United Airlines Tournament of Champions
Introduction The '''United Airlines Tournament of Champions''' is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1980 to 1986.It was held in Orlando, Florida in the United States from 1980 through 1985, where it was played on outdoor hard courts at the Greenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort from 1980 through 1983 and on clay courts at the Grand Cypress resort in 1984 and 1985.In 1986 the tournament moved to Marco Island, Florida where it was played on clay courts. Only players who had won a tournament with prize money of at least $20,000 during the previous year were eligible to enter the event.Martina Navratilova was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the first six singles competitions and winning the doubles competition three times.
Results ===Singles===YearChampionsRunners-upScore1980   Martina Navratilova   Tracy Austin  6–2, 6–41981   Martina Navratilova   Andrea Jaeger  7–5, 6–31982   Martina Navratilova   Wendy Turnbull  6–2, 7–51983   Martina Navratilova   Andrea Jaeger  6–1, 7–51984   Martina Navratilova   Laura Arraya  6–0, 6–11985   Martina Navratilova   Katerina Maleeva  6–1, 6–01986   Chris Evert-Lloyd   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch  6–2, 6–4===Doubles===YearChampionsRunners-upScore1980  ''Not held''1981   Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver   Rosemary Casals  Wendy Turnbull  6–1, 7–61982   Rosemary Casals   Wendy Turnbull   Kathy Jordan  Anne Smith  6–3, 6–31983   Billie Jean King   Anne Smith   Martina Navratilova  Pam Shriver  6–3, 1–6, 7–61984   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch   Hana Mandlíková   Anne Hobbs  Wendy Turnbull  6–0, 1–6, 6–31985   Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver   Elise Burgin  Kathleen Horvath  6–3, 6–11986   Martina Navratilova   Andrea Temesvári   Kathy Jordan  Elise Burgin  7–5, 6–2
See also * Barnett Bank Tennis Classic – women's tournament in Orlando (1974–1975)
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