Advanta Championships of Philadelphia

Advanta Championships of Philadelphia

The Advanta Championships of Philadelphia (also long known as the Virginia Slims of Philadelphia) was a WTA Tour professional tennis tournament for women played from 1971 through 2005 in Philadelphia, United States. The tournament was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I event from 1993 through 1995. It was classified as a Tier II event in 1991, 1992, and from 1996 through 2005. The tournament was played indoors, on carpet from 1991 through 2000 and on hard courts from 1971 through 1979 and from 2003 through 2005.

Past singles champions include Conchita Martínez, Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, and Amélie Mauresmo.

Champions

Singles

Date	Cat.	Champion	Runner-up	Score
9 February 1971		Rosemary Casals	Françoise Dürr	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1972	Not held
2 April 1973		Margaret Court	Kerry Harris	6–1, 6–0
22 April 1974		Olga Morozova	Billie Jean King	7–6, 6–1
24 March 1975		Virginia Wade	Chris Evert	7–5, 6–4
29 March 1976		Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Chris Evert	6–3, 7–6
14 March 1977		Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
20 March 1978		Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6–0, 6–4
5 March 1979		Wendy Turnbull	Virginia Wade	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1980-1990	Not held
11 November 1991	Tier II	Monica Seles	Jennifer Capriati	7–5, 6–1
9 November 1992	Tier II	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
8 November 1993	Tier I	Conchita Martínez	Steffi Graf	6–3, 6–3
7 November 1994	Tier I	Anke Huber	Mary Pierce	6–0, 6–7, 7–5
6 November 1995	Tier I	Steffi Graf	Lori McNeil	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
11 November 1996	Tier II	Jana Novotná	Steffi Graf	6–4 retired
10 November 1997	Tier II	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	7–5, 6–7, 7–6
9 November 1998	Tier II	Steffi Graf	Lindsay Davenport	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
8 November 1999	Tier II	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–4
6 November 2000	Tier II	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	7–6, 6–4
2001-2002	Not held
27 October 2003	Tier II	Amélie Mauresmo	Anastasia Myskina	5–7, 6–0, 6–2
1 November 2004	Tier II	Amélie Mauresmo	Vera Zvonareva	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
31 October 2005	Tier II	Amélie Mauresmo	Elena Dementieva	7–5, 2–6, 7–5

Doubles

Date	Cat.	Champions	Runners-up	Score
9 February 1971		Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King		walkover
1972	Not held
2 April 1973		Margaret Court Lesley Hunt	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
22 April 1974		Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Kerry Harris Lesley Hunt	6–3, 7–6
24 March 1975		Evonne Goolagong Cawley Betty Stöve	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
29 March 1976		Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	Rosemary Casals Françoise Dürr	7–6, 6–4
14 March 1977		Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
20 March 1978		Kerry Melville Reid Wendy Turnbull	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	6–3, 7–5
5 March 1979		Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	Renée Richards Virginia Wade	6–4, 6–2
1980-1990	Not held
11 November 1991	Tier II	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison Jackson	6–2, 6–4
9 November 1992	Tier II	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	Conchita Martínez Mary Pierce	6–1, 6–3
8 November 1993	Tier I	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	Conchita Martínez Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–2, 4–6, 7–6
7 November 1994	Tier I	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
6 November 1995	Tier I	Lori McNeil Helena Suková	Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko Neiland	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
11 November 1996	Tier II	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Nicole Arendt Lori McNeil	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
10 November 1997	Tier II	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	6–3, 7–5
9 November 1998	Tier II	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	Monica Seles Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
8 November 1999	Tier II	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	6–1, 7–6
6 November 2000	Tier II	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 7–5
2001-2002	Not held
27 October 2003	Tier II	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 6–4
1 November 2004	Tier II	Alicia Molik Lisa Raymond	Liezel Huber Corina Morariu	7–5, 6–4
31 October 2005	Tier II	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–4, 7–6

See also

• Sports in Philadelphia
• WTA Tier I Events