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Istanbul Cup

July 26 - August 1, 2010

In 1973 Billie Jean King founded the Women's Tennis Association, uniting all of women's professional tennis in one tour. The WTA was borne out of a meeting held in a room at the Gloucester Hotel in London the week before Wimbledon; the US Open, for the first time, offered equal prize money to the men and women. Istanbul Cup is one of the 63 tournaments on the Sony Ericsson WTA. The first has been organized in 2005. The first tournament has attracted attention from tennis authorities and tennis lover's because of the show games and the matches. This years Istanbul Cup will take place at the sport facilities in Yesilköy that Garanti Koza Insaat had started the construction. This year 57 tennis player will play in the Istanbul Cup and the attendance of 4 out of 20 best tennis player on the world has been expected. This year the show matches will take place on the Maiden's Tower along the Bosphorus Bridge.

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