WTA Amelia Island

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tennis Bausch & Lomb Championships
WTA tour
venue Amelia Island United States
United StatesUnited States 
First run 1975
Last event 2008
category WTA Tier II
Tournament type Free place tournament
Game surface Sand (green)
draw 56E / 32Q / 28D
Prize money US $ 600,000 
As of September 14, 2009

The WTA Amelia Island (officially: Bausch & Lomb Championships ) was a women's tennis tournament of the WTA , which was held on Amelia Island on green sand from 1980 (then under a different name) to 2008 and with prize money of $ 600,000 in the animal category II belonged to.

In 2007, Tatiana Golovin , who prevailed against Nadezhda Petrowa from Russia in the final , achieved her first tournament victory there.

For the years 1975 and 1976 the Family Circle Cup took place on Amelia Island , which then moved back to Hilton Head Island .

The successor to WTA Amelia Island is the WTA tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach .

Winners list

singles

year Winner Final opponent Result
1975 United StatesUnited States Chris Evert (1) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Martina Navrátilová 7: 5, 6: 4
1976 United StatesUnited StatesChris Evert (2) AustraliaAustralia Kerry Reid 6: 2, 6: 2
from 1977 to 1979 there was no tournament
1980 United StatesUnited StatesMartina Navrátilová (1) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 2
1981 United StatesUnited StatesChris Evert-Lloyd (3) United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová 6-0, 6-0
1982 United StatesUnited StatesChris Evert-Lloyd (4) United StatesUnited States Andrea Jaeger 6: 3, 6: 1
1983 United StatesUnited StatesChris Evert-Lloyd (5) CanadaCanada Carling Bassett 6: 3, 2: 6, 7: 5
1984 United StatesUnited StatesMartina Navrátilová (2) United StatesUnited States Chris Evert-Lloyd 6: 2, 6: 0
1985 United StatesUnited States Zina Garrison United StatesUnited States Chris Evert-Lloyd 6: 4, 6: 3
1986 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Steffi Graf (1) Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 6
1987 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of GermanySteffi Graf (2) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 6: 3, 6: 4
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1988 United StatesUnited StatesMartina Navrátilová (3) ArgentinaArgentina Gabriela Sabatini 6-0, 6-2
1989 ArgentinaArgentinaGabriela Sabatini (1) Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Steffi Graf 3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
1990 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of GermanySteffi Graf (3) SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6: 1, 6: 0
1991 ArgentinaArgentinaGabriela Sabatini (2) GermanyGermany Steffi Graf 7: 5, 7: 6
1992 ArgentinaArgentinaGabriela Sabatini (3) GermanyGermany Steffi Graf 6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 3
1993 SpainSpainArantxa Sanchez Vicario (1) ArgentinaArgentina Gabriela Sabatini 6: 2, 5: 7 6: 2
1994 SpainSpainArantxa Sanchez Vicario (2) ArgentinaArgentina Gabriela Sabatini 6: 1, 6: 4
1995 SpainSpain Conchita Martínez ArgentinaArgentina Gabriela Sabatini 6: 1, 6: 4
1996 RomaniaRomania Irina Spîrlea FranceFrance Mary Pierce 6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
1997 United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport (1) FranceFrance Mary Pierce 6: 2, 6: 3
1998 FranceFrance Mary Pierce SpainSpain Conchita Martínez 6: 7 8 , 6: 0, 6: 2
1999 United StatesUnited States Monica Seles (1) RomaniaRomania Ruxandra Dragomir 6: 2, 6: 3
2000 United StatesUnited StatesMonica Seles (2) SpainSpain Conchita Martínez 6: 3, 6: 2
2001 FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer 6: 4, 7: 5
2002 United StatesUnited States Venus Williams BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin 2: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6 5
2003 RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
2004 United StatesUnited StatesLindsay Davenport (2) FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 6: 4, 6: 4
2005 United StatesUnited StatesLindsay Davenport (3) ItalyItaly Silvia Farina Elia 7: 5, 7: 5
2006 RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone 6: 4, 6: 4
2007 FranceFrance Tatiana Golovin RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova 6: 2, 6: 1
2008 RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova SlovakiaSlovakia Dominika Cibulková 7: 6 7 , 6: 3

