1992 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships
| 1992 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 26–29 |
| Edition | 18th |
| Draw | 8D |
| Prize money | $175,000 |
| Surface | Clay / outdoor |
| Location | Wesley Chapel, Florida, U.S. |
| Venue | Saddlebrook Golf & Tennis Resort |
| 1992 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships | |
|---|---|
| 1992 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships | |
| 1991 Champions |  Gigi Fernández Helena Suková |
| Champions | Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko-Neiland |
| Runners-up |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva |
| Score | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Draw | 8 |
| Seeds | 4 |
The 1992 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships was a women's doubles tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Saddlebrook Golf & Tennis Resort in Wesley Chapel, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held from March 26 through March 29, 1992.
Gigi Fernández and Helena Suková were the defending champions, but Suková did not qualify for this edition. Fernández teamed up with Jennifer Capriati and lost in the semifinals to Jana Novotná and Larisa Savchenko-Neiland.[1][2] Novotná and Savchenko-Neiland won the title by defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva 6–4, 6–2 in the final. The result ended Sánchez Vicario's 21-match streak in doubles, which made her win four consecutive titles at Sydney, the Australian Open, Tokyo and Key Biscayne.[3] It was Novotná's 1st doubles title of the year and the 33rd of her career. It was Savchenko-Neiland's 3rd doubles title of the year and the 32nd of her career.
Seeds
- Jana Novotná / Larisa Savchenko-Neiland (champions)
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Natasha Zvereva (final)
- Katrina Adams /
Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals) - Sandy Collins /
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Elna Reinach (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Draw
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko-Neiland
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Leila Meskhi Mercedes Paz
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko-Neiland
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jennifer Capriati Gigi Fernández
| 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf
| 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jennifer Capriati Gigi Fernández
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko-Neiland
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gretchen Magers Robin White
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sandy Collins Elna Reinach
| 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gretchen Magers Robin White
| 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva
| 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Carson, Jim (March 29, 1992). "Capriati, Fernandez lose at Light n' Lively". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1993). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1993. London: Collins Willow. pp. 152, 172. ISBN 9780002185080.
- ^ Carson, Jim (March 30, 1992). "Sanchez Vicario's run ends". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved June 19, 2025.