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WTA Seattle

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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)

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]

Results

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1977 United States Chris Evert United States Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–4
1978 United States Martina Navratilova Netherlands Betty Stöve 6–1, 1–6, 6–1
1979 United States Chris Evert United States Renée Richards 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1980 United States Tracy Austin United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
1981 West Germany Sylvia Hanika United States Barbara Potter 6–2, 6–4
1982 United States Martina Navratilova United States Andrea Jaeger 6–2, 6–0

Doubles

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

References

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