NEW YORK — First-round matchups for the women’s tennis season-ending Chase Championships following the draw conducted Thursday at Madison Square Garden (prefix number denotes seeding):
Top half:
1-Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) vs Sandrine Testud (France)
Natasha Zvereva (Belarus) vs 8-Nathalie Tauziat (France)
3-Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) vs Steffi Graf (Germany)
Anna Kournikova (Russia) vs 5-Monica Seles (U.S.)
Bottom half:
7-Conchita Martinez (Spain) vs Dominique van Roost (Belgium)
Irina Spirlea (Romania) vs 4-Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain)
6-Mary Pierce (France) vs Amanda Coetzer (South Africa)
Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) vs 2-Martina Hingis (Switzerland)