Nichirei International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Created	1990
Ended	1996
Event name	Nichirei International Championships (1990–96)
Tour	WTA Tour (1990–96)
Surface	Carpet (1990) Hard (1991–96)

The Nichirei International Championships is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament played from 1990 to 1996. It was held in Tokyo in Japan and was played on indoor carpet courts in 1990 and on outdoor hard courts from 1991 to 1996.

Monica Seles won the event a record three times, representing the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992, and the United States in 1996. Mary Joe Fernández garnered the most championships overall, with four of her five triumphs coming in the doubles competition.

The tournament was replaced by the Toyota Princess Cup.

Contents 1 Prize money 2 Results 2.1 Singles 2.2 Doubles 3 References

[edit] Prize money

Year	Prize Money
1990–92	$350,000
1993	$375,000
1994	$400,000
1995	$430,000
1996	$450,000

[edit] Results

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1990	Mary Joe Fernández	Amy Frazier	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1991	Monica Seles	Mary Joe Fernández	6–1, 6–1
1992	Monica Seles	Gabriela Sabatini	6–2, 6–0
1993	Amanda Coetzer	Kimiko Date	6–3, 6–2
1994	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Amy Frazier	6–1, 6–2
1995	Mary Pierce	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–3
1996	Monica Seles	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–4

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1990	Mary Joe Fernández / Robin White	Gigi Fernández / Martina Navrátilová	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1991	Mary Joe Fernández / Pam Shriver	Carrie Cunningham / Laura Gildemeister	6–3, 6–3
1992	Mary Joe Fernández / Robin White	Yayuk Basuki / Nana Miyagi	6–4, 6–4
1993	Lisa Raymond / Chanda Rubin	Amanda Coetzer / Linda Wild	6–4, 6–1
1994	Julie Halard / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Amy Frazier / Rika Hiraki	6–1, 0–6, 6–1
1995	Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández	Amanda Coetzer / Linda Wild	6–3, 6–2
1996	Amanda Coetzer / Mary Pierce	Sung-Hee Park / Shi-Ting Wang	6–1, 7–6

[edit] References

• WTA Results Archive

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