The United Airlines Tournament of Champions is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1980 to 1986. It was held in Orlando, Florida in the United States from 1980 through 1985, where it was played on outdoor hard courts at the Greenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort from 1980 through 1983 and on clay courts at the Grand Cypress resort in 1984 and 1985. In 1986 the tournament moved to Marco Island, Florida where it was played on clay courts. Only players who had won a tournament with prize money of at least $20,000 during the previous year were eligible to enter the event.
Martina Navratilova was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the first six singles competitions and winning the doubles competition three times.
Results
Singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1980 Martina Navratilova Tracy Austin 6–2, 6–41981 Martina Navratilova Andrea Jaeger 7–5, 6–31982 Martina Navratilova Wendy Turnbull 6–2, 7–51983 Martina Navratilova Andrea Jaeger 6–1, 7–51984 Martina Navratilova Laura Arraya 6–0, 6–11985 Martina Navratilova Katerina Maleeva 6–1, 6–01986 Chris Evert-Lloyd Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6–2, 6–4
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1980 Not held1981 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull 6–1, 7–61982 Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull Kathy Jordan Anne Smith 6–3, 6–31983 Billie Jean King Anne Smith Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 6–3, 1–6, 7–61984 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková Anne Hobbs Wendy Turnbull 6–0, 1–6, 6–31985 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver Elise Burgin Kathleen Horvath 6–3, 6–11986 Martina Navratilova Andrea Temesvári Kathy Jordan Elise Burgin 7–5, 6–2
See also Barnett Bank Tennis Classic – women's tournament in Orlando (1974–1975)
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