Virginia Slims of Detroit

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.

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

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   Billie Jean King   Rosemary Casals 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1972   Kerry Melville   Rosemary Casals 6–3, 6–7(3–5), 6–4
1973   Margaret Court   Kerry Melville 7–6(5–4), 6–3
1974   Billie Jean King   Rosemary Casals 6–1, 6–1
1975   Evonne Goolagong   Margaret Court 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1976   Chris Evert   Rosemary Casals 6–4, 6–2
1977   Martina Navratilova   Sue Barker 6–4, 6–4
1978   Martina Navratilova   Dianne Fromholtz 6–3, 6–2
1979   Wendy Turnbull   Virginia Ruzici 7–5, 1–6, 7–6
1980   Billie Jean King   Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–3, 6–0
1981   Leslie Allen   Hana Mandlíková 6–4, 6–4
1982   Andrea Jaeger   Mima Jaušovec 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1983   Virginia Ruzici   Kathy Jordan 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

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

See also

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References

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