1990 WTA Tour

1990 WTA Tour
Steffi Graf finished the year as world No. 1 for the fourth time in her career. She won ten tournaments during the season, including a major at the Australian Open. She also won a Tier I event and finished runner-up at two other majors, the French Open and the US Open.
Details
DurationDecember 11, 1989
– November 18, 1990
Edition18th
Tournaments59
CategoriesGrand Slam (4)
WTA Championships
WTA Tier I (6)
WTA Tier II (14)
WTA Tier III (7)
WTA Tier IV (15)
WTA Tier V (12)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesGermany Steffi Graf (10)
Most tournament finalsGermany Steffi Graf (13)
Prize money leaderGermany Steffi Graf $1,921,853
Points leaderGermany Steffi Graf 278.10
Awards
Player of the yearWest Germany Steffi Graf
Doubles team of the yearCzechoslovakia Helena Suková
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Most improved
player of the year
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
Newcomer of the yearUnited States Jennifer Capriati
Comeback
player of the year
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
1989
1991

The 1990 WTA Tour (officially titled 1990 Kraft General Foods World Tour after its sponsor) was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 1990 tennis season. The 1990 WTA Tour calendar comprised the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events. ITF tournaments were not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.