WTA Doubles Championships

The WTA Doubles Championships is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1975 to 1997. It was held in Tokyo in Japan from 1975 to 1977, from 1979 to 1981, from 1983 to 1985, and from 1987 to 1989, in Salt Lake City in the United States in 1978, in Fort Worth, Texas in the United States in 1982, in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States in 1986, in Orlando, Florida in the United States in 1990, in Tarpon Springs, Florida in the United States in 1991, in Wesley Chapel, Florida in the United States from 1992 to 1994, and in Edinburgh in the United Kingdom from 1995 to 1997. It was held on indoor carpet courts from 1975 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1990 and on outdoor clay courts in 1982 and from 1991 to 1997.

WTA Doubles Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameBridgestone Doubles Championships (1975–87)
World Doubles Championships (1988, 1990)
VS International Doubles Championships (1989)
Light 'n' Lively Doubles Championships (1991–94)
World Doubles Cup (1995–97)
TourWTA Tour (1975–97)
Founded1975
Abolished1997
Editions23
SurfaceCarpet (1975–81, 1983–90)
Clay (1982, 1991–97)

Results

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1975 Margaret Court
Virginia Wade
Rosemary Casals
Billie Jean King
6–7, 7–6, 6–2
1976 Billie Jean King
Betty Stöve
Mona Guerrant
Ann Kiyomura
6–3, 6–2
1977 Martina Navratilova
Betty Stöve
Françoise Dürr
Virginia Wade
7–5, 6–3
1978 Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova
Françoise Dürr
Virginia Wade
6–4, 6–4
1979 Françoise Dürr
Betty Stöve
Sue Barker
Ann Kiyomura
7–5, 7–6
1980 Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova
Sue Barker
Ann Kiyomura
7–5, 6–3
1981 Sue Barker
Ann Kiyomura
Barbara Potter
Sharon Walsh
7–5, 6–2
1982 Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
Kathy Jordan
Anne Smith
7–5, 6–3
1983 Billie Jean King
Sharon Walsh
Kathy Jordan
Anne Smith
6–1, 6–1
1984 Ann Kiyomura
Pam Shriver
Barbara Jordan
Elizabeth Sayers
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1985 Kathy Jordan
Elizabeth Smylie
Betsy Nagelsen
Anne White
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1986 Barbara Potter
Pam Shriver
Kathy Jordan
Elizabeth Smylie
6–4, 6–3
1987 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
Elise Burgin
Pam Shriver
6–1, 7–6
1988 Katrina Adams
Zina Garrison
Gigi Fernández
Robin White
7–5, 7–5
1989 Gigi Fernández
Robin White
Elizabeth Smylie
Wendy Turnbull
6–2, 6–2
1990 Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
Manon Bollegraf
Meredith McGrath
6–4, 6–1
1991 Gigi Fernández
Helena Suková
Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1992 Jana Novotná
Larisa Savchenko
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 6–2
1993 Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Larisa Savchenko
7–5, 6–3
1994 Jana Novotná
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
6–2, 7–5
1995 Meredith McGrath
Larisa Savchenko
Manon Bollegraf
Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 7–6
1996 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
6–3, 2–6, 7–6
1997 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
Rachel McQuillan
Nana Miyagi
6–1, 3–6, 7–5

References


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