Hong Kong Tennis Classic

The Hong Kong Tennis Classic (formerly known as the JB Group Classic and the Watsons Water Champions Challenge) is a women's exhibition tennis tournament held (with temporary stands) in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, in the first week of January. It is a warm-up tournament for the Australian Open.

Formerly, the tournament was played under a more traditional format, with 8 players invited to participate, who would play against each other in a round robin format (with two groups of 4 players), with the top two players from each group progressing to the final. However, in 2009, the tournament switched to a group format, with four Zonal groups of three players; Team Americas, Team Asia-Pacific, Team Europe and Team Russia. Two teams play against each other in a semifinal, with three singles ties (amongst the three players) and 1 doubles tie. The two winning teams progress to the Gold Group final, playing for 1st and 2nd, whilst the losing teams progress to the Silver Group final, playing off for 3rd and 4th.

Past finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2011	Team Russia Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Maria Kirilenko Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Team Europe Template:Flagicon Caroline Wozniacki Template:Flagicon Aravane Rezaï Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg	3–1 (4 ties played)
2010	Team Russia Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Team Europe Template:Flagicon Caroline Wozniacki Template:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg	2–1 (3 ties played)
2009	Team Americas Template:Flagicon Venus Williams Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko Template:Flagicon Coco Vandeweghe	Team Russia Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze Template:Flagicon Alexandra Panova	3–1 (4 ties played)
2008	Template:Flagicon Venus Williams	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–3
2007	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova	6–3, 7–6(10–8)
2006	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 7–5
2005	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva	Template:Flagicon Venus Williams	6–3, 6–2
2004	Template:Flagicon Venus Williams	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova	7–5, 6–3
2003	Template:Flagicon Monica Seles	Template:Flagicon Chanda Rubin	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
2002	Template:Flagicon Jennifer Capriati	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001	Template:Flagicon Jelena Dokić	Template:Flagicon Anna Kournikova	7–6(7–3), 6–3
2000	Template:Flagicon Jennifer Capriati	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
1999	Template:Flagicon Venus Williams	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	2–2 retired

See also

• List of tennis tournaments
• Hong Kong Open (for men)

External links

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• Official website