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Virginia Slims of New Orleans

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Virginia Slims of New Orleans
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameVirginia Slims of New Orleans
TourWTA Tour
Founded1984
Abolished1988
Editions5
SurfaceCarpet (1984–1987)
Hard (1988)

The Virginia Slims of New Orleans is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1984 to 1988. It was held in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States and was played on indoor carpet courts in the Lakefront Arena[1] from 1984 to 1987 and on outdoor hard courts in 1988.

Results

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1984 United States Martina Navratilova United States Zina Garrison 6–4, 6–3
1985 United States Chris Evert-Lloyd United States Pam Shriver 6–4, 7–5
1986 United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1987 United States Chris Evert United States Lori McNeil 6–3, 7–5
1988 United States Chris Evert United States Anne Smith 6–4, 6–1

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1984 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Sharon Walsh
6–4, 6–1
1985 United States Chris Evert-Lloyd
Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Mary Lou Piatek
United States Anne White
6–1, 6–2
1986 United States Candy Reynolds
United States Anne Smith
Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1987 United States Zina Garrison
United States Lori McNeil
United States Peanut Louie-Harper
United States Heather Ludloff
6–3, 6–3
1988 United States Beth Herr
United States Candy Reynolds
United States Lori McNeil
United States Betsy Nagelsen
6–4, 6–4

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