LA Women's Tennis Championships
LA Women's Tennis Championships | |
---|---|
Defunct tennis tournament | |
Founded | 1971 |
Abolished | 2009 |
Editions | 36 |
Location | |
Venue | Home Depot Center |
Category | Premier |
Surface | Hard / outdoors |
Draw | 56S / 32SQ / 16D |
Prize money | US$700,000 (2009) |
The LA Women's Tennis Championships was a
hard courts and a part of the US Open Series
.
The tournament started out on the inaugural Virginia Slims Tour in
hard courts in Manhattan Beach where it stayed for 20 years. IMG bought the event from Diamond in 1996.[1] The event was moved to its present location in Carson in 2003. It was acquired by its new landlord, AEG, in 2004.[2]
In 2009 AEG and
Mercury Insurance Open.[3]
Past finals
- Martina Navratilova was the most successful player winning 8 singles titles.
Singles
Year | Location | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 |
Long Beach | Billie Jean King | Rosemary Casals | 6–1, 6–2 | Billie Jean King Invitational |
1972 | Rosemary Casals | Françoise Dürr | 6–2, 6–7(4–5), 6–3 | Independent Press-Telegram's Women's Tennis Championships | |
1973 | Los Angeles | Margaret Court | Nancy Gunter |
7–5, 6–7(1–5), 7–5 | British Motor Cars Tournament |
1974–76 | Not held | ||||
1977 | Chris Evert | Martina Navratilova | 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 | Virginia Slims of Los Angeles | |
1978 | Martina Navratilova | Rosemary Casals | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
1979 | Chris Evert (2) | Martina Navratilova | 6–3, 6–4 | Avon Championships of Los Angeles | |
1980 | Martina Navratilova (2) | Tracy Austin | 6–2, 6–0 | ||
1981 | Martina Navratilova (3) | Andrea Jaeger | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
1982 | Mima Jaušovec | Sylvia Hanika | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) | ||
1983 | Manhattan Beach | Martina Navratilova (4) | Chris Evert | 6–1, 6–3 | Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (II) |
1984 | Chris Evert (3) | Wendy Turnbull | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
1985 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | Pam Shriver | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
1986 | Martina Navratilova (5) | Chris Evert | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 | ||
1987 | Steffi Graf | Chris Evert | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
1988 | Chris Evert (4) | Gabriela Sabatini | 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 | ||
1989 | Martina Navratilova (6) | Gabriela Sabatini | 6–0, 6–2 | ||
1990 | Monica Seleš |
Martina Navratilova | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6) | ||
1991 | Monica Seleš (2) |
Kimiko Date | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
1992 | Martina Navratilova (7) | Monica Seleš |
6–4, 6–2 | ||
1993 | Martina Navratilova (8) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 7–5, 7–6(7–4) | ||
1994 | Amy Frazier | Ann Grossman | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
1995 | Conchita Martínez | Chanda Rubin | 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 | Acura Classic | |
1996 | Lindsay Davenport | Anke Huber | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
1997 | Monica Seles (3) | Lindsay Davenport | 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 | ||
1998 | Lindsay Davenport (2) | Martina Hingis | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | ||
1999 | Serena Williams | Julie Halard-Decugis | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
2000 | Serena Williams (2) | Lindsay Davenport | 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1) | estyle.com Classic | |
2001 | Lindsay Davenport (3) | Monica Seleš |
6–3, 7–5 | ||
2002 | Chanda Rubin | Lindsay Davenport | 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 | JPMorgan Chase Open | |
2003 | Carson | Kim Clijsters | Lindsay Davenport | 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 | |
2004 | Lindsay Davenport (4) | Serena Williams | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
2005 | Kim Clijsters (2) | Daniela Hantuchová | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
2006 | Elena Dementieva | Jelena Janković | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | ||
2007 |
Ana Ivanovic | Nadia Petrova | 7–5, 6–4 | East West Bank Classic | |
2008 |
Dinara Safina | Flavia Pennetta | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
2009 |
Flavia Pennetta | Samantha Stosur | 6–4, 6–3 | LA Women's Tennis Championships | |
2010 | Not Held moved to San Diego
|
Doubles
See also
References
- ^ "Estyle breaks tennis barrier". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ^ Lisa Dillman (January 23, 2004). "AEG buys Carson event". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Bill Dwyre (September 3, 2009). "Women's tennis tournament is moving away from Carson". Los Angeles Times.