Champions' hall
Tournament
Hope Island
Hard · W · 3 editions
Period1996–1999ATP + WTA
Editions3with results
Matches87in the database
Champions3different players
Participants62different players
Record book
1996–1999 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Ai Sugiyama14 matches · 85.7% win rate12
- 2 Elena Likhovtseva9 matches · 77.8% win rate7
- 3 Patty Schnyder7 matches · 71.4% win rate5
- 4 Maria Eugenia Vento5 matches · 80% win rate4
- 5 Magui Serna7 matches · 57.1% win rate4
- 6 Anne Gaelle Sidot7 matches · 57.1% win rate4
- 7 Shi Ting Wang7 matches · 57.1% win rate4
- 8 Irina Spirlea4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 9 Mary Pierce4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 10 Sylvia Plischke5 matches · 60% win rate3
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 Patty Schnyder20 years1999
WTA · oldest Ai Sugiyama22 years, 5 months1998
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Highest seed number to winseed 4Ai Sugiyama · 1998 WTA
Perfect campaign
Champions without dropping a set
1campaign
Record holder: Ai Sugiyama · 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
Patty Schnyder defeated Mary Pierce
4-6 7-6 6-2Mary Pierce defeated Irina Spirlea
4-6 6-4 6-1Kveta Peschke defeated Henrieta Nagyova
3-6 7-6 6-1Anne Gaelle Sidot defeated Annabel Ellwood
3-6 6-4 6-1Shi Ting Wang defeated Rachel Mcquillan
1-6 6-4 6-4Sylvia Plischke defeated Patty Schnyder
6-7 6-4 6-4Only 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
1996–1999 · ATP and WTA1999WTA
Champion
Patty SchnyderFinal: Patty Schnyder × Mary Pierce
4-6 7-6 6-2
January 3, 1999 · 29 matchesSee all results →1998WTA
Champion
Ai SugiyamaFinal: Ai Sugiyama × Maria Eugenia Vento
7-5 6-0
January 4, 1998 · 29 matchesSee all results →1996WTA
Champion
Elena LikhovtsevaFinal: Elena Likhovtseva × Ai Sugiyama
3-6 7-6 6-3
December 30, 1996 · 29 matchesSee all results →