WTA Houston

Virginia Slims of Houston
WTA tour
venue	Houston United States
First run	1970
Last event	1995
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
As of January 16, 2010

The WTA Houston (officially: Virginia Slims of Houston ) was a women's tennis tournament of the WTA Tour that was held in the Texas city ​​of Houston . In the years 1970–1984, carpets were played indoors, then the tournament was moved outside and played on clay.

Winners list

singles

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1970	Rosemary Casals	Judy Tegart Dalton	5: 7, 6: 1, 7: 5
1971	Billie Jean King	Kerry Reid	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 1
1972	The tournament did not take place
1973	Françoise Durr	Rosemary Casals	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4
1974	Chris Evert	Virginia Wade	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 1
1975	Chris Evert	Margaret Court	6: 3, 6: 2
1976	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert	6: 3, 6: 4
1977	Martina Navrátilová	Sue Barker	7: 6, 7: 5
1978	Martina Navrátilová	Billie Jean King	1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
1979	Martina Navrátilová	Virginia Wade	6: 3, 6: 2
1980	Billie Jean King	Martina Navrátilová	6: 1, 6: 3
1981	Hana Mandlíková	Bettina Bunge	6: 4, 6: 4
1982	Bettina Bunge	Pam Shriver	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 2
1983	Martina Navrátilová	Sylvia Hanika	6: 3, 7: 6
1984	Hana Mandlíková	Manuela Maleewa	6: 4, 6: 2
1985	Martina Navrátilová	Elise Burgin	6: 4, 6: 1
1986	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Kathy Rinaldi	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4
1987	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6
1988	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6-0, 6-4
1989	Monica Seles	Chris Evert	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
1990	Katerina Maleewa	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 1, 1: 6, 6: 4
1991	Monica Seles	Mary Joe Fernández	6: 4, 6: 3
1992	Monica Seles	Zina Garrison	6: 1, 6: 1
1993	Conchita Martínez	Sabine Hack	6: 3, 6: 2
1994	Sabine Hack	Mary Pierce	7: 5, 6: 4
1995	Steffi Graf	Åsa Carlsson	6: 1, 6: 1

Double

year	Winners	Final opponents	Result
1970	Doubles were not played
1971	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Judy Tegart Françoise Durr	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 4
1972	The tournament did not take place
1973	Mona Schallau Pam Teeguarden	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4
1974	Janet Newberry Wendy Overton	Sue Stap Virginia Wade	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
1975	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	Evonne Goolagong Virginia Wade	2: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
1976	Françoise Durr Rosemary Casals	Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová	6-0, 7-5
1977	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
1978	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Greer Stevens Mona Guerrant	7: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6
1979	Martina Navrátilová Janet Newberry	Pam Shriver Betty Stöve	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
1980	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
1981	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	Regina Maršíková Mary-Lou Piatek	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
1982	Kathy Jordan Pam Shriver	Sue Barker Barbara Potter	7: 6, 6: 2
1983	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Jo Durie Barbara Potter	6: 4, 6: 3
1984	Mima Jaušovec Anne White	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6
1985	Elise Burgin Martina Navrátilová	Manuela Maleewa Helena Suková	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 3
1986	Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	Elise Burgin JoAnne Russell	6: 2, 6: 4
1987	Kathy Jordan Martina Navrátilová	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	6: 2, 6: 4
1988	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	Lori McNeil Martina Navrátilová	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
1989	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil	6: 3, 6: 4
1990	Doubles were not played
1991	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández	6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 1
1992	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	7: 5, 6: 4
1993	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	Yevgenia Manjukowa Radka Zrubáková	6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 6
1994	Manon Bollegraf Martina Navrátilová	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	6: 4, 6: 2
1995	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	Wiltrud Probst Rene Simpson	6: 4, 6: 2