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Virginia Slims of Detroit

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Virginia Slims of Detroit
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameK-Mart International (1972)
Virginia Slims of Detroit (1973–78, 1983)
Avon Championships of Detroit (1979–82)
TourWTA Tour
Founded1971
Abolished1983
Editions13
LocationBirmingham, Michigan (1972)
Detroit, Michigan (1973–83)
VenueCobo Hall & Arena (1973–82)
SurfaceCarpet / indoor

The Virginia Slims of Detroit is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1983. It was held in Birmingham, Michigan in the United States in 1972 and in Detroit, Michigan in the United States from 1973 to 1983. The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts.

Billie Jean King was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competition four times, partnering American Rosemary Casals twice and Czechoslovakian Martina Navratilova and South African Ilana Kloss once each for her doubles successes.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1971 United States Billie Jean King United States Rosemary Casals 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1972 Australia Kerry Melville United States Rosemary Casals 6–3, 6–7(3–5), 6–4
1973 Australia Margaret Court Australia Kerry Melville 7–6(5–4), 6–3
1974 United States Billie Jean King United States Rosemary Casals 6–1, 6–1
1975 Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Margaret Court 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1976 United States Chris Evert United States Rosemary Casals 6–4, 6–2
1977 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova United Kingdom Sue Barker 6–4, 6–4
1978 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova Australia Dianne Fromholtz 6–3, 6–2
1979 Australia Wendy Turnbull Romania Virginia Ruzici 7–5, 1–6, 7–6
1980 United States Billie Jean King Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–3, 6–0
1981 United States Leslie Allen Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 6–4, 6–4
1982 United States Andrea Jaeger Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1983 Romania Virginia Ruzici United States Kathy Jordan 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1972 France Françoise Dürr
Australia Judy Tegart
United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Kerry Melville
6–1, 6–1
1973 United States Rosemary Casals
United States Billie Jean King
Australia Karen Krantzcke
Netherlands Betty Stöve
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1974 United States Rosemary Casals
United States Billie Jean King
France Françoise Dürr
Netherlands Betty Stöve
2–6, 6–4, 7–5
1975 Australia Lesley Hunt
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
France Françoise Dürr
Netherlands Betty Stöve
2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1976 United States Mona Guerrant
United States Ann Kiyomura
United States Chris Evert
Netherlands Betty Stöve
6–3, 6–4
1977 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
Netherlands Betty Stöve
United States Janet Newberry
United States JoAnne Russell
6–3, 6–4
1978 United States Billie Jean King
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
Australia Kerry Reid
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–3, 6–4
1979 Netherlands Betty Stöve
Australia Wendy Turnbull
United Kingdom Sue Barker
United States Ann Kiyomura
6–4, 7–6
1980 United States Billie Jean King
South Africa Ilana Kloss
United States Kathy Jordan
United States Anne Smith
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1981 United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Netherlands Betty Stöve
6–4, 6–2
1982 United States Leslie Allen
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec
United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 6–0
1983 United States Kathy Jordan
United States Barbara Potter
United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 6–1

See also

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References

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