GRAF TOPS HINGIS IN FIVE SETS TOUR-ENDING TITLE IS GERMAN'S FIFTH FINAL Edition

But 2 hours 49 minutes after Steffi Graf took center stage on Madison Square Garden's bright blue tennis court, the defending champion of the Chase Championships retained her title by fending off the future, ably represented Sunday by 16-year-old Martina Hingis, with an uneven and eerie 6-3, 4-...

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Published inSun-sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Main Author ROBIN FINN New York Times
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fort Lauderdale Tribune Interactive, LLC 25.11.1996
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Summary:But 2 hours 49 minutes after Steffi Graf took center stage on Madison Square Garden's bright blue tennis court, the defending champion of the Chase Championships retained her title by fending off the future, ably represented Sunday by 16-year-old Martina Hingis, with an uneven and eerie 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0, victory. The victory was worth $500,000 for Graf. Hingis, the youngest player, male or female, to earn $1 million in a year, collected $250,000.