Virginia Slims of Minneapolis 1977

Virginia Slims of Minneapolis 1977
date	January 24, 1977 - January 30, 1977
Edition	10
navigation	1976  ◄  1977  ►  1978
WTA tour
venue	Minneapolis United States
Tournament number	705
category	Virginia Slims Circuit
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	34E / 14D
Prize money	US $ 100,000
Last year's winner	Virginia Wade
Last year's winner (double)	Rosie Casals Françoise Dürr
Winner	Martina Navrátilová
Winner (doubles)	Rosie Casals Martina Navrátilová
As of August 10, 2018

The 1977 Virginia Slims of Minneapolis was a women's tennis tournament in Minneapolis . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1977 and took place from January 24th to 30th, 1977.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Virginia Wade Quarter finals 02.  Martina Navrátilová victory 03.  Dianne Fromholtz 2nd round 04th  Margaret Court Quarter finals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Rosie Casals Semifinals 06th  Kerry Reid Round of 16 07th  Olga Morosova Semifinals 08th.  Sue Barker final

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

8th

Sue Barker

6th

2

7th

5

Rosie Casals

3

6th

6th

8th

Sue Barker

0

1

2

Martina Navrátilová

6th

6th

7th

Olga Morosova

4th

3

2

Martina Navrátilová

6th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

V. Wade

6th

6th

W. Overton

6th

6th

W. Overton

2

2

J. Anthony

4th

4th

1

V. Wade

6th

6th

M. Harper

2

2

M. Harper

6th

6th

6th

B. Norton

7th

4th

3

1

V. Wade

5

r

8th

S. Barker

6th

8th

S. Barker

6th

6th

F. Dürr

2

1

8th

S. Barker

6th

6th

P. Teeguarden

2

4th

P. Teeguarden

7th

6th

I. Bentzer

6th

2

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

M. Court

6th

6th

S. Walsh

3

2

4th

M. Court

6th

6th

V. Ruzici

5

6th

6th

V. Ruzici

4th

4th

E. Vessies

7th

3

4th

V. Ruzici

6th

6th

V. goat foot

3

4th

4th

M. Court

4th

5

5

R. Casals

6th

7th

5

R. Casals

6th

6th

M. Hamm

0

0

5

R. Casals

6th

6th

T. Austin

3

3

T. Austin

7th

6th

G. Stevens

5

3

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

R. Tomanová

2

6th

2

L. Mottram

6th

4th

6th

L. Mottram

6th

1

3

7th

O. Morosowa

3

6th

6th

M. Kruger

5

3

7th

O. Morosowa

7th

6th

7th

O. Morosowa

7th

6th

M. Jaušovec

6th

2

L. Boshoff

6th

2

M. Jaušovec

7th

6th

M. Jaušovec

7th

6th

W. Turnbull

5

1

W. Turnbull

7th

6th

6th

3

D. Fromholtz

5

7th

4th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

S. Margolin

6th

4th

6th

N. Chmyrjowa

4th

6th

7th

N. Chmyrjowa

6th

6th

6th

K. Reid

2

4th

J. Newberry

3

6th

6th

K. Reid

6th

7th

N. Chmyrjowa

4th

3

2

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

J. Russell

4th

5

R. Maršíková

6th

7th

R. Maršíková

2

1

2

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

B. Bruning

2

0

2

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Margaret Court Virginia Wade   Quarter finals 02.  Rosie Casals Martina Navrátilová   victory 03.  Kerry Reid Greer Stevens   Semifinals 04th  Wendy Turnbull Valerie Ziegenfuss   1 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

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

M. Court V. Wade

S. Margolin L. Mottram

w.

O.

S. Margolin L. Mottram

w.

O.

J. Anthony D. Fromholtz

S. Margolin L. Mottram

2

1

4th

W. Turnbull V. Ziegenfuss

6th

4th

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

6th

6th

J. Newberry J. Russell

7th

6th

J. Newberry J. Russell

6th

6th

4th

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

7th

7th

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

7th

3

6th

R. Tomanová E. Vessies

6th

6th

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

2

1

L. Boshoff M. Kruger

1

3

2

R. Casals M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

N. Tschmyrjowa O. Morosowa

6th

6th

N. Tschmyrjowa O. Morosowa

2

6th

6th

M. Harper R. Maršíková

2

3

3

K. Reid G. Stevens

6th

0

7th

3

K. Reid G. Stevens

6th

6th

3

K. Reid G. Stevens

6th

4th

1

F. Dürr W. Overton

2

5

2

R. Casals M. Navrátilová

4th

6th

6th

B. Bruning S. Walsh

6th

7th

B. Bruning S. Walsh

1

6th

2

2

R. Casals M. Navrátilová

6th

2

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