Avon Futures of Puerto Rico

Avon Futures of Puerto Rico
Avon Futures of Puerto Rico
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Borniquen Classic (1977)
Tour	WTA Tour (1977)
Founded	1977
Abolished	1978
Surface	Hard (1977)

The Avon Futures of Puerto Rico ^[1] was a defunct tennis tournament founded in 1977 as the Borniquen Tennis Classic.^[2] It was held in San Juan in Puerto Rico and was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the successor event to the early Caribe Hilton Invitational that was a combined men's and women's tournament. This event ran until 1978 when it was discontinued. In 1986 a new successor women's event was established called the Puerto Rico Open initially played in San Juan, it moved to Dorado, Puerto Rico in 1990 until that event ended in 1995.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1977	Billie Jean King	Janet Newberry	6–1, 6–3
1978	Julie Anthony	Mary Hamm	6–7, 6–4, 7–6

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1977^[3]	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Delina Ann Boshoff Ilana Kloss	4–6, 6–2, 6–3

References

^ "Avon Tennis Circuit". womenSports. New York: Women Sports Publishing Company. 1978. p. 68.
^ "A King-Casals Victory". The New York Times. New York City, United States. 31 October 1977. p. 43.
^ The New York Times (1977) p.42.

External links

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[1] "Avon Tennis Circuit". womenSports. New York: Women Sports Publishing Company. 1978. p. 68.

[2] "A King-Casals Victory". The New York Times. New York City, United States. 31 October 1977. p. 43.

[3] The New York Times (1977) p.42.

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