Virginia Slims of Florida

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.

Virginia Slims of Florida
Defunct tennis tournament
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)

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
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
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

External links

• WTA Results Archive