Virginia Slims of Detroit 1977

Virginia Slims of Detroit 1977
date	February 22, 1977 - February 27, 1977
Edition	5
navigation	1976  ◄  1977  ►  1978
WTA tour
venue	Detroit United States
Tournament number	427
category	Virginia Slims Circuit
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	34E / 15D
Prize money	US $ 100,000
Last year's winner	Chris Evert
Last year's winner (double)	Mona Guerrant Ann Kiyomura
Winner	Martina Navrátilová
Winner (doubles)	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve
As of August 11, 2018

The 1977 Virginia Slims of Detroit was a women's tennis tournament in Detroit . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1977 and took place from February 22nd to 27th, 1977.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Martina Navrátilová victory 02.  Sue Barker final 03.  Margaret Court Quarter finals 04th  Virginia Wade Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Rosie Casals 2nd round 06th  Betty Stöve Round of 16 07th  Mima Jaušovec 2nd round 08th.  Kristien Shaw Round of 16

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

Martina Navrátilová

7th

6th

4th

Virginia Wade

5

3

1

Martina Navrátilová

6th

6th

2

Sue Barker

4th

4th

Françoise Dürr

3

0

2

Sue Barker

6th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

M. Navrátilová

7th

6th

J. Russell

6th

3

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

W. Overton

3

2

W. Overton

6th

6th

V. goat foot

2

1

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

Y. Vermaak

1

1

6th

B. Stöve

4th

6th

6th

L. Mottram

6th

0

3

6th

B. Stöve

7th

4th

2

Y. Vermaak

7th

6th

Y. Vermaak

6th

6th

6th

W. Burkhart

5

2

Y. Vermaak

7th

7th

M. Harper

5

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

V. Wade

6th

6th

C. Meyer

3

4th

4th

V. Wade

7th

7th

R. Tomanová

5

6th

R. Tomanová

6th

6th

M. Struthers

2

3

4th

V. Wade

6th

6th

V. Ruzici

2

1

5

R. Casals

C. Doerner

w.

O.

C. Doerner

1

4th

V. Ruzici

6th

6th

V. Ruzici

1

6th

6th

J. Newberry

6th

4th

4th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

P. Teeguarden

2

3

F. Dürr

6th

6th

F. Dürr

6th

6th

8th

K. Shaw

2

3

K. Harter

5

3

8th

K. Shaw

7th

6th

F. Dürr

w.

O.

3

M. Court

W. Turnbull

6th

6th

G. Stevens

7th

7th

G. Stevens

7th

6th

3

3

M. Court

5

7th

6th

T. Holladay

3

4th

3

M. Court

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

M. Carillo

6th

3

L. Beaven

4th

6th

3

B. Nagelsen

7th

6th

B. Nagelsen

6th

4th

6th

B. Nagelsen

2

6th

S. Walsh

6th

7th

S. Walsh

7th

6th

7th

M. Jaušovec

5

2

S. Walsh

2

3

2

S. Barker

6th

6th

L. duPont

2

6th

2

B. Cuypers

6th

2

6th

B. Cuypers

6th

2

2

S. Barker

7th

6th

K. Reid

2

6th

2

S. Barker

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve   victory 02.  Rosie Casals Françoise Dürr   Quarter finals 03.  Margaret Court Virginia Wade   Quarter finals 04th  Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici   Quarter finals

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

M. Navrátilová B. Stöve

6th

6th

B. Cuypers P. Teeguarden

2

2

1

M. Navrátilová B. Stöve

w.

O.

K. Reid G. Stevens

w.

O.

K. Reid G. Stevens

M. Carillo M. Simionescu

1

M. Navrátilová B. Stöve

1

6th

6th

4th

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

2

6th

6th

S. Barker T. Holladay

6th

1

3

C. Meyer R. Tomanová

6th

3

4th

4th

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

3

3

S. Barker T. Holladay

6th

5

6th

S. Barker T. Holladay

6th

6th

L. duPont W. Turnbull

3

7th

4th

1

M. Navrátilová B. Stöve

6th

6th

B. Nagelsen W. Overton

5

1

J. Newberry J. Russell

3

4th

J. Newberry J. Russell

7th

6th

J. Newberry J. Russell

6th

7th

7th

K. Harter Y. Vermaak

5

3

3

M. Court V. Wade

7th

6th

6th

3

M. Court V. Wade

7th

6th

J. Newberry J. Russell

7th

7th

M. Harper L. Mottram

2

0

K. Shaw V. Ziegenfuss

5

6th

K. Shaw V. Ziegenfuss

6th

6th

K. Shaw V. Ziegenfuss

7th

6th

2

R. Casals F. Dürr

6th

4th

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 Detroit 1977 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Virginia Slims of Detroit 1977 on the ITF website