Toyota Championships

Colgate Series Championships
Toyota Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Colgate Series (1977-81
Toyota Championships (1981-82)
Tour WTA Tour (1977-82)
Founded 1977
Abolished 1982
Location Palm Springs, CA, U.S.
Landover MD, U.S.
East Rutherford, NJ, U.S.
Surface Hard, Carpet

The Colgate Series Championships, later named the Toyota Championships were the finales in an annual series of professional women's tennis tournaments for women from 1977 through 1982. The best singles and doubles players of the circuit, based on ranking points earned, qualified for the championships. The championships were discontinued when Virginia Slims became the year-round sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association Tour in 1983.[1][2]

Results

Singles

Series Year Series-Ending Tournament Location Surface Champion Runner-up Score
1977Colgate Series ChampionshipsPalm Springs, California, U.S.HardUnited States Chris EvertUnited States Billie Jean King6–2, 6–2
1978Colgate Series ChampionshipsPalm Springs, California, U.S.HardUnited States Chris EvertUnited States Martina Navratilova6–3, 6–3
1979Colgate Series ChampionshipsLandover, Maryland, U.S.CarpetUnited States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Tracy Austin6–2, 6–1
1980Colgate Series ChampionshipsLandover, Maryland, U.S.CarpetUnited States Tracy AustinUnited States Andrea Jaeger6–2, 6–2
1981Toyota Series ChampionshipsEast Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.CarpetUnited States Tracy AustinUnited States Martina Navratilova2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1982Toyota Series ChampionshipsEast Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.CarpetUnited States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Chris Evert4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Series Year Champions Runners-up Score
1977France Françoise Dürr
United Kingdom Virginia Wade		Australia Helen Gourlay Cawley
United States Joanne Russell		6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1978United States Billie Jean King
United States Martina Navratilova		Australia Wendy Turnbull
Australia Kerry Reid		6–3, 6–4
1979United States Billie Jean King
United States Martina Navratilova		United States Chris Evert
United States Rosemary Casals		6–4, 6–3
1980United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull		United States Candy Reynolds
United States Paula Smith		6–3, 4–6, 7–6
1981United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver		United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull		6–3, 6–4
1982United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver		United States Candy Reynolds
United States Paula Smith		6–4, 7–5

See also

References

  1. ↑ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 500–505.
  2. ↑ Barry Lorge (December 30, 1979). "Colgate Tennis Draws Spotlight With Cross-Country Move". The Washington Post.


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