WTA Seattle facts for kids

The WTA Seattle was a professional tennis tournament that used to happen every year. It was part of the WTA Tour, which is a big series of tennis competitions for women around the world. This tournament took place in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. Players competed indoors on special carpet courts. The tournament ran for six years, from 1977 to 1982.

It had two different names during its time. In 1977 and 1978, it was known as the Virginia Slims of Seattle. From 1979 until it ended in 1982, it was called the Avon Championships of Seattle.

Tournament Winners and Results

This section shows who won the singles and doubles matches at the WTA Seattle tournament each year.

Singles Champions

Here are the amazing tennis players who won the singles title at the WTA Seattle tournament:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1977	Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–4
1978	Martina Navratilova	Betty Stöve	6–1, 1–6, 6–1
1979	Chris Evert	Renée Richards	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1980	Tracy Austin	Virginia Wade	6–2, 7–6(7–1)
1981	Sylvia Hanika	Barbara Potter	6–2, 6–4
1982	Martina Navratilova	Andrea Jaeger	6–2, 6–0

Doubles Champions

These pairs of talented players won the doubles title at the WTA Seattle tournament:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1977	Rosie Casals Chris Evert	Françoise Dürr Martina Navratilova	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1978	Kerry Melville Reid Wendy Turnbull	Patricia Bostrom Marita Redondo	6–2, 6–3
1979	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–4
1980	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	Greer Stevens Virginia Wade	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1981	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	6–4, 6–1
1982	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	7–5, 6–4