1989 Virginia Slims of Washington | |
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Date | February 13–19 |
Edition | 18th |
Category | Category 5 |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $300,000 |
Surface | Carpet / indoor |
Location | Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
Venue | Patriot Center |
Attendance | 40,000 |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 1989 Virginia Slims of Washington was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia in the United States and was part of the Category 5 tier of the 1989 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from February 13 through February 19, 1989. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title. [1] [2] [3]
Steffi Graf defeated
Zina Garrison 6–1, 7–5
Betsy Nagelsen /
Pam Shriver defeated
Larisa Savchenko /
Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 6–3
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