Virginia Slims of Boston

Virginia Slims of Boston
Virginia Slims of Boston
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Virginia Slims of Boston (1971–78, 1983–84); Avon Championships of Boston (1979–82)
Tour	WTA Tour (1971–90)
Founded	1971
Abolished	1984
Editions	11
Location	Boston, MA, U.S.
Surface	Hard (1971–80); Carpet (1981–84)

The Virginia Slims of Boston is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1984. It was held in Boston in the United States and played on indoor hard courts from 1971 to 1980 and on indoor carpet courts from 1981 to 1984.

Results

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1971	Billie Jean King	Rosemary Casals	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1972	Not held
1973	Margaret Court	Billie Jean King	6–2, 6–4
1974	Not held
1975	Martina Navratilova	Evonne Goolagong	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1976	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Virginia Wade	6–2, 6–0
1977	Not held
1978	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Chris Evert	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1979	Dianne Fromholtz	Sue Barker	6–2, 7–6
1980	Tracy Austin	Virginia Wade	6–2, 6–1
1981	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Mima Jaušovec	6–4, 6–4
1982	Kathy Jordan	Wendy Turnbull	7–5, 1–6, 6–4
1983	Wendy Turnbull	Sylvia Hanika	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1984	Hana Mandlíková	Helena Suková	7–5, 6–0

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1971	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Dürr Ann Haydon-Jones	6–4, 7–5
1972	Not held
1973	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6–4, 6–2
1974	Not held
1975	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–4
1976	Mona Schallau Ann Kiyomura	Rosemary Casals Françoise Dürr	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
1977	Not held
1978	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Betty Stöve	6–3, 6–2
1979	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	6–4, 6–2
1980	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss	6–4, 7–6
1981	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
1982	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	7–6, 2–6, 6–4
1983	Jo Durie Ann Kiyomura	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6–3, 6–1
1984	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	Andrea Leand Mary Lou Piatek	7–6, 6–0