987 until 1999, winning one singles and one doubles title. Her career-high singles ranking was World No. 57 and her career-high doubles ranking was World No. 59... |
7–5, 6–1 |