Virginia Slims of Kansas

VS of Kansas
Defunct tennis tournament
Created 1978
Ended 1990
Event name VS of Kansas (1978, 1983–89)
Avon Championships of Kansas (1980–82)
Breyers Classic (1990)
Tour WTA Tour (1978–90)
Surface Hard (1978, 1988–90)
Carpet (1980–82, 1986–87)
Hard (1983)

The VS 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.

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

Contents

Results

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1978 Martina Navrátilová Billie Jean King 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
1979 Not Held
1980 Martina Navrátilová Greer Stevens 6–0, 6–2
1981 Andrea Jaeger Martina Navrátilová 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1982 Martina Navrátilová Barbara Potter 6–2, 6–2
1983 Elizabeth Sayers Anne Minter 6–3, 6–1
1984
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1985		 Not Held
1986 Wendy White Betsy Nagelsen 6–1, 6–7, 6–2
1987 Barbara Potter Larisa Savchenko 7–6, 7–6
1988 Manuela Maleeva Sylvia Hanika 7–6, 7–5
1989 Amy Frazier Barbara Potter 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
1990 Dianne Van Rensburg Nathalie Tauziat 2–6, 7–5, 6–2

Doubles

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

References

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