Double

year Winners Final opponents Result
1975 AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Olga Morosowa
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
1976 South Africa 1961South Africa Ilana Kloss Linky Boshoff
South Africa 1961South Africa 
United StatesUnited States Kathy Kuykendall Valerie Ziegenfuss
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 6: 2
from 1977 to 1979 there was no tournament
1980 United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Ilana Kloss
South Africa 1961South Africa 
United StatesUnited States Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
United StatesUnited States 
7: 6, 7: 6
1981 United StatesUnited States Kathy Jordan Paula Smith
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici
Romania 1965Romania 
6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 6
1982 United StatesUnited States Leslie Allen Mima Jaušovec
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia 
United StatesUnited States Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh
United StatesUnited States 
6: 1, 7: 5
1983 South Africa 1961South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds
United StatesUnited States 
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Virginia Ruzici
Romania 1965Romania 
6: 4, 6: 2
1984 United StatesUnited States Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
United StatesUnited States 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Anne Hobbs Mima Jaušovec
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia 
6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
1985 South Africa 1961South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank Hana Mandlíková
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
CanadaCanada Carling Bassett Chris Evert-Lloyd
United StatesUnited States 
6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 2
1986 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
ArgentinaArgentina Gabriela Sabatini Catherine Tanvier
FranceFrance 
6: 2, 5: 7, 7: 6
1987 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Steffi Count Gabriela Sabatini
ArgentinaArgentina 
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull
AustraliaAustralia 
3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1988 United StatesUnited States Zina Garrison Eva Pfaff
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 
United StatesUnited States Katrina Adams Penny Barg
United StatesUnited States 
4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
1989 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Laryssa Savchenko Natallja Swerava
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
United StatesUnited States 
7: 6, 2: 6, 6: 1
1990 ArgentinaArgentina Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain 
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Regina Rajchrtová Andrea Temesvári
HungaryHungary 
7: 6 6 , 6: 4
1991 SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
ArgentinaArgentina Mercedes Paz Natallja Sverava
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
1992 SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natallja Swerawa
Belarus 1991Belarus 
United StatesUnited States Zina Garrison Jana Novotná
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
6: 1, 6: 0
1993 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Manuela Maleewa-Fragnière Leila Mes'chi
Georgia 1990Georgia 
South Africa 1961South Africa Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui
ArgentinaArgentina 
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
1994 LatviaLatvia Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain 
South Africa 1961South Africa Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 2, 6 6 : 7, 6: 4
1995 South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui
ArgentinaArgentina 
United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 2
1996 United StatesUnited States Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain 
United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland
LatviaLatvia 
6: 1, 6: 1
1997 United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 3, 6: 0
1998 United StatesUnited States Sandra Cacic Mary Pierce
FranceFrance 
AustriaAustria Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
7: 6 5 , 4: 6, 7: 6 5
1999 SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
7: 5, 0: 6, 6: 4
2000
deleted from the semi-finals
2001 SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain 
6: 4, 6: 2
2002 SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain 
ArgentinaArgentina María Emilia Salerni Åsa Svensson
SwedenSweden 
6: 4, 6: 2
2003 United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
7: 5, 6: 2
2004 RussiaRussia Nadja Petrowa Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Myriam Casanova Alicia Molik
AustraliaAustralia 
3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5
2005 AustraliaAustralia Bryanne Stewart Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Patty Schnyder
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
6: 4, 6: 2
2006 JapanJapan Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
6: 2, 6: 4
2007 ItalyItaly Mara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain 
6: 3, 7: 6 4
2008 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Bethanie Mattek
United StatesUnited States 
BelarusBelarus Viktoria Azaranka Elena Veznina
RussiaRussia 
6: 3, 6: 1