WTA Doubles Championships

WTA Doubles Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameBridgestone Doubles Championships (1975–87)
World Doubles Championships (1988, 1990)
VS International Doubles Championships (1989)
Light 'n' Lively Doubles Championships (1991–94)
World Doubles Cup (1995–97)
TourWTA Tour (1975–97)
Founded1975
Abolished1997
Editions23
SurfaceCarpet (1975–81, 1983–90)
Clay (1982, 1991–97)

The WTA Doubles Championships is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament for doubles, played from 1975 to 1997. It was held on indoor carpet courts from 1975 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1990, and on outdoor clay courts in 1982 and from 1991 to 1997.[1][2]

Year Location
1975–1977 Tokyo, Japan
1978 Salt Lake City, Utah
1979–1981 Tokyo, Japan
1982 Fort Worth, Texas
1983–1985 Tokyo, Japan
1986 Nashville, Tennessee
1987–1989 Tokyo, Japan
1990 Orlando, Florida
1991 Tarpon Springs, Florida
1992–1994 Wesley Chapel, Florida
1995–1997 Edinburgh, Scotland

Results

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1975 Australia Margaret Court
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
United States Rosemary Casals
United States Billie Jean King
6–7, 7–6, 6–2
1976 United States Billie Jean King
Netherlands Betty Stöve
United States Mona Guerrant
United States Ann Kiyomura
6–3, 6–2
1977 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
Netherlands Betty Stöve
France Françoise Dürr
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
7–5, 6–3
1978 United States Billie Jean King
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
France Françoise Dürr
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
6–4, 6–4
1979 France Françoise Dürr
Netherlands Betty Stöve
United Kingdom Sue Barker
United States Ann Kiyomura
7–5, 7–6
1980 United States Billie Jean King
United States Martina Navratilova
United Kingdom Sue Barker
United States Ann Kiyomura
7–5, 6–3
1981 United Kingdom Sue Barker
United States Ann Kiyomura
United States Barbara Potter
United States Sharon Walsh
7–5, 6–2
1982 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
United States Kathy Jordan
United States Anne Smith
7–5, 6–3
1983 United States Billie Jean King
United States Sharon Walsh
United States Kathy Jordan
United States Anne Smith
6–1, 6–1
1984 United States Ann Kiyomura
United States Pam Shriver
United States Barbara Jordan
Australia Elizabeth Sayers
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1985 United States Kathy Jordan
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
United States Betsy Nagelsen
United States Anne White
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1986 United States Barbara Potter
United States Pam Shriver
United States Kathy Jordan
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
6–4, 6–3
1987 West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
United States Elise Burgin
United States Pam Shriver
6–1, 7–6
1988 United States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison
United States Gigi Fernández
United States Robin White
7–5, 7–5
1989 United States Gigi Fernández
United States Robin White
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–2, 6–2
1990 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
United States Meredith McGrath
6–4, 6–1
1991 United States Gigi Fernández
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1992 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Commonwealth of Independent States Larisa Savchenko
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Commonwealth of Independent States Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 6–2
1993 United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Latvia Larisa Savchenko
7–5, 6–3
1994 Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6–2, 7–5
1995 United States Meredith McGrath
Latvia Larisa Savchenko
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 7–6
1996 United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6–3, 2–6, 7–6
1997 United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Australia Rachel McQuillan
Japan Nana Miyagi
6–1, 3–6, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ "About the WTA". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  2. ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 529–530.