United Airlines Tournament of Champions

United Airlines Tournament of Champions
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name United Airlines Tournament of Champions (1980–84)
Chrysler Tournament of Champions (1985)
Tour WTA Tour (1980–85)
Founded 1980
Abolished 1986
Editions 7
Location Orlando, Florida, U.S. (1980–85)
Marco Island, Florida, U.S. (1986)
Venue Greenelefe Resort (1980–83)
Grand Cypress (1984–85)
Surface Hard (1980–83)
Clay (1984–86)

The United Airlines Tournament of Champions is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1980 to 1986. It was held in Orlando, Florida in the United States from 1980 through 1985, where it was played on outdoor hard courts at the Greenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort from 1980 through 1983 and on clay courts at the Grand Cypress resort in 1984 and 1985.[1] In 1986 the tournament moved to Marco Island, Florida where it was played on clay courts. Only players who had won a tournament with prize money of at least $20,000 during the previous year were eligible to enter the event.[2][3][4]

Martina Navratilova was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the first six singles competitions and winning the doubles competition three times.

Results

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1980United States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Tracy Austin6–2, 6–4
1981United States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Andrea Jaeger7–5, 6–3
1982United States Martina NavratilovaAustralia Wendy Turnbull6–2, 7–5
1983United States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Andrea Jaeger6–1, 7–5
1984United States Martina NavratilovaPeru Laura Arraya6–0, 6–1
1985United States Martina NavratilovaBulgaria Katerina Maleeva6–1, 6–0
1986United States Chris Evert-LloydWest Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1980Not held
1981United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver		United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull		6–1, 7–6
1982United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull		United States Kathy Jordan
United States Anne Smith		6–3, 6–3
1983United States Billie Jean King
United States Anne Smith		United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver		6–3, 1–6, 7–6
1984West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková		United Kingdom Anne Hobbs
Australia Wendy Turnbull		6–0, 1–6, 6–3
1985United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver		United States Elise Burgin
United States Kathleen Horvath		6–3, 6–1
1986United States Martina Navratilova
Hungary Andrea Temesvári		United States Kathy Jordan
United States Elise Burgin		7–5, 6–2

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tim Povtak (April 21, 1985). "Tournament Of Champions Is Martina's Private Party". Orlando Sentinel.
  2. ↑ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 364.
  3. ↑ Melissa Isaacson (February 1, 1986). "Tournament Of Champions Relocates". Orlando Sentinel.
  4. ↑ Jim Sarni (March 28, 1986). "Navratilova May Skip Singles In Tournament Of Champions". Orlando Sentinel.


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