WTA Tour 1971

◄ WTA Tour 1971 ►
Period:	December 1970 - December 1971
Edition:	1
Number of tournaments:	67
Categories:	Grand Slam (4) Virginia Slims Circuit (19) ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix (14) Non-Tour Events (30)
successes
Most tournament victories:	Billie Jean King (25)
Most of the finals:	Billie Jean King (31)

The 1971 Grand Slam winners

Australian Open :
Margaret Court

French Open and Wimbledon Championships :
Evonne Goolagong

US Open :
Billie Jean King

The 1971 WTA Tour (officially: Virginia Slims Circuit and ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix ) was a women's tennis tournament series.

Like the Grand Slam tournaments, the Federation Cup team competition is not organized by the WTA but by the ITF . It is still listed because the top players usually play there too.

Tournament schedule

category Grand Slam Virginia Slims Circuit ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix Non-tour events

Others Federation Cup

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
December 21	Federation Cup Final Perth , Australia ITF	Won Australia	Lost United Kingdom	3-0
28.12.	BP New Zealand Championships Christchurch , New Zealand Non-Tour Event	Evonne Goolagong	Betty Stöve	6: 1, 6: 4
		Kathleen Harter Winnie Shaw	Gail Chanfreau Evonne Goolagong	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 5

January

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.01.	British Motor Cars Invitation San Francisco , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 15,200 Hard Court (Indoor) - 16E	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	6: 3, 6: 4
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Ann Jones	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 1
	New South Wales Open Sydney , Australia non-tour event	Margaret Court	Olga Morosova	6: 2, 6: 2
		Margaret Court Olga Morozova	Helen Gourley Kerry Harris	6: 2, 6: 0
11.01.	Billie Jean King Invitational Long Beach , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 14,000 Indoor Hard Court - 16E / 8D	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	6: 1, 6: 2
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Ann Jones	7: 5, 6: 3
January 18	Virginia Slims of Milwaukee Milwaukee , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 12,500 Hard Court (Indoor) - 16E / 8D	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	6: 1, 6: 2
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Ann Jones	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 2
	Western Australia Championships Perth , Australia Non-Tour Event	Margaret Court	Virginia Wade	6: 1, 6: 2
		Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	Winnie Shaw Virginia Wade	6: 4, 7: 5
25.01.	Virginia Slims of Oklahoma Oklahoma City , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 12,500 Indoor Hard Court - 16E / 4D	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	1: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Mary-Ann Curtis Eisel Valerie Ziegenfuss	6: 7, 6: 0, 7: 5
	Victoria Championships Melbourne , Australia non-tour event	Evonne Goolagong	Margaret Court	7: 6, 7: 6

February

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
01.02.	Virginia Slims of Chattanooga Chattanooga , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 12,700 Hard Court (Indoor) - 16E / 8D	Billie Jean King	Ann Jones	6: 4, 6: 1
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Ann Jones	6: 4, 7: 5
08.02.	Philadelphia Indoor Championships Philadelphia , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 12,500 Hard Court ( Indoor ) - 16E	Rosie Casals	Françoise Durr	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King
02/15	WLOD Station Fort Lauderdale , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 10,000 Clay Court - 16E	Françoise Durr	Billie Jean King	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
	USSR Championships Moscow , Soviet Union Non-Tour Event (hall)	Olga Morosova	Maria Kull	6: 1, 7: 5
		Eugenia Birioukova Marina Kroschina	Elena Granaturova Olga Morozova	7: 6, 5: 7, 7: 5
02/22	US Virginia Slims National Women's Indoor Winchester , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 12,500 (indoor) - 16E	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Ann Jones	6: 4, 7: 5

