Toyota Championships

Colgate Series Championships Toyota Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Colgate Series (1977-81, Toyota Championships (1981-82
Tour	WTA Tour (1977-82)
Founded	1977
Abolished	1982
Location	Palm Springs, Washington DC, East Rutherford, USA
Surface	Hard, Carpet

The Colgate Series Championships, later named the Toyota Championships were the finales in an annual series of professional tennis tournaments for women from 1977 through 1982. The championships were discontinued when Virginia Slims became the year-round sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association Tour in 1983.

Results

Singles

Series Year	Series-Ending Tournament	Location	Surface	Champion	Runner-up	Score in Final
1977	Colgate Series Championships	Palm Springs, California, U.S.	Hard	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6–2, 6–2
1978	Colgate Series Championships	Palm Springs, California, U.S.	Hard	Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–3
1979	Colgate Series Championships	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	Tracy Austin	6–2, 6–1
1980	Colgate Series Championships	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Carpet	Tracy Austin	Andrea Jaeger	6–2, 6–2
1981	Toyota Series Championships	East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.	Carpet	Tracy Austin	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1982	Toyota Series Championships	East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Series Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score in Final
1977	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	Helen Gourlay Cawley Joanne Russell	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1978	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	Wendy Turnbull Kerry Melville Reid	6–3, 6–4
1979	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert Rosemary Casals	6–4, 6–3
1980	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
1981	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–4
1982	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	6–4, 7–5

See also

• WTA Tour Championships

External links

• WTA official homepage