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Virginia Slims of Arkansas
Event name Virginia Slims of Arkansas
Tour WTA Tour
Ended 1987
Court type Carpet / indoors (1986)
Hard / outdoors (1987)

The Virginia Slims of Arkansas was a professional tennis tournament for women. It was part of the WTA Tour, which is a big series of tennis competitions around the world. This tournament was held in Little Rock, Arkansas in the United States.

The Virginia Slims of Arkansas only took place for two years: in 1986 and 1987. In 1986, players competed on indoor carpet courts. The next year, in 1987, the tournament switched to outdoor hard courts. After 1987, the tournament stopped being held.

Tournament Winners

Here you can see the players who won the singles and doubles titles at the Virginia Slims of Arkansas tournament. It also shows who they played against in the final match.

Singles Champions

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1986 United States Kathy Rinaldi Soviet Union Natalia Zvereva 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–0
1987 Italy Sandra Cecchini Soviet Union Natalia Zvereva 0–6, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles Champions

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1986 Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Czechoslovakia Iva Budařová
United States Beth Herr
6–2, 1–6, 6–1
1987 United States Mary-Lou Daniels
United States Robin White
United States Lea Antonoplis
United States Barbara Gerken
6–2, 6–4
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