Amelia Island Championships

Amelia Island Championships
Tournament information
Founded	1980
Abolished	2010
Editions	31
Location	Amelia Island and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida United States
Venue	Amelia Island Plantation and Sawgrass Country Club
Category	International
Surface	Green Clay / outdoors
Draw	32M / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	$220,000

The Amelia Island Championships was a women's tennis tournament held in Amelia Island Plantation and later Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States. The Women's Tennis Association event was an International series tournament played on outdoor green clay courts from 1980 to 2010.

History

Formerly the Bausch & Lomb Championships, the tournament lost its title sponsor when Bausch & Lomb did not renew its contract following the 2008 event at Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida. Tournament organizers Octagon hired Axia Public Relations, a public relations firm, to find a new title sponsor. In August 2008, Axia and Octagon announced Fortune 1000 global staffing firm MPS Group (NYSE:MPS) of Jacksonville, Florida as the official tournament title sponsor. Octagon moved the annual event to Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach as part of the tournament changes to attract more attendees and enjoy upgraded facilities.

On May 21, 2010, The WTA announced that the event would not be held in 2011. The WTA wanted to reduce the number of spring clay court events and the tournament offered the smallest prize money. The WTA offered replacement dates in February and July, but no facility was available in February, and temperatures in July can be unbearable. ^[1]

One of the most unusual matches in the tournament's history occurred in the first round of the 2002 event. Anne Kremer defeated Jennifer Hopkins 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, with both players serving a combined 29 double faults. An investigation discovered that the court markings had been incorrectly measured, resulting in a smaller service box than normal. ^[2]

Sponsors

• 1980–1983: Murjani WTA Championships
• 1984: Lipton WTA Champions
• 1984: NutraSweet WTA Championships
• 1985–1986: Sunkist WITA Championships
• 1987–2008 : Bausch & Lomb Championships
• 2009–2010 : The MPS Group Championships

Past finals

Singles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Amelia Island	1980	Martina Navratilova	Hana Mandlíková	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
	1981	Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova	6–0, 6–0
	1982	Chris Evert (2)	Andrea Jaeger	6–3, 6–1
	1983	Chris Evert (3)	Carling Bassett	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
	1984	Martina Navratilova (2)	Chris Evert	6–2, 6–0
	1985	Zina Garrison	Chris Evert	6–4, 6–3
	1986	Steffi Graf	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)
	1987	Steffi Graf (2)	Hana Mandlíková	6–3, 6–4
	1988	Martina Navratilova (3)	Gabriela Sabatini	6–0, 6–2
	1989	Gabriela Sabatini	Steffi Graf	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
	1990	Steffi Graf (3)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–0
	1991	Gabriela Sabatini (2)	Steffi Graf	7–5, 7–6
	1992	Gabriela Sabatini (3)	Steffi Graf	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
	1993	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gabriela Sabatini	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
	1994	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)	Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–4
	1995	Conchita Martínez	Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–4
	1996	Irina Spîrlea	Mary Pierce	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
	1997	Lindsay Davenport	Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–3
	1998	Mary Pierce	Conchita Martínez	6–7(8–10), 6–0, 6–2
	1999	Monica Seles	Ruxandra Dragomir	6–2, 6–3
	2000	Monica Seles (2)	Conchita Martínez	6–3, 6–2
	2001	Amélie Mauresmo	Amanda Coetzer	6–4, 7–5
	2002	Venus Williams	Justine Henin	2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
	2003	Elena Dementieva	Lindsay Davenport	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
	2004	Lindsay Davenport (2)	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–4
	2005	Lindsay Davenport (3)	Silvia Farina Elia	7–5, 7–5
	2006	Nadia Petrova	Francesca Schiavone	6–4, 6–4
	2007	Tatiana Golovin	Nadia Petrova	6–2, 6–1
	2008	Maria Sharapova	Dominika Cibulková	7–6(9–7), 6–3
Ponte Vedra Beach	2009	Caroline Wozniacki	Aleksandra Wozniak	6–1, 6–2
	2010	Caroline Wozniacki (2)	Olga Govortsova	6–2, 7–5

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Amelia Island	1980	Rosemary Casals Ilana Kloss	Kathy Jordan Pam Shriver	7–6, 7–6
	1981	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	Joanne Russell Pam Shriver	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
	1982	Leslie Allen Mima Jaušovec	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–1, 7–5
	1983	Candy Reynolds Rosalyn Fairbank	Virginia Ruzici Hana Mandlíková	6–4, 6–2
	1984	Kathy Jordan (2) Anne Smith (2)	Anne Hobbs Mima Jaušovec	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
	1985	Rosalyn Fairbank (2) Hana Mandlíková	Carling Bassett Chris Evert	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
	1986	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Gabriela Sabatini Catherine Tanvier	6–2, 5–7, 7–6
	1987	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
	1988	Zina Garrison Jackson Eva Pfaff	Katrina Adams Penny Barg-Mager	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
	1989	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–6, 2–6, 6–1
	1990	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Regina Rajchrtová Andrea Temesvári	7–6, 6–4
	1991	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Helena Suková (2)	Mercedes Paz Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
	1992	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) Natasha Zvereva (2)	Zina Garrison-Jackson Jana Novotná	6–1, 6–0
	1993	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière Leila Meskhi	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1994	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4)	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
	1995	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
	1996	Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (5)	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	6–1, 6–1
	1997	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–0
	1998	Sandra Cacic Mary Pierce	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
	1999	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 0–6, 6–4
	2000	Rain prevented play
	2001	Conchita Martínez (2) Patricia Tarabini (2)	Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–2
	2002	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (6)	María Emilia Salerni Åsa Svensson	6–4, 6–2
	2003	Lindsay Davenport (2) Lisa Raymond	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	7–5, 6–2
	2004	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	Myriam Casanova Alicia Molik	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
	2005	Bryanne Stewart Samantha Stosur	Květa Peschke Patty Schnyder	6–4, 6–2
	2006	Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik	Liezel Huber Sania Mirza	6–2, 6–4
	2007	Mara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik (2)	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
	2008	Bethanie Mattek Vladimíra Uhlířová	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–3, 6–1
Ponte Vedra Beach	2009	Chuang Chia-jung Sania Mirza	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
	2010	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2) Yan Zi	Chuang Chia-jung Peng Shuai	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

See also

• List of tennis tournaments

References

1. Fussman, Chet: "End of an era: First Coast loses women's tennis event after 31 years" Florida Times-Union, May 22, 2010
2. "Kremer Win Over Hopkins Stands". Midland Daily News. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

External links

• Official website ^[usurped]

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