WTA Seattle

The WTA Seattle is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1977 to 1982. It was held in Seattle, Washington in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts from 1977 to 1982. The tournament was known as the Virginia Slims of Seattle in 1977 and 1978 and for the remainder of its existence, 1979 through 1982, was called the Avon Championships of Seattle.[1]

WTA Seattle
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameVirginia Slims of Seattle (1977–78)
Avon Championships of Seattle (1979–82)
TourWTA Tour
Founded1977
Abolished1982
Editions6
SurfaceCarpet (i)

Results

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1977 Chris Evert Martina Navratilova6–2, 6–4
1978 Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve6–1, 1–6, 6–1
1979 Chris Evert Renée Richards6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1980 Tracy Austin Virginia Wade6–2, 7–6(7–1)
1981 Sylvia Hanika Barbara Potter6–2, 6–4
1982 Martina Navratilova Andrea Jaeger6–2, 6–0

Doubles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1977 Rosie Casals
Chris Evert		 Françoise Dürr
Martina Navratilova		6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1978 Kerry Melville Reid
Wendy Turnbull		 Patricia Bostrom
Marita Redondo		6–2, 6–3
1979 Françoise Dürr
Betty Stöve		 Sue Barker
Ann Kiyomura		7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–4
1980 Rosie Casals
Wendy Turnbull		 Greer Stevens
Virginia Wade		6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1981 Rosie Casals
Wendy Turnbull		 Sue Barker
Ann Kiyomura		6–4, 6–1
1982 Rosie Casals
Wendy Turnbull		 Kathy Jordan
Anne Smith		7–5, 6–4

References
  1. John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 267, 296, 324, 358, 397, 429.
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