The 1990 Geneva European Open was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts in

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, Switzerland that was part of the Tier IV category of the

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. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from 21 May until 27 May 1990. Second-seeded

Barbara Paulus Barbara Paulus (born 1 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career, she won a total of seven WTA tournaments (six singles titles, one double ...

won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated

Helen Kelesi Helen Kelesi (born 15 November 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Canada. She was coached by her father Milan Kelesi. Career "Hurricane Helen", as the Canadian press dubbed her for her fiery demeanour, achieved a career-high rank ...

2–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3) * It was Paulus' 1st singles title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Doubles

Louise Field Louise Field (born 25 February 1967) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She competed in the Australian Open The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbo ...

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defeated

Elise Burgin Elise Burgin (born March 5, 1962) is a retired American tennis player. She achieved WTA rankings of 22 in singles and 7 in doubles. Personal life Burgin, who is Jewish, was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Maryland. Tennis career Bef ...

Betsy Nagelsen Helen Elizabeth "Betsy" Nagelsen McCormack (born October 23, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. Career Nagelsen was the world's top junior in 1973. She won the 1973 U.S. Champion Girls' 16 and under singles. She also won th ...

5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 7–5

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ITF tournament edition details

WTA tournament draws
{{1990 WTA Tour European Open WTA Swiss Open 1990 in Swiss tennis 1990 in Swiss women's sport