Virginia Slims of Kansas

The Virginia Slims of Kansas is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1978 to 1990. It was held in Kansas City, Kansas in the United States from 1978 to 1983 and in Wichita, Kansas in the United States from 1986 to 1990, and was played on indoor hard courts in 1978 and from 1988 to 1990, on indoor carpet courts from 1980 to 1982 and from 1986 to 1987, and on outdoor hard courts in 1983.

VS of Kansas
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameVS of Kansas (1978, 1983–89)
Avon Championships of Kansas (1980–82)
Breyers Tennis Classic (1990)
TourWTA Tour (1978–90)
Founded1978
Abolished1990
Editions10
SurfaceHard (1978, 1988–90)
Carpet (1980–82, 1986–87)
Hard (1983)

Martina Navratilova was a player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competitions twice partnering American Billie Jean King.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978United States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Billie Jean King7–5, 2–6, 6–3
1979Not Held
1980United States Martina NavratilovaSouth Africa Greer Stevens6–0, 6–2
1981United States Andrea JaegerUnited States Martina Navratilova3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1982United States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Barbara Potter6–2, 6–2
1983Australia Elizabeth SayersAustralia Anne Minter6–3, 6–1
1984
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1985
Not Held
1986United States Wendy WhiteUnited States Betsy Nagelsen6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
1987United States Barbara PotterSoviet Union Larisa Savchenko7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
1988Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva-FragnièreWest Germany Sylvia Hanika7–6(7–5), 7–5
1989United States Amy FrazierUnited States Barbara Potter4–6, 6–4, 6–0
1990South Africa Dianne Van RensburgFrance Nathalie Tauziat2–6, 7–5, 6–2

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978United States Billie Jean King
United States Martina Navratilova
Australia Kerry Reid
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 6–4
1979Not Held
1980United States Billie Jean King
United States Martina Navratilova
United States Laura duPont
United States Pam Shriver
6–3, 6–1
1981United States Barbara Potter
United States Sharon Walsh
United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–2, 7–6
1982United States Barbara Potter
United States Sharon Walsh
United States Mary Lou Piatek
United States Anne Smith
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1983United States Sandy Collins
Australia Elizabeth Sayers
Australia Chris O'Neil
Australia Brenda Remilton
7–5, 7–6
1984
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1985
Not Held
1986United States Kathy Jordan
United States Candy Reynolds
United States JoAnne Russell
United States Anne Smith
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1987Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
United States Barbara Potter
United States Wendy White
6–2, 6–4
1988Soviet Union Natalia Bykova
Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
France Catherine Suire
6–3, 6–4
1989Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
South Africa Lise Gregory
United States Sandy Collins
Soviet Union Leila Meskhi
6–2, 7–6
1990Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
United States Meredith McGrath
United States Mary Lou Daniels
United States Wendy White
6–0, 6–2

References


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