WTA Los Angeles

This article deals with the women's tournament in Los Angeles, for the men's tournament see ATP Los Angeles .

LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife
WTA tour
venue	Los Angeles United States
First run	1971
Last event	2009
category	WTA Premier
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	56E / 32Q / 28D
Prize money	US $ 700,000
Center Court	8,000 spectators
As of September 14, 2009

The WTA Los Angeles (official: LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife ) was a men's tennis tournament of the WTA Tour , which in the suburb of Carson in Los Angeles County was held.

The tournament was initially held in the suburb of Long Beach from 1971 , before moving to Los Angeles in 1973. It was removed from the tournament schedule from 1974 to 1976, during which time the WTA Championships were held in the city. In 1983 the venue changed again and stayed in Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles County until 2002 .

The tournament, which was held from 2003 until the provisional end in 2009 in the tennis facility of the Home Depot Center , was part of the US Open Series , which are considered preparation for the US Open .

Winners list

singles

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result	Official name
1971	Billie Jean King	Rosemary Casals	6: 1, 6: 2	Billie Jean King Invitational
1972	Rosemary Casals	Françoise Durr	6: 2, 6: 7, 6: 3	Independent Press-Telegram's Women's Tennis Championships
1973	Margaret Court	Nancy Richey Gunter	7: 5, 6: 7, 7: 5	British Motor Cars Tournament
1974-1976 the tournament did not take place
1977	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 1	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
1978	Martina Navrátilová	Rosemary Casals	6: 3, 6: 2
1979	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6: 3, 6: 4	Avon Championships of Los Angeles
1980	Martina Navrátilová	Tracy Austin	6: 2, 6: 0
1981	Martina Navrátilová	Andrea Jaeger	6: 4, 6: 0
1982	Mima Jaušovec	Sylvia Hanika	6: 2, 7: 6 4
1983	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 1, 6: 3	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (II)
1984	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Wendy Turnbull	6: 2, 6: 3
1985	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Pam Shriver	6: 2, 6: 4
1986	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert-Lloyd	7: 6 5 , 6: 3
1987	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert	6: 3, 6: 4
1988	Chris Evert	Gabriela Sabatini	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1
1989	Martina Navrátilová	Gabriela Sabatini	6-0, 6-2
1990	Monica Seles	Martina Navrátilová	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6 6
1991	Monica Seles	Kimiko Date	6: 3, 6: 1
1992	Martina Navrátilová	Monica Seles	6: 4, 6: 2
1993	Martina Navrátilová	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7: 5, 7: 6 4
1994	Amy Frazier	Ann Grossman	6: 1, 6: 3
1995	Conchita Martínez	Chanda Ruby	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3	Acura Classic
1996	Lindsay Davenport	Anke Huber	6: 2, 6: 3
1997	Monica Seles	Lindsay Davenport	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 4
1998	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
1999	Serena Williams	Julie Halard-Decugis	6: 1, 6: 4
2000	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport	4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 1	estyle.com Classic
2001	Lindsay Davenport	Monica Seles	6: 3, 7: 5
2002	Chanda Ruby	Lindsay Davenport	5: 7, 7: 6 5 , 6: 3	JPMorgan Chase Open
2003	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 1
2004	Lindsay Davenport	Serena Williams	6: 1, 6: 3
2005	Kim Clijsters	Daniela Hantuchová	6: 4, 6: 1
2006	Jelena Dementjewa	Jelena Janković	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4
2007	Ana Ivanović	Nadia Petrova	7: 5, 6: 4	East West Bank Classic
2008	Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta	6: 4, 6: 2
↓ Category: Premier ↓
2009	Flavia Pennetta	Samantha Stosur	6: 4, 6: 3	LA Women's Tennis Championships

Double

year	Winners	Final opponents	Result	Official name
1971	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Ann Haydon-Jones	7: 5, 6: 3	Billie Jean King Invitational
1972	Rosemary Casals Virginia Wade	Helen Gourlay Karen Krantzcke	6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 5	Independent Press-Telegram's Women's Tennis Championships
1973	Rosemary Casals Julie Heldman	Margaret Court Lesley Hunt	without a fight	British Motor Cars Tournament
1974-1976 the tournament did not take place
1977	Rosemary Casals Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	6: 2, 6: 4	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
1978	Betty Stöve Virginia Wade	Greer Stevens Pam Teeguarden	6: 3, 6: 2
1979	Rosemary Casals Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová Anne Smith	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 3	Avon Championships of Los Angeles
1980	Rosemary Casals Martina Navrátilová	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	7: 6, 6: 2
1981	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	Marita Redondo Peanut Louie	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 1
1982	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6: 3, 7: 5
1983	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Betsy Nagelsen Virginia Ruzici	6: 1, 6: 0	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (II)
1984	Chris Evert Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	Bettina Bunge Eva Pfaff	6: 2, 6: 4
1985	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	6: 4, 6: 2
1986	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 4, 6: 3
1987	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	6: 3, 6: 4
1988	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	7: 6 2 , 5: 7, 6: 4
1989	Martina Navrátilová Wendy Turnbull	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Mary Joe Fernández	5: 2 task
1990	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	Mercedes Paz Gabriela Sabatini	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4
1991	Laryssa Savchenko Natallja Swerava	Gretchen Magers Robin White	6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 2
1992	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	Zina Garrison Pam Shriver	6: 4, 6: 2
1993	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
1994	Julie Halard Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Lisa Raymond	6: 1, 0: 6, 6: 1
1995	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	Gabriela Sabatini Larisa Neiland	7: 5, 6: 7 2 , 7: 5	Acura Classic
1996	Lindsay Davenport Natallja Swerawa	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	6: 1, 6: 4
1997	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	Larisa Neiland Helena Suková	7: 6 7 , 6: 3
1998	Martina Hingis Natallja Swerawa	Tamarine Tanasugarn Olena Tatarkowa	6: 4, 6: 2
1999	Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario Larisa Neiland	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6: 2, 6: 7 5 , 6: 0
2000	Els Callens Dominique Van Roost	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6: 2, 7: 5	estyle.com Classic
2001	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat	Nicole Arendt Caroline Vis	6: 3, 7: 5
2002	Kim Clijsters Jelena Dokic	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6: 2, 6: 3	JPMorgan Chase Open
2003	Mary Pierce Rennae Stubbs	Jelena Bowina Els Callens	6: 3, 6: 3
2004	Nadja Petrowa Meghann Shaughnessy	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	6: 7 2 , 6: 4, 6: 3
2005	Jelena Dementjewa Flavia Pennetta	Angela Haynes Bethanie Mattek	6: 2, 6: 4
2006	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6.3, 6: 4
2007	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo	6-0, 6-1	East West Bank Classic
2008	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	Eva Hrdinová Vladimíra Uhlířová	2: 6, 7: 5, [10: 4]
↓ Category: Premier ↓
2009	Chuang Chia-jung Yan Zi	Marija Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	6: 0, 4: 6, [10: 7]	LA Women's Tennis Championships