1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles

1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
Date August 7–13
Edition 16th
Category 5
Draw 56S / 28D
Prize money $300,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.
Venue Manhattan Country Club
Champions
Singles
United States Martina Navratilova
Doubles
United States Martina Navratilova
Australia Wendy Turnbull

The 1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan Beach, California in the United States that was part of the Category 5 tier of the 1989 WTA Tour. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held from August 7 through August 13, 1989. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her sixth at the event.[1][2]

Finals

Singles

United States Martina Navratilova defeated Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6–0, 6–2

  • It was Navratilova's 5th singles title of the year and the 143th of her career.

Doubles

United States Martina Navratilova / Australia Wendy Turnbull defeated United States Mary Joe Fernández / West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 5–2 (Fernández and Kohde-Kilsch retired)

  • It was Navratilova's 9th title of the year and the 290th of her career. It was Turnbull's only title of the year and the 58th of her career.

References

  1. ↑ Bloch Shallouf, Renee; Reynolds, Robyn, eds. (1990). 1990 Women's International Tennis Association Media Guide. Miami: WITA.
  2. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1990). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1990. London: Willow Books. pp. 165, 191–192. ISBN 9780002183550.
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