This article is about the ILTF/VS/WTA defunct tennis event for women. For the defunct men's tennis event of Philadelphia, see
U.S. Pro Indoor .
Tennis tournament
Advanta Championships of Philadelphia Defunct tennis tournament Event name Advanta Championships of Philadelphia Founded 1971 Abolished 2005 Editions 12 Surface Hard (i) / Carpet (i)
TheAdvanta Championships of Philadelphia also long known as theVirginia Slims of Philadelphia was aWTA Tour professionaltennis tournament for women played from 1970 through 2005 inPhiladelphia ,[ 1] Tier I event from 1993 through 1995. It was classified as a Tier II event in 1991, 1992, and from 1996 through 2005.[citation needed The tournament was played indoors, oncarpet from 1991 through 2000, and onhard courts from 1971 through 1979 and from 2003 through 2005.
Past singles champions includeConchita Martínez ,Margaret Court ,Chris Evert ,Monica Seles ,Steffi Graf ,Martina Hingis ,Lindsay Davenport , andAmélie Mauresmo .[ 2]
Year Cat. Champions Runners-up Score 1970 Margaret Court Billie Jean King 6–3, 7–6 1971 Rosemary Casals Françoise Dürr 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 1972 Not held 1973 Margaret Court Kerry Harris 6–1, 6–0 1974 Olga Morozova Billie Jean King 7–6(5–2) , 6–1 1975 Virginia Wade Chris Evert 7–5, 6–4 1976 Evonne Goolagong Cawley Chris Evert 6–3, 7–6 1977 Chris Evert Martina Navratilova 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 1978 Chris Evert Billie Jean King 6–0, 6–4 1979 Wendy Turnbull Virginia Wade 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 1980–1990 Not held 1991 Tier II Monica Seles Jennifer Capriati 7–5, 6–1 1992 Tier II Steffi Graf Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 1993 Tier I Conchita Martínez Steffi Graf 6–3, 6–3 1994 Tier I Anke Huber Mary Pierce 6–0, 6–7, 7–5 1995 Tier I Steffi Graf Lori McNeil 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 1996 Tier II Jana Novotná Steffi Graf 6–4 (ret. ) 1997 Tier II Martina Hingis Lindsay Davenport 7–5, 6–7, 7–6 1998 Tier II Steffi Graf Lindsay Davenport 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 1999 Tier II Lindsay Davenport Martina Hingis 6–3, 6–4 2000 Tier II Lindsay Davenport Martina Hingis 7–6, 6–4 2001–2002 Not held 2003 Tier II Amélie Mauresmo Anastasia Myskina 5–7, 6–0, 6–2 2004 Tier II Amélie Mauresmo Vera Zvonareva 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 2005 Tier II Amélie Mauresmo Elena Dementieva 7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Year Cat. Champions Runners-up Score 1971 Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King (walkover ) 1972 Not held 1973 Margaret Court Lesley Hunt Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 1974 Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King Kerry Harris Lesley Hunt 6–3, 7–6 1975 Evonne Goolagong Cawley Betty Stöve Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(5–3) 1976 Billie Jean King Betty Stöve Rosemary Casals Françoise Dürr 7–6, 6–4 1977 Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 1978 Kerry Melville Reid Wendy Turnbull Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade 6–3, 7–5 1979 Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve Renée Richards Virginia Wade 6–4, 6–2 1980–1990 Not held 1991 Tier II Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison Jackson 6–2, 6–4 1992 Tier II Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva Conchita Martínez Mary Pierce 6–1, 6–3 1993 Tier I Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf Conchita Martínez Larisa Savchenko Neiland 6–2, 4–6, 7–6 1994 Tier I Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 1995 Tier I Lori McNeil Helena Suková Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko Neiland 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 1996 Tier II Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs Nicole Arendt Lori McNeil 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 1997 Tier II Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná 6–3, 7–5 1998 Tier II Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama Monica Seles Natasha Zvereva 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 1999 Tier II Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud 6–1, 7–6 2000 Tier II Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 7–5 2001–2002 Not held 2003 Tier II Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–3, 6–4 2004 Tier II Alicia Molik Lisa Raymond Liezel Huber Corina Morariu 7–5, 6–4 2005 Tier II Cara Black Rennae Stubbs Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–4, 7–6
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