Virginia Slims of Kansas

The Virginia Slims of Kansas is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1978 to 1990. It was held in Kansas City, Missouri in the United States from 1978 to 1983 and in Wichita, Kansas in the United States from 1986 to 1990, and was played on indoor hard courts in 1978 and from 1988 to 1990, on indoor carpet courts from 1980 to 1982 and from 1986 to 1987, and on outdoor hard courts in 1983.

VS of Kansas
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameVS of Kansas (1978, 1983–89)
Avon Championships of Kansas (1980–82)
Breyers Tennis Classic (1990)
TourWTA Tour (1978–90)
Founded1978
Abolished1990
Editions10
SurfaceHard (1978, 1988–90)
Carpet (1980–82, 1986–87)
Hard (1983)

Martina Navratilova was a player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competitions twice partnering American Billie Jean King.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978   Martina Navratilova   Billie Jean King 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
1979 Not Held
1980   Martina Navratilova   Greer Stevens 6–0, 6–2
1981   Andrea Jaeger   Martina Navratilova 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1982   Martina Navratilova   Barbara Potter 6–2, 6–2
1983   Elizabeth Sayers   Anne Minter 6–3, 6–1
1984
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1985
Not Held
1986   Wendy White   Betsy Nagelsen 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
1987   Barbara Potter   Larisa Savchenko 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
1988   Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière   Sylvia Hanika 7–6(7–5), 7–5
1989   Amy Frazier   Barbara Potter 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
1990   Dianne Van Rensburg   Nathalie Tauziat 2–6, 7–5, 6–2

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978   Billie Jean King
  Martina Navratilova
  Kerry Reid
  Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 6–4
1979 Not Held
1980   Billie Jean King
  Martina Navratilova
  Laura duPont
  Pam Shriver
6–3, 6–1
1981   Barbara Potter
  Sharon Walsh
  Rosemary Casals
  Wendy Turnbull
6–2, 7–6
1982   Barbara Potter
  Sharon Walsh
  Mary Lou Piatek
  Anne Smith
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1983   Sandy Collins
  Elizabeth Sayers
  Chris O'Neil
  Brenda Remilton
7–5, 7–6
1984
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1985
Not Held
1986   Kathy Jordan
  Candy Reynolds
  JoAnne Russell
  Anne Smith
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1987   Svetlana Parkhomenko
  Larisa Savchenko
  Barbara Potter
  Wendy White
6–2, 6–4
1988   Natalia Bykova
  Svetlana Parkhomenko
  Jana Novotná
  Catherine Suire
6–3, 6–4
1989   Manon Bollegraf
  Lise Gregory
  Sandy Collins
  Leila Meskhi
6–2, 7–6
1990   Manon Bollegraf
  Meredith McGrath
  Mary Lou Daniels
  Wendy White
6–0, 6–2

References

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