Virginia Slims of Detroit

Virginia Slims of Detroit
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	K-Mart International (1972) Virginia Slims of Detroit (1973–78, 1983) Avon Championships of Detroit (1979–82)
Tour	WTA Tour
Founded	1971
Abolished	1983
Editions	13
Location	Birmingham, Michigan (1972) Detroit, Michigan (1973–83)
Venue	Cobo Hall & Arena (1973–82)
Surface	Carpet / indoor

The Virginia Slims of Detroit is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1983. It was held in Birmingham, Michigan in the United States in 1972 and in Detroit, Michigan in the United States from 1973 to 1983. The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts.

Billie Jean King was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competition four times, partnering American Rosemary Casals twice and Czechoslovakian Martina Navratilova and South African Ilana Kloss once each for her doubles successes.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1971	Billie Jean King	Rosemary Casals	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1972	Kerry Melville	Rosemary Casals	6–3, 6–7(3–5), 6–4
1973	Margaret Court	Kerry Melville	7–6(5–4), 6–3
1974	Billie Jean King	Rosemary Casals	6–1, 6–1
1975	Evonne Goolagong	Margaret Court	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1976	Chris Evert	Rosemary Casals	6–4, 6–2
1977	Martina Navratilova	Sue Barker	6–4, 6–4
1978	Martina Navratilova	Dianne Fromholtz	6–3, 6–2
1979	Wendy Turnbull	Virginia Ruzici	7–5, 1–6, 7–6
1980	Billie Jean King	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–3, 6–0
1981	Leslie Allen	Hana Mandlíková	6–4, 6–4
1982	Andrea Jaeger	Mima Jaušovec	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1983	Virginia Ruzici	Kathy Jordan	4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Françoise Dürr Judy Tegart	Rosemary Casals Kerry Melville	6–1, 6–1
1973	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Karen Krantzcke Betty Stöve	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1974	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
1975	Lesley Hunt Martina Navratilova	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1976	Mona Guerrant Ann Kiyomura	Chris Evert Betty Stöve	6–3, 6–4
1977	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	Janet Newberry JoAnne Russell	6–3, 6–4
1978	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–4
1979	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	6–4, 7–6
1980	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1981	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	Hana Mandlíková Betty Stöve	6–4, 6–2
1982	Leslie Allen Mima Jaušovec	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 6–0
1983	Kathy Jordan Barbara Potter	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 6–1

See also

• 1983 Virginia Slims of Detroit

References

• WTA Results Archive Archived 2010-01-05 at the Wayback Machine