Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Svetlana Parkhomenko and Larisa Savchenko.
Unseeded Carling Bassett won in the final of the singles event at the 1983 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania 2–6, 6–0, 6–4 against Sandy Collins.
Lea Antonoplis and Barbara Jordan were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Sherry Acker and Ann Henricksson.
Leslie Allen and Mima Jaušovec were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Allen with Chris Evert-Lloyd and Jaušovec with Betsy Nagelsen.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions of the doubles title at the Virginia Slims of Washington tennis tournament but only Shriver competed that year with Betsy Nagelsen.
Natalia Bykova and Svetlana Parkhomenko were the defending champions of the doubles title at the 1989 Virginia Slims of Kansas tennis tournament but did not compete that year.
Defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver successfully defended their title, defeating Anne Hobbs and Wendy Turnbull in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1984 US Open. It was the third step in an eventual Grand Slam for the pair.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Elise Burgin and Rosalyn Fairbank.
Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie defeated the four-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver in the final, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.
Two-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1984 Australian Open. With the win, they became the third and fourth women in history to complete a Grand Slam in women's doubles.
Pam Shriver was the defending champion and won in the final 6–1, 6–0 against Betsy Nagelsen.
Pam Shriver was the two-time defending champion and won in the final against Manuela Maleeva, 6–2, 7–6.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Hana Mandlíková in the final, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's double tennis title at the 1984 French Open. It was the first step in an eventual Grand Slam for the pair.
Defending champion Martina Navratilova and her partner Andrea Temesvári defeated Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1986 French Open.
Mary-Lou Piatek defeated Alycia Moulton in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the girls' singles tennis title at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships.
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Arizona, also known as the Virginia Slims of Phoenix, was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Jordan Tennis and Racquet Center in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States and was part of the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from March 24 through March 30, 1986. Unseeded Beth Herr won the singles title.
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Arizona singles was one of the events of the 1986 Virginia Slims of Arizona tennis tournament. It was played between March 23 and March 29, 1986, at the Jordan Tennis and Racquet Center in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States. The draw consisted of 32 players of which 4 were qualifiers and 8 were seeded. Unseeded Beth Herr won the singles title, defeating sixth-seeded Ann Henricksson in the final, 6–0, 3–6, 7–5.
Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie successfully defended their title, by defeating Betsy Nagelsen and Barbara Potter 7–6, 2–6, 6–2 in the final.
Hana Mandlíková and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions in 1985. They lost in the quarterfinals to Zina Garrison and Lori McNeil.
Beth Herr and Alycia Moulton were the defending champions, but Herr did not compete this year. Moulton teamed up with Elizabeth Minter and lost in the first round to Elly Hakami and Christina Singer.
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