United Airlines Tournament of Champions

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]

United Airlines Tournament of Champions
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameUnited Airlines Tournament of Champions (1980–84)
Chrysler Tournament of Champions (1985)
TourWTA Tour (1980–85)
Founded1980
Abolished1986
Editions7
LocationOrlando, Florida, U.S. (1980–85)
Marco Island, Florida, U.S. (1986)
VenueGreenelefe Resort (1980–83)
Grand Cypress (1984–85)
SurfaceHard (1980–83)
Clay (1984–86)

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
1980 Martina Navratilova Tracy Austin6–2, 6–4
1981 Martina Navratilova Andrea Jaeger7–5, 6–3
1982 Martina Navratilova Wendy Turnbull6–2, 7–5
1983 Martina Navratilova Andrea Jaeger6–1, 7–5
1984 Martina Navratilova Laura Arraya6–0, 6–1
1985 Martina Navratilova Katerina Maleeva6–1, 6–0
1986 Chris Evert-Lloyd Claudia Kohde-Kilsch6–2, 6–4

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