WTA Philadelphia

Advanta Championships Philadelphia
WTA tour
venue	Philadelphia United States
First run	1971
Last event	2005
category	WTA Tier II
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
Prize money	US $ 585,000
Website	[advantachampionships.com Official Website]
As of September 14, 2009

The WTA Philadelphia (officially: Advanta Championships Philadelphia ) was a women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour , which - with interruptions - was held in Philadelphia until 2005 .

From 2003 a tournament license was used that had previously been bought from the WTA tournament in Hamburg .

Winners list

singles

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1971	Rosie Casals	Françoise Dürr	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2
In 1972 there was no WTA tournament in Philadelphia!
1973	Margaret Court	Kerry Harris	6: 1, 6: 0
1974	Olga Morosova	Billie Jean King	7: 6, 6: 1
1975	Virginia Wade	Chris Evert	7: 5, 6: 4
1976	Evonne Cawley	Chris Evert	6: 3, 7: 6
1977	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
1978	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6-0, 6-4
1979	Wendy Turnbull	Virginia Wade	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 2
1980–1990 there was no WTA tournament in Philadelphia!
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1991	Monica Seles	Jennifer Capriati	7: 5, 6: 1
1992	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1
↓ Category: Tier I ↓
1993	Conchita Martínez	Steffi Graf	6: 3, 6: 3
1994	Anke Huber	Mary Pierce	6: 0, 6: 7, 7: 5
1995	Steffi Graf	Lori McNeil	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 3
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1996	Jana Novotná	Steffi Graf	6: 4, task
1997	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	7: 5, 6: 7, 7: 6
1998	Steffi Graf	Lindsay Davenport	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
1999	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	6: 3, 6: 4
2000	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	7: 6, 6: 4
2001–2002 there was no WTA tournament in Philadelphia!
2003	Amélie Mauresmo	Anastassija Myskina	5: 7, 6: 0, 6: 2
2004	Amélie Mauresmo	Vera Swonaryova	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
2005	Amélie Mauresmo	Jelena Dementjewa	7: 5, 2: 6, 7: 5

Double

year	Winners	Final opponents	Result
1971	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King		without a fight
In 1972 there was no WTA tournament in Philadelphia!
1973	Margaret Court Lesley Hunt	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 2
1974	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Kerry Harris Lesley Hunt	6: 3, 7: 6
1975	Evonne Cawley Betty Stöve	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6
1976	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	Rosie Casals Françoise Dürr	7: 6, 6: 4
1977	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
1978	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	6: 3, 7: 5
1979	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	Renée Richards Virginia Wade	6: 4, 6: 2
1980–1990 there was no WTA tournament in Philadelphia!
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1991	Jana Novotná Laryssa Savchenko	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	6: 2, 6: 4
1992	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	Conchita Martínez Mary Pierce	6: 1, 6: 3
↓ Category: Tier I ↓
1993	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	Conchita Martínez Larisa Neiland	6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 6
1994	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
1995	Lori McNeil Helena Suková	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1996	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Nicole Arendt Lori McNeil	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
1997	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	6: 3, 7: 5
1998	Jelena Lichowzewa Ai Sugiyama	Monica Seles Natallja Swerawa	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 2
1999	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	6: 1, 7: 6
2000	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6: 2, 7: 5
2001–2002 there was no WTA tournament in Philadelphia!
2003	Martina Navrátilová Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6: 3, 6: 4
2004	Alicia Molik Lisa Raymond	Liezel Huber Corina Morariu	7: 5, 6: 4
2005	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6: 4, 7: 6 4

Web links

• Official website ( Memento of January 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.advantachampionships.com ( Memento from January 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Hamburg: cradle of German tennis. In: ndr.de. July 18, 2018, accessed June 13, 2019 .