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Virginia Slims of Florida

The Virginia Slims of Florida is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1984 to 1995. It was held at the Frenchman's Creek Beach & Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in the United States in 1984, at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida in the United States from 1985 to 1986, at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida in the United States from 1987 to 1992, and at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida in the United States from 1993 to 1995. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts in 1984 and on outdoor hard courts from 1985 to 1995.

Steffi Graf was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition six times. Past singles champions also include Chris Evert and Gabriela Sabatini, who both won the tournament three times.

Past Finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1984 United States Chris Evert-Lloyd United States Bonnie Gadusek 6–0, 6–1
1985 United States Chris Evert-Lloyd United States Martina Navrátilová 6–2, 6–4
1986 United States Chris Evert-Lloyd West Germany Steffi Graf 6–3, 6–1
1987 West Germany Steffi Graf Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 6–2, 6–3
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1988 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini West Germany Steffi Graf 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
1989 West Germany Steffi Graf United States Chris Evert 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1990 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini United States Jennifer Capriati 6–4, 7–5
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
1991 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini Germany Steffi Graf 6–4, 7–6
1992 Germany Steffi Graf Spain Conchita Martínez 3–6, 6–2, 6–0
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1993 Germany Steffi Graf Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 6–3
1994 Germany Steffi Graf Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 7–5
1995 Germany Steffi Graf Spain Conchita Martínez 6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1984 United States Betsy Nagelsen / United States Anne White South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank / United States Candy Reynolds 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1985 United States Kathy Jordan / Australia Elizabeth Smylie Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko / Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko 6–4, 7–6
1986 United States Kathy Jordan / Australia Elizabeth Smylie United States Betsy Nagelsen / United States Barbara Potter 7–6, 2–6, 6–2
1987 Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko / Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko United States Chris Evert-Lloyd / United States Pam Shriver 6–0, 3–6, 6–2
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1988 United States Katrina Adams / United States Zina Garrison West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1989 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United Kingdom Jo Durie / United States Mary Joe Fernández 6–4, 6–2
1990 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Elise Burgin / Australia Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 6–2
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
1991 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko / Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva United States Meredith McGrath / United States Anne Smith 6–4, 7–6
1992 Commonwealth of Independent States Larisa Savchenko / Commonwealth of Independent States Natasha Zvereva United States Linda Harvey-Wild / Spain Conchita Martínez 6–2, 6–2
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1993 United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva Czech Republic Jana Novotná / Latvia Larisa Savchenko 6–2, 6–2
1994 Czech Republic Jana Novotná / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Netherlands Manon Bollegraf / Czech Republic Helena Suková 6–2, 6–0
1995 United States Mary Joe Fernández / Czech Republic Jana Novotná United States Lori McNeil / Latvia Larisa Savchenko 6–4, 6–0

External links

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