Ameritech Cup
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameVS of Chicago (1971–78, 1983–94)
Avon Championships of Chicago (1979–82)
Ameritech Cup (1995–97)
TourWTA Tour (1971–97)
Founded1971
Abolished1997
Editions26
SurfaceCarpet (1971–97)

The Ameritech Cup (known also as the Virginia Slims of Chicago and the Avon Championships of Chicago) is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament held every year from 1971 until 1997 in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Its sponsors were Virginia Slims from 1971 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1994, Avon from 1979 to 1982 and Ameritech from 1995 to 1997. The tournament was classified as Tier III in 1988-1989, Tier I in 1990 and Tier II until 1997, and was played on indoor carpet courts.

Martina Navratilova was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition 12 times and the doubles competition 7 times. Past champions also include former No. 1 players Chris Evert (1977), Monica Seles (1993) and Lindsay Davenport (1997).

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score[1]
1971France Françoise DürrUnited States Billie Jean King6–4, 6–2
1972Not held
1973Australia Margaret CourtUnited States Billie Jean King6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1974United Kingdom Virginia WadeUnited States Rosemary Casals2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1975Australia Margaret CourtCzechoslovakia Martina Navratilova6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1976Australia Evonne Goolagong CawleyUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1977United States Chris EvertAustralia Margaret Court6–1, 6–3
1978United States Martina NavratilovaAustralia Evonne Goolagong Cawley6–7(4–5), 6–2, 6–2
1979United States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Tracy Austin6–3, 6–4
1980United States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Chris Evert-Lloyd6–4, 6–4
1981United States Martina NavratilovaCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková6–4, 6–2
1982United States Martina NavratilovaAustralia Wendy Turnbull6–4, 6–1
1983United States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Andrea Jaeger6–3, 6–2
1984United States Pam ShriverUnited States Barbara Potter7–6, 2–6, 6–3
1985United States Bonnie GadusekUnited States Kathy Rinaldi6–1, 6–3
1986United States Martina NavratilovaCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková7–5, 7–5
1987United States Martina NavratilovaSoviet Union Natasha Zvereva6–1, 6–2
1988United States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Chris Evert6–2, 6–2
1989United States Zina GarrisonSoviet Union Larisa Savchenko6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1990United States Martina NavratilovaSwitzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière6–3, 6–2
1991United States Martina NavratilovaUnited States Zina Garrison-Jackson6–1, 6–2
1992United States Martina NavratilovaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná7–6, 4–6, 7–5
1993Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica SelesUnited States Martina Navratilova3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1994Belarus Natasha ZverevaUnited States Chanda Rubin6–3, 7–5
1995Bulgaria Magdalena MaleevaUnited States Lisa Raymond7–5, 7–6
1996Czech Republic Jana NovotnáUnited States Jennifer Capriati6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1997United States Lindsay DavenportFrance Nathalie Tauziat6–0, 7–5

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score[2]
1971Australia Judy Dalton
France Françoise Dürr
United States Rosemary Casals
United States Billie Jean King
6–4, 7–6
1972Not held
1973United States Rosemary Casals
United States Billie Jean King
Australia Karen Krantzcke
Netherlands Betty Stöve
6–4, 6–2
1974United States Chris Evert
United States Billie Jean King
France Françoise Dürr
Netherlands Betty Stöve
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1975United States Chris Evert
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
Australia Margaret Court
Soviet Union Olga Morozova
6–2, 7–6
1976Soviet Union Olga Morozova
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley
United States Martina Navratilova
6–7(4–5), 6–4, 6–4
1977United States Rosemary Casals
United States Chris Evert
Australia Margaret Court
Netherlands Betty Stöve
6–3, 6–4
1978Netherlands Betty Stöve
Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley
United States Rosemary Casals
United States JoAnne Russell
6–1, 6–4
1979United States Rosemary Casals
United States Betty Ann Grubb Stuart
South Africa Ilana Kloss
South Africa Greer Stevens
3–6, 7–5, 7–5
1980United States Billie Jean King
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
West Germany Sylvia Hanika
United States Kathy Jordan
6–3, 6–4
1981Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
United States Barbara Potter
United States Sharon Walsh
6–3, 6–1
1982United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
United States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull
7–5, 6–4
1983United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
United States Kathy Jordan
United States Anne Smith
6–1, 6–2
1984United States Billie Jean King
United States Sharon Walsh
United States Barbara Potter
United States Pam Shriver
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
1985United States Kathy Jordan
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
United States Elise Burgin
United States JoAnne Russell
6–2, 6–2
1986West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
West Germany Steffi Graf
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
6–7, 7–6, 6–3
1987West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
United States Zina Garrison
United States Lori McNeil
6–4, 6–3
1988United States Lori McNeil
United States Betsy Nagelsen
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1989Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1990United States Martina Navratilova
United States Anne Smith
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
France Nathalie Tauziat
6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1991United States Gigi Fernández
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6–2, 6–4
1992United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
United States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison-Jackson
6–4, 7–6
1993United States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison-Jackson
United States Amy Frazier
United States Kimberly Po
7–6(9–7), 6–3
1994United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
United States Martina Navratilova
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1995Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Netherlands Brenda Schultz
United States Marianne Werdel
United States Tami Whitlinger-Jones
5–7, 7–6, 6–4
1996United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
United States Angela Lettiere
Japan Nana Miyagi
6–1, 6–1
1997France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Monica Seles
6–3, 6–2

References

  1. "WTA Chicago - Women's Singles - Grand Slam History". www.grandslamhistory.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. "WTA Chicago - Women's Doubles - Grand Slam History". www.grandslamhistory.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
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