MPS Group Championships

The MPS Group Championships
WTA Tour
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
 United States
Venue Sawgrass Country Club
Category International
Surface Green Clay / Outdoors
Draw 32M/32Q/16D
Prize Money $220,000
Website The MPS Group Championships

The MPS Group Championships was a women's tennis tournament held in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States. The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event was an International series tournament played on outdoor green clay courts from 1980 to 2010.

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History

Formerly the Bausch & Lomb Championships, the tournament lost its title sponsor when Bausch & Lomb did not renew its contract following the 2008 event at Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida. Tournament organizers Octagon hired AXIA, a public relations firm, to find a new title sponsor. In August 2008, AXIA and Octagon announced Fortune 1000 global staffing firm MPS Group (NYSE:MPS) of Jacksonville, Florida as the official tournament title sponsor. Octagon moved the annual event to Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach as part of the tournament changes to attract more attendees and enjoy upgraded facilities.

On May 21, 2010 tournament officials announced that the event will not be held in 2011. The WTA is reducing the number of Spring events and the MPS Group Championships offered the smallest prize money. The WTA offered replacement dates, but no facility was available in February, and temperatures in July can be unbearable.[1]

Sponsors

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1980 Martina Navrátilová Hana Mandlíková 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1981 Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová 6–0, 6–0
1982 Chris Evert Andrea Jaeger 6–3, 6–1
1983 Chris Evert Carling Bassett-Seguso 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1984 Martina Navratilova Chris Evert 6–2, 6–0
1985 Zina Garrison Chris Evert 6–4, 6–3
1986 Steffi Graf Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6–4, 5–7, 7–6
1987 Steffi Graf Hana Mandlíková 6–3, 6–4
1988 Martina Navratilova Gabriela Sabatini 6–0, 6–2
1989 Gabriela Sabatini Steffi Graf 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1990 Steffi Graf Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–0
1991 Gabriela Sabatini Steffi Graf 7–5, 7–6
1992 Gabriela Sabatini Steffi Graf 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
1993 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Gabriela Sabatini 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1994 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Gabriela Sabatini 6–1, 6–4
1995 Conchita Martínez Gabriela Sabatini 6–1, 6–4
1996 Irina Spîrlea Mary Pierce 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1997 Lindsay Davenport Mary Pierce 6–2, 6–3
1998 Mary Pierce Conchita Martínez 6–7(8), 6–0, 6–2
1999 Monica Seles Ruxandra Dragomir 6–2, 6–3
2000 Monica Seles Conchita Martínez 6–3, 6–2
2001 Amélie Mauresmo Amanda Coetzer 6–4, 7–5
2002 Venus Williams Justine Henin 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(5)
2003 Elena Dementieva Lindsay Davenport 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2004 Lindsay Davenport Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–4
2005 Lindsay Davenport Silvia Farina Elia 7–5, 7–5
2006 Nadia Petrova Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 6–4
2007 Tatiana Golovin Nadia Petrova 6–2, 6–1
2008 Maria Sharapova Dominika Cibulková 7–6(7), 6–3
2009 Caroline Wozniacki Aleksandra Wozniak 6–1, 6–2
2010 Caroline Wozniacki Olga Govortsova 6–2, 7–5

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1980 Rosemary Casals
Ilana Kloss		 Kathy Jordan
Pam Shriver		 7–6, 7–6
1981 Kathy Jordan
Anne Smith		 Joanne Russell
Pam Shriver		 6–3, 5–7, 7–6
1982 Leslie Allen
Mima Jaušovec		 Barbara Potter
Sharon Walsh		 6–1, 7–5
1983 Candy Reynolds
Rosalyn Fairbank		 Virginia Ruzici
Hana Mandlíková		 6–4, 6–2
1984 Kathy Jordan
Anne Smith		 Anne Hobbs
Mima Jaušovec		 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1985 Rosalyn Fairbank
Hana Mandlíková		 Carling Bassett-Seguso
Chris Evert		 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1986 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková		 Gabriela Sabatini
Catherine Tanvier		 6–2, 5–7, 7–6
1987 Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini		 Hana Mandlíková
Wendy Turnbull		 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1988 Zina Garrison Jackson
Eva Pfaff		 Katrina Adams
Penny Barg-Mager		 4–6, 6–2, 7–6
1989 Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva		 Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver		 7–6, 2–6, 6–1
1990 Mercedes Paz
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 Regina Kordová
Andrea Temesvári		 7–6, 6–4
1991 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Helena Suková		 Mercedes Paz
Natasha Zvereva		 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1992 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Natasha Zvereva		 Zina Garrison-Jackson
Jana Novotná		 6–1, 6–0
1993 Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere
Leila Meskhi		 Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui		 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1994 Larisa Neiland
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui		 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
1995 Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui		 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf		 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1996 Chanda Rubin
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 Meredith McGrath
Larisa Neiland		 6–1, 6–1
1997 Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná		 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf		 6–3, 6–0
1998 Sandra Cacic
Mary Pierce		 Barbara Schett
Patty Schnyder		 7–6, 4–6, 7–6
1999 Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini		 Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs		 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
2000 Rain prevented play
2001 Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini		 Martina Navratilova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 6–4, 6–2
2002 Daniela Hantuchová
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 María Emilia Salerni
Åsa Svensson		 6–4, 6–2
2003 Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond		 Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez		 7–5, 6–2
2004 Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy		 Myriam Casanova
Alicia Molik		 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
2005 Bryanne Stewart
Samantha Stosur		 Květa Peschke
Patty Schnyder		 6–4, 6–2
2006 Shinobu Asagoe
Katarina Srebotnik		 Liezel Huber
Sania Mirza		 6–2, 6–4
2007 Mara Santangelo
Katarina Srebotnik		 Anabel Medina Garrigues
Virginia Ruano Pascual		 6–3, 7–6(4)
2008 Bethanie Mattek
Vladimíra Uhlířová		 Victoria Azarenka
Elena Vesnina		 6–3, 6–1
2009 Chuang Chia-jung
Sania Mirza		 Květa Peschke
Lisa Raymond		 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
2010 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Yan Zi		 Chuang Chia-jung
Peng Shuai		 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Fussman, Chet: "End of an era: First Coast loses women's tennis event after 31 years" Florida Times-Union, May 22, 2010

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