1979 Colgate Series Championships | |
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Date | January 2–7, 1980 |
Edition | 3rd |
Category | Colgate circuit |
Draw | 8S / 4D |
Prize money | 250,000 |
Surface | Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor |
Location | Landover, Maryland, U.S. |
Venue | Capital Centre |
Attendance | 50,112 |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Martina Navratilova | |
Doubles | |
Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova |
The 1979 Colgate Series Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland in the United States that was the season-ending tournament of the 1979 Colgate Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from January 2 through January 7, 1980. [1] Second-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $75,000 first-prize money. [2] [3] [4]
Martina Navratilova defeated Tracy Austin 6–2, 6–1
Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert / Rosemary Casals 6–4, 6–3
Event | W | F | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
Singles [1] | $75,000 | $40,000 | $22,000 | $17,800 | $11,000 | $9,000 | $7,000 | $6,000 |
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Doubles [1] | $30,000 | $16,000 | $10,000 | $7,000 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Doubles prize money is per team.