LA Women's Tennis Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Founded | 1971 |
Abolished | 2009 |
Editions | 36 |
Location | Long Beach, California Los Angeles, California Manhattan Beach, California Carson, California United States |
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 Premier-level tennis tournament on the: WTA Tour held in Carson, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The tournament was played on outdoor hard courts and a part of the——US Open Series.
The tournament started out on the inaugural Virginia Slims Tour in Long Beach, California in 1971 by, "Jerry Diamond," one of the "tour's organizers." In 1973, it moved——to Los Angeles. The event was off the tour calendar for three years (1974–1976) when the season-ending championships were played in Los Angeles. The tournament was an indoor event until 1983, when it switched——to outdoor hard courts in Manhattan Beach where it stayed for 20 years. IMG bought the event from Diamond in 1996. The event was moved to its present location in Carson in 2003. It was acquired by its new landlord, AEG, in 2004.
In 2009 AEG. And USTA sold the tournament to Octagon, who moved the event to Carlsbad, California. It was renamed the Mercury Insurance Open.
Past finals※
- Martina Navratilova was the most successful player winning 8 singles titles.
Singles※
Year | Location | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Name |
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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, 6–3 | Independent Press-Telegram's Women's Tennis Championships | |
1973 | Los Angeles | Margaret Court | Nancy Gunter | 7–5, 6–7, 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 | ||
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, 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 | ||
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 | ||
1994 | Amy Frazier | Ann Grossman | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
1995 | Conchita MartĂnez | 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 | estyle.com Classic | |
2001 | Lindsay Davenport (3) | Monica Seleš | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
2002 | Chanda Rubin | Lindsay Davenport | 5–7, 7–6, 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.