March

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
01.03.	Benson & Hedges Open Auckland , New Zealand non-tour event	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2
		Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	Lesley Bowrey Winnie Shaw	7: 6, 6: 0
08.03.	Australian Open Sydney , Australia Grand Slam Lawn - 30E / 14D	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	2: 6, 7: 6, 7: 5
		Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	Jill Emmerson Lesley Hunt	6-0, 6-0
15.03.	Virginia Slims US Indoors Detroit , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 10,000 Indoor Hard Court - 8E	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
		Mary-Ann Curtis Eisel Valerie Ziegenfuss	Jane Bartkowicz Judy Tegart Dalton	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
22.03.	Virginia Slims of New York New York City , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 12,600 Hard Court (Indoor) - 20E	Rosie Casals	Billie Jean King	6: 4, 6: 4
29.03.	Caribe Hilton Invitational San Juan , Puerto Rico Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 10,000 24E / 11D	Ann Jones	Nancy Richey	6: 4, 6: 4
		Françoise Durr Ann Jones	Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville	7: 6, 6: 3
	Natal Open Championships Durban , South Africa non-tour event	Margaret Court	Patti Hogan	6: 2, 6: 1
		Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	Kerry Harris Winnie Shaw	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3

April

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
05.04.	Virginia Slims Masters Saint Petersburg , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 10,000 Clay Court - 16E / 15Q / 11D	Chris Evert	Julie Heldman	6: 1, 6: 2
		Françoise Durr Ann Jones	Judy Tegart Dalton Julie Heldman	7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 3
	Monte Carlo Open Championships Monte-Carlo , Monaco Non-Tour Event	Gail Chanfreau	Betty Stöve	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
		Katja Ebbinghaus Betty Stöve	Lucia Bassi Lea Pericoli	6: 4, 6: 3
	South African Open Johannesburg , South Africa non-tour event	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	6: 3, 6: 1
		Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	Brenda Kirk Laura Rossouw	6: 3, 6: 2
04/12	Caesar's Palace World Pro Las Vegas , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 29,200 Hard Court - 16E / 13Q / 10D	Ann Jones	Billie Jean King	7: 5, 6: 4
		Françoise Durr Ann Jones	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	0: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
	USA National Bank Open Charlotte , United States Non-Tour Event	Chris Evert	Laura duPont	6: 2, 6: 0
		Chris Evert Sue Stap	Janet Newberry Eliza Pande	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 3
April 19	Virginia Slims of San Diego San Diego , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 12,400 Hard Court - 16E / 4D	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Judy Tegart Dalton Françoise Durr	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3
	Catania Open Grand Prix Catania , Italy Non-Tour Event	Virginia Wade	Gail Chanfreau	6: 0, 6: 3
		Pam Teeguarden Virginia Wade	Gail Chanfreau Helga Schultze	6: 4, 6: 4
04/26	Rothmans Sutton Sutton , UK Non-Tour Event	Evonne Goolagong	Joyce Williams	7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 3
		Evonne Goolagong Joyce Williams	Shirley Brasher Margaret Cooper	6: 4, 6: 3
	River Plate Championships Buenos Aires , Argentina non-tour event	Olga Morosova	Anna-Maria Nasuelli	6: 3, 6: 4
		Olga Morosowa Betty Stöve	Beatriz Araújo Ines Roget	7: 5, 6: 1

May

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
03.05.	Italian Open Rome , Italy Non-Tour Event	Virginia Wade	Helga Masthoff	6: 4, 6: 4
		Helga Masthoff Virginia Wade	Lesley Bowrey Helen Gourlay	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 2
	Tulsa Clay Courts Tulsa , United States non-tour event	Chris Evert	Mary-Ann Curtis Eisel	6: 0, 6: 3
		Mary-Ann Curtis Eisel Karin Benson	Chris Evert Jeanne Evert	2: 6, 7: 5, 7: 5
05/10	London Hardcourt Championships London , Great Britain ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Margaret Court	Françoise Dürr	6: 0, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	6: 1, 6: 4
05/17	Rothmans Hardcourt Championships Bournemouth , Great Britain ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Margaret Court	Françoise Dürr	7: 5, 6: 1
		Mary-Ann Curtis Eisel Françoise Dürr	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4
	International Tennis Championships of Germany Hamburg , Federal Republic of Germany ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Billie Jean King	Helga Masthoff	6: 3, 6: 2
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Helga Masthoff Heide Orth	6: 2, 6: 1
May 24th	French Open Paris , France Grand Slam Clay Court (Red) - 64E / 44Q / 32D / 34M	Evonne Goolagong	Helen Gourlay	6: 3, 7: 5
		Gail Chanfreau Francoise Durr	Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris	6: 4, 6: 1
		Francoise Durr Jean-Claude Barclay	Winnie Shaw Tomas Lejus	6: 2, 6: 4

