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Tennis tournament
Virginia Slims of Florida Event name Virginia Slims of Florida (1984–94) Delray Beach Winter Championships (1995)Tour
WTA Tour Founded 1984 Abolished 1995 Editions 12 Surface
Clay (1984)
Hard (1985–95)
The Virginia Slims of Florida is a defunct
WTA Tour affiliated
tennis tournament played from 1984 to 1995 in various locations in
Florida in the United States. It was held at the
Frenchman's Creek Beach & Country Club in
Palm Beach Gardens in 1984, at
Crandon Park in
Key Biscayne from 1985 to 1986, at the
Polo Club in
Boca Raton from 1987 to 1992, and at the
Delray Beach Tennis Center in
Delray Beach from 1993 to 1995. The tournament was played on
outdoor clay courts in 1984 and on
outdoor hard courts from 1985 to 1995.
Steffi Graf was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition six times. Past singles champions also include
Chris Evert and
Gabriela Sabatini , who both won the tournament three times.
Past finals
Singles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
[1]
1984
Chris Evert-Lloyd
Bonnie Gadusek
6–0, 6–1
1985
Chris Evert-Lloyd
Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–4
1986
Chris Evert-Lloyd
Steffi Graf
6–3, 6–1
1987
Steffi Graf
Helena Suková
6–2, 6–3
↓
Tier II tournament ↓
1988
Gabriela Sabatini
Steffi Graf
2–6, 6–3, 6–1
1989
Steffi Graf
Chris Evert
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1990
Gabriela Sabatini
Jennifer Capriati
6–4, 7–5
↓
Tier I tournament ↓
1991
Gabriela Sabatini
Steffi Graf
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
1992
Steffi Graf
Conchita Martínez
3–6, 6–2, 6–0
↓
Tier II tournament ↓
1993
Steffi Graf
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–4, 6–3
1994
Steffi Graf
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–3, 7–5
1995
Steffi Graf
Conchita Martínez
6–2, 6–4
Doubles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
[2]
1984
Betsy Nagelsen
Anne White
Rosalyn Fairbank
Candy Reynolds
2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1985
Kathy Jordan
Elizabeth Smylie
Svetlana Parkhomenko
Larisa Savchenko
6–4, 7–6
1986
Kathy Jordan
Elizabeth Smylie
Betsy Nagelsen
Barbara Potter
7–6, 2–6, 6–2
1987
Svetlana Parkhomenko
Larisa Savchenko
Chris Evert-Lloyd
Pam Shriver
6–0, 3–6, 6–2
↓
Tier II tournament ↓
1988
Katrina Adams
Zina Garrison
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1989
Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
Jo Durie
Mary Joe Fernández
6–4, 6–2
1990
Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
Elise Burgin
Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 6–2
↓
Tier I tournament ↓
1991
Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
Meredith McGrath
Anne Smith
6–4, 7–6
1992
Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
Linda Harvey-Wild
Conchita Martínez
6–2, 6–2
↓
Tier II tournament ↓
1993
Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
Jana Novotná
Larisa Savchenko
6–2, 6–2
1994
Jana Novotná
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Manon Bollegraf
Helena Suková
6–2, 6–0
1995
Mary Joe Fernández
Jana Novotná
Lori McNeil
Larisa Savchenko
6–4, 6–0
References
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