Virginia Slims of Chicago 1977

Virginia Slims of Chicago 1977
date	7.2.1977 - 13.2.1977
Edition	6th
navigation	1976  ◄  1977  ►  1978
WTA tour
venue	Chicago United States
Tournament number	716
category	Virginia Slims Circuit
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	34E / 16D
Prize money	US $ 100,000
Last year's winner	Evonne Cawley
Last year's winner (double)	Olga Morosowa Virginia Wade
Winner	Chris Evert
Winner (doubles)	Rosie Casals Chris Evert
As of August 11, 2018

The 1977 Virginia Slims of Chicago was a women's tennis tournament in Chicago . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1977 and took place from February 7th to 13th, 1977.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Chris Evert victory 02.  Margaret Court final 03.  Natalja Tschmyrjowa Semifinals 04th  Olga Morosova 2nd round

No. Player Round reached 05.  Rosie Casals Quarter finals 06th  Kristien Shaw Quarter finals 07th  Betty Stöve Semifinals 08th.  Carrie Meyer 2nd round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Chris Evert

6th

6th

7th

Betty Stöve

2

1

1

Chris Evert

6th

6th

2

Margaret Court

1

3

3

Natalja Tschmyrjowa

6th

1

2

Margaret Court

7th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

C. Evert

6th

6th

K. Latham

1

2

1

C. Evert

6th

6th

L. Mottram

4th

1

L. Mottram

w.

O.

C. Doerner

1

C. Evert

6th

6th

6th

K. Shaw

0

1

6th

K. Shaw

6th

6th

6th

F. Mihai

7th

3

2

6th

K. Shaw

6th

4th

6th

L. duPont

4th

6th

4th

L. duPont

6th

3

6th

B. Nagelsen

2

6th

3

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

O. Morosowa

6th

1

B. Cuypers

7th

6th

B. Cuypers

6th

6th

M. Hamm

6th

6th

M. Hamm

2

3

I. Kloss

4th

1

M. Hamm

6th

6th

K. Kuykendall

3

0

B. Cuypers

1

3

7th

B. Stöve

6th

6th

7th

B. Stöve

6th

6th

R. Maršíková

3

3

7th

B. Stöve

5

7th

6th

J. Newberry

7th

5

2

J. Newberry

6th

6th

W. Overton

3

4th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Z. Liess

6th

1

B. Bruning

4th

3

J. Anthony

7th

6th

J. Anthony

6th

6th

J. Anthony

7th

6th

J. Russell

5

2

J. Russell

6th

6th

8th

C. Meyer

2

0

J. Anthony

5

5

3

N. Chmyrjowa

7th

7th

M. Carillo

6th

2

5

F. Dürr

4th

6th

7th

F. Dürr

7th

6th

5

3

N. Chmyrjowa

5

7th

7th

I. Bentzer

3

N. Chmyrjowa

w.

O.

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

K. Reid

6th

2

3

V. Ruzici

1

6th

6th

V. Ruzici

7th

3

4th

5

R. Casals

6th

6th

6th

G. Stevens

5

r

5

R. Casals

6th

5

R. Casals

7th

3

6th

2

M. Court

5

6th

7th

J. Stratton

1

1

R. Tomanová

6th

6th

R. Tomanová

3

2

2

M. Court

6th

6th

L. Boshoff

6th

1

5

2

M. Court

3

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Rosie Casals Chris Evert   victory 02.  Margaret Court Betty Stöve   final 03.  Kerry Reid Greer Stevens   1 round 04th  Virginia Ruzici Kristien Shaw   Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

R. Casals C. Evert

6th

6th

M. Hamm K. Kuykendall

2

1

1

R. Casals C. Evert

6th

6th

C. Doerner F. Dürr

3

6th

6th

C. Doerner F. Dürr

2

1

I. Bentzer R. Maršíková

6th

3

2

1

R. Casals C. Evert

6th

6th

6th

3

K. Reid G. Stevens

O. Morosowa N. Chmyrjowa

7th

3

0

L. Mottram R. Tomanová

w.

O.

L. Mottram R. Tomanová

2

4th

O. Morosowa N. Chmyrjowa

6th

6th

7th

O. Morosowa N. Chmyrjowa

6th

6th

B. Nagelsen W. Overton

7th

2

6th

1

R. Casals C. Evert

6th

6th

B. Bruning L. duPont

1

2

2

M. Court B. Stove

3

4th

L. Boshoff I. Kloss

6th

6th

L. Boshoff I. Kloss

4th

5

M. Carillo Z. Liess

6th

1

4th

V. Ruzici K. Shaw

6th

7th

4th

V. Ruzici K. Shaw

7th

6th

4th

V. Ruzici K. Shaw

4th

2

F. Mihai J. Stratton

2

6th

3

2

M. Court B. Stove

6th

6th

J. Newberry J. Russell

6th

3

6th

J. Newberry J. Russell

0

3

J. Anthony B. Cuypers

1

0

2

M. Court B. Stove

6th

6th

2

M. Court B. Stove

6th

6th

Web links

• WTA finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English). 
• Virginia Slims of Chicago 1977 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Virginia Slims of Chicago 1977 on the ITF website