1982 Toyota Series Championships

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1982 Toyota Series Championships
DateDecember 14–19
Edition6th
CategoryVirginia Slims circuit
Draw12S / 6D
Prize money$300,000
Surface Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor
Location East Rutherford, NJ, U.S.
Venue Byrne Meadowlands Arena
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver

The 1982 Toyota Series Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Byrne Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey in the United States that was the season-ending tournament of the 1982 Toyota World Championship Series. It was the sixth and last edition of the tournament and was held from December 14 through December 19, 1982. The top 12 singles players and top 6 doubles teams, in terms of Toyota Series ranking points, qualified for the event. [1] First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $75,000 first-prize money. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova defeated Flag of the United States.svg Chris Evert-Lloyd 4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver defeated Flag of the United States.svg Candy Reynolds / Flag of the United States.svg Paula Smith 6–4, 7–5

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16
Singles [1] $75,000$40,000$19,000$11,000$4,500
Doubles [1] $28,000$15,000$8,000$5,500NA

Doubles prize money is per team.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 505.
  2. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1983). Slazengers World of Tennis 1983  : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation . London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 151–154. ISBN   0356093832.
  3. ↑ Kathy Blumenstock (December 20, 1982). "Navratilova's Win Over Evert Answers The No. 1 Question". The Washington Post .
  4. ↑ Martin Lader (December 20, 1982). "Without meaning any disrespect to the year that was,..." UPI .
  5. ↑ Barry McDermott (December 27, 1982). "Chrissie Got The Back Of Martina's Hand". Sports Illustrated . Vol. 57, no. 27. pp. 30–31.
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