June

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.06.	Players Nottingham Nottingham , UK Non-Tour Event	Julie Heldman	Barbara Hawcroft	6: 4, 7: 9, 6: 3
		Françoise Dürr Julie Heldman	Ana Maria Pinto-Bravo Raquel Giscafré	6: 0, 6: 3
	Kent Championships Beckenham , Great Britain Non-Tour Event	Kerry Melville	Kristy Pigeon	6: 0, 3: 6, 9: 7
		Christine Truman Nell Truman	Olga Morosowa Zaiga Jansone	6: 3, 9: 7
14.06.	Rothmans Grass Court Championships London , Great Britain ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Margaret Court	Billie Jean King	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Mary-Ann Curtis Eisel Valerie Ziegenfuss	6: 2, 8: 6
06/21	Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon , Great Britain Grand Slam Lawn - 96E / 48D / 80M	Evonne Goolagong	Margaret Court	6: 4, 6: 1
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	6: 3, 6: 2
		Billie Jean King Owen Davidson	Margaret Court Marty Riessen	3: 6, 6: 2, 15:13

July

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
05.07.	Swedish Open 1971 Båstad , Sweden ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Helga Masthoff	Ingrid Bentzer	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
		Helga Masthoff Heide Orth	Ana Maria Pinto-Bravo Linda Tuero	6: 2, 6: 1
	Green Shield Welsh Open Newport (Gwent) , Great Britain ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Virginia Wade	Judy Tegart Dalton	6: 3, 6: 4
		Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris	Gail Chanfreau Winnie Shaw	6: 3, 8: 6
	Swiss Open Championships Gstaad , Switzerland ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Françoise Dürr	Lesley Hunt	6: 3, 6: 3
		Brenda Kirk Laura Rossouw	Françoise Dürr Lea Pericoli	8: 6, 6: 3
	Carroll's Irish Open Dublin , Ireland Non-Tour Event	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 3
		Lesley Bowrey Betty Stöve	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	7: 5, 6: 1
07/12	Rothmans North of England Championships Hoylake , UK Non-Tour Event	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	6: 3, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	without a fight
07/19	Green Shield Midland Championships Leisester , UK Non-Tour Event	Evonne Goolagong	Patti Hogan	6: 2, 6: 4
		Judy Tegart Dalton Evonne Goolagong	Barbara Hawcroft Patti Hogan	8: 6, 6: 4
	Austrian Open Kitzbühel , Austria Non-Tour Event	Billie Jean King	Laura Rossouw	6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 5
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Helga Masthoff Heide Orth	6: 2, 6: 4
07/26	Ford Capri Women's Tournament Venice , Italy non-tour event	Helga Masthoff	Rosie Casals	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Judy Tegart Dalton	Gail Chanfreau Françoise Dürr	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
	Dutch Open Championships Hilversum , Netherlands Non-Tour Event	Evonne Goolagong	Christina Sandberg	8: 6, 6: 3
		Christina Sandberg Betty Stöve	Katja Ebbinghaus Trudy Waldhof	6: 1, 6: 2

