The 1982 Avon Championships were the eleventh WTA Tour Championships, the annual women's tennis tournament for the best players of the 11 tournament Avon Championships Circuit on the 1982 WTA Tour. It was the 11th edition of the event and was played from March 24 through March 28, 1982 on indoor carpet courts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. Fifth-seeded Sylvia Hanika won the singles title, after trailing Navratilova 1–6, 1–3 in the final, and earned $100,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 U.S. Clay Court Championships was a men's Grand Prix and women's Toyota Series tennis tournament held in Indianapolis in the United States and played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from August 2 through August 8, 1982. Fifth-seeded José Higueras and top-seeded Virginia Ruzici won the singles titles.
The 1982 Avon Championships of Chicago was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from January 25 through January 31, 1982. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Sea Pines Racquet Club on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships World Championship Series. It was the 10th edition of the tournament and was held from April 5 through April 11, 1982. Second-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $34,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Avon Championships of Washington was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts (Sporteze) at the GWU Charles Smith Center and the Capital Centre in Washington D.C., District of Columbia in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from January 4 through January 11, 1982. Second-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $40,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Avon Championships of Boston was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Boston University Walter Brown Arena in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships circuit. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from March 15 through March 21, 1982. Unseeded Kathy Jordan won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Avon Championships of Houston was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Summit in Houston, Texas in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and was held from February 15 through February 21, 1982. Third-seeded Bettina Bunge won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Avon Championships of Seattle was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Seattle Center Coliseum in Seattle, Washington in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the sixth and last edition of the tournament and was held from January 18 through January 25, 1982. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 BMW Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of the Toyota Series category of the 1982 WTA Tour. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 14 June through 19 June 1982. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $23,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Tennis Sporthalle Filderstadt in Filderstadt in West Germany. The event was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1982 Toyota Series. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 18 October through 24 October 1982. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles event and the accompanying $22,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Avon Championships of California, also known as the Avon Championships of Oakland, was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet court at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from February 22 through February 28, 1982. Second-seeded Andrea Jaeger won the singles title, her second consecutive at the event, and earned $30,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Avon Championships of Los Angeles was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Forum in Los Angeles, California in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships circuit. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from March 1 through March 7, 1982. Fifth-seeded Mima Jaušovec won the singles title, and earned $30,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Avon Championships of Cincinnati was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the third, and last, edition of the tournament and was held from January 11 through January 17, 1982. Fifth-seeded Barbara Potter won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 United Airlines Tournament of Champions was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Grenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort in Haines City, Florida in the United States. It was part of the Toyota International Series circuit of the 1982 WTA Tour and classified as a Category 7 event. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from April 26 through May 2, 1982. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won her third consecutive singles title at the event and earned $50,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 National Panasonic Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Milton Tennis Centre in Brisbane, Australia that was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1982 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 15 November through 21 November 1982. Third-seeded Wendy Turnbull won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Wells Fargo Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, California in the United States that was part of the Toyota Series of the 1982 WTA Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from July 26 through August 1, 1982. First-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title, her fourth consecutive at the event, and earned $22,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Central Fidelity Banks International was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Robins Center in Richmond, Virginia in the United States. The event was part of the Category 4 tier of the Toyota Series that was part of the 1982 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from December 6 through December 12, 1982. Second-seeded Wendy Turnbull won the singles title and earned $23,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Lynda Carter Maybelline Classic, also known as the Lynda Carter Classic, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Deer Creek Racquet Club in Deerfield Beach, Florida in the United States that was part of the Toyota Series of the 1982 Avon Championships World Championship Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from October 4 through October 10, 1982. First-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won her third consecutive singles title at the event and earned $22,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Toray Sillook Open was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo in Japan. The event was part of the Category 5 of the 1982 Toyota Series. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held from 13 September through 19 September 1982. Third-seeded Bettina Bunge won the title and earned $40,000 first-prize money.
The 1982 Toyota Women's Tennis Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships World Championship Series. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from August 9 through August 15, 1982. First-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money.
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