Champions' hall
Tournament
Hanover
Carpet · W · 4 editions
Period1997–2000ATP + WTA
Editions4with results
Matches108in the database
Champions4different players
Participants65different players
Record book
1997–2000 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Jana Novotna12 matches · 83.3% win rate10
- 2 Patty Schnyder9 matches · 77.8% win rate7
- 3 Anne Gaelle Sidot10 matches · 60% win rate6
- 4 Miriam Oremans8 matches · 62.5% win rate5
- 5 Sabine Appelmans9 matches · 55.6% win rate5
- 6 Elena Likhovtseva9 matches · 55.6% win rate5
- 7 Serena Williams4 matches · 100% win rate4
- 8 Sandrine Testud6 matches · 66.7% win rate4
- 9 Denisa Chladkova6 matches · 66.7% win rate4
- 10 Magdalena Maleeva6 matches · 66.7% win rate4
Champion countries
Registered nationality of tournament championsDynasties
Streaks across consecutive editions on the same tourAbsolute dominance
Consecutive titles
Final-round presence
Consecutive finals
How the champions got there
Age, seeding and campaigns without dropping a setAge records
Champion generations
WTA · youngest Serena Williams18 years, 4 months2000
WTA · oldest Jana Novotna30 years, 4 months1999
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Highest seed number to winseed 3Iva Majoli · 1997 WTA
Perfect campaign
Champions without dropping a set
1campaign
Record holder: Jana Novotna · 1 time
Age is calculated at the start of the edition. A campaign without dropping a set is included only when every match played by the champion has identified sets; walkovers do not count as matches played.
Historic comebacks
Largest deficit overcome: 0–1 in setsComeback specialists
Most comebacks of this kind
Match archive
Most recent comebacks
Kristie Boogert defeated Nathalie Tauziat
6-7(3) 7-5 6-3Anne Gaelle Sidot defeated Kim Clijsters
6-7(3) 6-4 6-4Denisa Chladkova defeated Elena Likhovtseva
3-6 6-2 6-3Ai Sugiyama defeated Iva Majoli
2-6 7-5 6-3Jana Novotna defeated Dominique Monami
4-6 6-4 6-3Andrea Glass defeated Barbara Paulus
2-6 6-3 6-0Only completed matches are considered. A comeback from 0–2 requires a verified sequence of three won sets; retirements are not treated as complete comebacks.
Champions by edition
1997–2000 · ATP and WTA2000WTA
Champion
Serena WilliamsFinal: Serena Williams × Denisa Chladkova
6-1 6-1
February 14, 2000 · 27 matchesSee all results →1999WTA
Champion
Jana NovotnaFinal: Jana Novotna × Venus Williams
6-4 6-4
February 15, 1999 · 27 matchesSee all results →1998WTA
Champion
Patty SchnyderFinal: Patty Schnyder × Jana Novotna
6-0 2-6 7-5
February 18, 1998 · 27 matchesSee all results →1997WTA
Champion
Iva MajoliFinal: Iva Majoli × Jana Novotna
4-6 7-6 6-4
February 17, 1997 · 27 matchesSee all results →