1979 Avon Championships

The 1979 Avon Championships were the eighth WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles and doubles on the 1979 WTA Tour.[1] It was held on indoor carpet courts from March 21 through March 25, 1979, in Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States.[1][3]

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1979 Avon Championships
DateMarch 21–25[1]
Edition8th
CategoryWTA Tour Championships
Draw8S / 4D
Prize money$275,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
LocationNew York City, United States
VenueMadison Square Garden
Attendance53,912
Champions
Singles
United States Martina Navratilova[2]
Doubles
France Françoise Dürr / Netherlands Betty Stöve[1]

First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $100,000 first-prize money.[4]

Finals

Singles

United States Martina Navratilova defeated United States Tracy Austin, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2.

Doubles

France Françoise Dürr / Netherlands Betty Stöve defeated United Kingdom Sue Barker / United States Ann Kiyomura, 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–3).

See also

References
  1. "1979 Avon Championships" (PDF). WTATour.com. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  2. "Martina claims battle and war". Sarasota Journal. March 26, 1979. p. 3C – via Google News Archive.
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 183–185, 187. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.
  4. John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 525.
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