Toyota Championships

The Colgate Series Championships, later named the Toyota Championships were the finales in an annual series of professional women's tennis tournaments for women from 1977 through 1982. The best singles and doubles players of the circuit, based on ranking points earned, qualified for the championships. During those years, the women's tour included a US indoor circuit winter tour finale, called the Virginia Slims Championships in 1977-78 and the Avon Championships in the 1979-82 period, as well as the global world tour finale, held in the US fall season, and called the Colgate Series Championships in 1977-80 and the Toyota Series Championships in 1981-82.

Colgate Series Championships
Toyota Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameColgate Series (1977–81)
Toyota Championships (1981–82)
TourWTA Tour (1977–82)
Founded1977
Abolished1982
LocationPalm Springs, CA, U.S.
Landover MD, U.S.
East Rutherford, NJ, U.S.
SurfaceHard, Carpet

The championships were discontinued when Virginia Slims became the year-round sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association Tour in 1983.[1][2]

Finals

Singles
Series Year Series-Ending Tournament Location Surface Champion Runner-up Score
1977Colgate Series ChampionshipsPalm Springs, California, U.S.HardUnited States Chris EvertUnited States Billie Jean King6–2, 6–2
1978Colgate Series ChampionshipsPalm Springs, California, U.S.HardUnited States Chris EvertUnited States Martina Navratilova6–3, 6–3
1979Colgate Series ChampionshipsLandover, Maryland, U.S.CarpetUnited States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Tracy Austin6–2, 6–1
1980Colgate Series ChampionshipsLandover, Maryland, U.S.CarpetUnited States Tracy AustinUnited States Andrea Jaeger6–2, 6–2
1981Toyota Series ChampionshipsEast Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.CarpetUnited States Tracy AustinUnited States Martina Navratilova2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1982Toyota Series ChampionshipsEast Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.CarpetUnited States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Chris Evert4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles
Series Year Champions Runners-up Score
1977France Françoise Dürr
United Kingdom Virginia Wade		Australia Helen Gourlay Cawley
United States Joanne Russell		6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1978United States Billie Jean King
United States Martina Navratilova		Australia Wendy Turnbull
Australia Kerry Reid		6–3, 6–4
1979United States Billie Jean King
United States Martina Navratilova		United States Chris Evert
United States Rosemary Casals		6–4, 6–3
1980United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull		United States Candy Reynolds
United States Paula Smith		6–3, 4–6, 7–6
1981United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver		United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull		6–3, 6–4
1982United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver		United States Candy Reynolds
United States Paula Smith		6–4, 7–5

See also

References
  1. John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 500–505.
  2. Barry Lorge (December 30, 1979). "Colgate Tennis Draws Spotlight With Cross-Country Move". The Washington Post.


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