Avon Cup

Avon Cup
Defunct tennis tournament
Created 1983
Ended 1986
Event name Avon Cup (1983–84)
BMW Championships (1985)
Tournament of Champions (1986)
Tour WTA Tour (1983–86)
Surface Clay (1983–84, 1986)
Hard (1985)

The Avon Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1983 to 1986. It was held on Marco Island, Florida and played on outdoor clay courts from 1983 to 1984 and again in 1986 and on outdoor hard courts in 1985. The event was sponsored by Avon Products and BMW during its tenure and was known as the Tournament of Champions in its final year.

The only woman to win the singles event more than once was Bonnie Gadusek.

Contents

Winners

Singles

Year Name of Tournament Champion Runner-up Score
1983 Avon Cup Andrea Jaeger Hana Mandlíková 6–1, 6–3
1984 Avon Cup Bonnie Gadusek Kathleen Horvath 3–6, 6–0, 6–4
1985 BMW Championships Bonnie Gadusek Pam Casale 6–3, 6–4
1986 Tournament of Champions Chris Evert-Lloyd Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1983 Andrea Jaeger
Mary Lou Piatek
Rosemary Casals
Wendy Turnbull
7–5, 6–4
1984 Hana Mandlíková
Helena Suková
Andrea Jaeger
Anne Hobbs
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1985 Kathy Jordan
Elizabeth Sayers
Camille Benjamin
Bonnie Gadusek
6–3, 6–3
1986 Martina Navrátilová
Andrea Temesvári
Kathy Jordan
Elise Burgin
7–5, 6–2

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