August

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
08/02	Virginia Slims International Houston , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 40,000	Billie Jean King	Kerry Melville	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 1
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Judy Tegart Dalton	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 2
	Western Open Championships Cincinnati , United States ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Virginia Wade	Linda Tuero	6: 3, 6: 3
		Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris	Gail Chanfreau Winnie Shaw	6: 4, 6: 4
08/09	US Clay Court Championships Indianapolis , United States ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Billie Jean King	Linda Tuero	6: 4, 7: 5
		Judy Tegart Dalton Billie Jean King	Julie Heldman Linda Tuero	6: 1, 6: 2
	Rothmans Canadian Open Toronto , Canada ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Françoise Dürr	Evonne Goolagong	6: 4, 6: 2
		Rosie Casals Françoise Dürr	Lesley Bowrey Evonne Goolagong	6: 3, 6: 2
08/16	Virginia Slims Clay Courts Chicago , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 20,000	Françoise Durr	Billie Jean King	6: 4, 6: 2
		Françoise Durr Judy Tegart Dalton	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6: 4, 7: 6
	Pennsylvania Championships Merion , United States ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Eliza Pande	Lesley Bowrey	0: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
		Lesley Bowrey Helen Gourlay	Laura duPong Marjory Gengler	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 1
08/23	Virginia Slims of Newport Newport , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 20,000	Kerry Melville	Françoise Durr	6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 6
		Françoise Durr Judy Tegart Dalton	Kerry Harris Kerry Melville	6: 2, 6: 1
	Eastern Grasscourt Championships Orange , United States ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Chris Evert	Helen Gourlay	6: 4, 6: 0
				painted
08/30	US Open Forest Hills , United States Grand Slam - $ 80,000 Lawn - 64E / 32D / 47M	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	6: 4, 7: 6
		Rosie Casals Judy Tegart	Gail Chanfreau Françoise Durr	6: 3, 6: 3
		Billie Jean King Owen Davidson	Betty Stöve Bob Maud	6: 3, 7: 5

September

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
13.09.	Virginia Slims of Louisville Louisville , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 20,000	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 3
		Françoise Durr Judy Tegart Dalton	Kerry Melville Betty Stöve	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
20.09.	Pacific Southwest Championships Los Angeles , United States ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Billie Jean King versus Rosie Casals	6: 6 double default
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Judy Tegart Dalton Françoise Dürr	6: 3, 6: 2
27.09.	Virginia Slims Thunderbird Classic Phoenix , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 20,000	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	7: 5, 6: 1
		Billie Jean King Rosie Casals	Françoise Durr Judy Tegart Dalton	6: 3, 6: 2

October

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
11.10.	Dewar Cup Edinburgh Edinburgh , UK Non-Tour Event	Evonne Goolagong	Françoise Dürr	6: 0, 6: 3
		Evonne Goolagong Julie Heldman	Patti Hogan Nell Truman	6: 3, 6: 0
18.10.	Dewar Cup Billingham Billingham , UK Non-Tour Event	Virgina Wade	Julie Heldman	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
		Françoise Dürr Virgina Wade	Evonne Goolagong Julie Heldman	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 2
25.10.	Embassy Indoor GBR Championships London , Great Britain ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	Billie Jean King	Françoise Dürr	6: 1, 5: 7, 7: 5
		Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	Evonne Goolagong Julie Heldman	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3

November

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
01.11.	Dewar Cup Aberavon Aberavon , UK non-tour event	Virginia Wade	Evonne Goolagong	7: 6, 6: 3
		Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	Evonne Goolagong Julie Heldman	7: 5, 6: 4
08.11.	Dewar Cup Torquay Torquay , UK Non-Tour Event	Evonne Goolagong	Françoise Dürr	6: 1, 6: 0
		Evonne Goolagong Julie Heldman	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	7: 6, 6: 4
11/15	Dewar Cup Championships London , UK Non-Tour Event	Virginia Wade	Julie Heldman	6: 1, 6: 3
		Evonne Goolagong Julie Heldman	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	7: 5, 6: 4
11/29	Clean Air Classic New York City , United States non-tour event	Virgina Wade	Rosie Casals	6: 3, 6: 3

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
December 20	Benson & Hedges International Christchurch , New Zealand Non-Tour Event	Françoise Dürr	Billie Jean King	6: 3, 6: 0
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Judy Tegart Dalton Françoise Dürr	6: 3, 9: 8

¹ The date marks the beginning of the week

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WTA Finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).