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Eurocard Open
* Site: Stuttgart, Germany
* Draw: 48 singles
* Purse: $2.2 million (singles winner, $376,000)
* Surface: Indoor (carpet)
* Seeded No. 1: Pete Sampras
* Defending champion: Petr Korda
* Field: Top players include Sampras, Patrick Rafter, Marcelo Rios, Andre Agassi and Carlos Moya.
Abierto Mexicano de Tenis
* Site: Mexico City
* Draw: 32 singles
* Purse: $315,000 (singles winner, $45,000)
* Surface: Outdoor (clay)
* Seeded No. 1: Felix Mantilla
* Defending champion: Francisco Clavet
* Field: Top players include Mantilla, Clavet, Alberto Berasategui, Gustavo Kuerten and Jim Courier.
WTA EVENTS STARTING TODAY
Bell Challenge
* Site: Quebec City
* Draw: 32 singles
* Purse: $164,250
* Surface: Indoors (hard court)
* Defending champion: Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
* Field: Top players include Dominique Van Roost, Sandrine Testud, Julie Halard-Decugis.
Seat Open
* Site: Luxembourg
* Draw: 32 singles
* Purse: $164,250
* Surface: Indoors (supreme)
* Defending champion: Amanda Coetzer
* Field: Top players include Coetzer, Conchita Martinez, Nathalie Tauziat, Mary Pierce, Irina Spirlea.
WINNERS’ CIRCLE
A look at Sunday’s tournament champions:
LYON GRAND PRIX
* Men: No. 4-seeded Alex Corretja became the first Spaniard to win an indoor title since 1976, with a 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1 victory over Germany’s Tommy Haas in the $750,000 tournament at Lyon, France.
CZECH INDOOR
* Men: No. 2-seeded Andre Agassi defeated Slovakia’s Jan Kroslak, ranked No. 153 in the world, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
HARVEY NORMAN CHAMPIONS
* Men: John McEnroe won his second consecutive Champions Tour tournament, beating Johan Kriek, 7-5, 6-3, in Melbourne, Australia.
KREMLIN CUP
* Women: Mary Pierce upset No. 2-seeded Monica Seles, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, in the $1-million tournament at Moscow, winning her third title of the year.
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