United Airlines Tournament of Champions

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United Airlines Tournament of Champions
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameUnited Airlines Tournament of Champions (1980–84)
Chrysler Tournament of Champions (1985)
TourWTA Tour (1980–85)
Founded1980
Abolished1985
LocationOrlando, Florida, United States
SurfaceClay (1980–85)

The United Airlines Tournament of Champions is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1980 to 1985. It was held in Orlando, Florida in the United States and played on outdoor clay courts.

Martina Navratilova was the most successful player at the tournament, winning all six singles competitions and winning the doubles competition twice with American Pam Shriver.

Results

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1974 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova United States Julie Heldman 7–6, 6–4
1975 United States Chris Evert Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova Walkover
1976 Not held
1977
1978
1979
1980 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova United States Tracy Austin 6–2, 6–4
1981 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova United States Andrea Jaeger 7–5, 6–3
1982 United States Martina Navratilova Australia Wendy Turnbull 6–2, 7–5
1983 United States Martina Navratilova United States Andrea Jaeger 6–1, 7–5
1984 United States Martina Navratilova Peru Laura Arraya 6–0, 6–1
1985 United States Martina Navratilova Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva 6–1, 6–0

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1980 Not held
1981 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–1, 7–6
1982 United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Kathy Jordan
United States Anne Smith
6–3, 6–3
1983 United States Billie Jean King
United States Anne Smith
United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6–3, 1–6, 7–6
1984 West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
United Kingdom Anne Hobbs
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–0, 1–6, 6–3
1985 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
United States Elise Burgin
United States Kathleen Horvath
6–3, 6–1

References