Toyota Championships

The Colgate Series Championships and the Toyota Championships were the finales in an annual series of professional tennis tournaments for women from 1977 through 1982. The championships were discontinued when Virginia Slims became the year-round sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association Tour in 1983.

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Results

Singles

Series Year Series-Ending Tournament Location Surface Champion Runner-up Score in Final
1977 Colgate Series Championships Palm Springs, California, U.S. Hard Chris Evert Billie Jean King 6–2, 6–2
1978 Colgate Series Championships Palm Springs, California, U.S. Hard Chris Evert Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–3
1979 Colgate Series Championships Washington, D.C. Carpet Martina Navratilova Tracy Austin 6–2, 6–1
1980 Colgate Series Championships Washington, D.C. Carpet Tracy Austin Andrea Jaeger 6–2, 6–2
1981 Toyota Series Championships East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. Carpet Tracy Austin Martina Navratilova 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1982 Toyota Series Championships East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. Carpet Martina Navratilova Chris Evert 4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

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

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