The Virginia Slims of Kansas is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1978 to 1990. It was held in Kansas City, Missouri 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 Navratilova was a player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competitions twice partnering American Billie Jean King.
Past finals
Singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1978 Martina Navratilova Billie Jean King 7–5, 2–6, 6–31979 Not Held1980 Martina Navratilova Greer Stevens 6–0, 6–21981 Andrea Jaeger Martina Navratilova 3–6, 6–3, 7–51982 Martina Navratilova Barbara Potter 6–2, 6–21983 Elizabeth Sayers Anne Minter 6–3, 6–11984-1985 Not Held1986 Wendy White Betsy Nagelsen 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–21987 Barbara Potter Larisa Savchenko 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)1988 Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière Sylvia Hanika 7–6(7–5), 7–51989 Amy Frazier Barbara Potter 4–6, 6–4, 6–01990 Dianne Van Rensburg Nathalie Tauziat 2–6, 7–5, 6–2
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1978 Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 6–41979 Not Held1980 Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova Laura duPont Pam Shriver 6–3, 6–11981 Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull 6–2, 7–61982 Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh Mary Lou Piatek Anne Smith 4–6, 6–2, 6–21983 Sandy Collins Elizabeth Sayers Chris O'Neil Brenda Remilton 7–5, 7–61984-1985 Not Held1986 Kathy Jordan Candy Reynolds JoAnne Russell Anne Smith 6–3, 6–7, 6–31987 Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko Barbara Potter Wendy White 6–2, 6–41988 Natalia Bykova Svetlana Parkhomenko Jana Novotná Catherine Suire 6–3, 6–41989 Manon Bollegraf Lise Gregory Sandy Collins Leila Meskhi 6–2, 7–61990 Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath Mary Lou Daniels Wendy White 6–0, 6–2
References WTA Results Archive