WTA Tour 1974

◄ WTA Tour 1974 ►
Period:	December 1973 - December 1974
Edition:	4th
Number of tournaments:	49
Categories:	Grand Slam (4) Virginia Slims Championships Virginia Slims Circuit (17) Women's International Grand Prix (8) Non-Tour Events (19)
successes

The 1974 Grand Slam winners

Australian Open :
Evonne Goolagong

French Open and Wimbledon Championships :
Chris Evert

US Open :
Billie Jean King

The 1974 WTA Tour (officially: Virginia Slims Circuit and Women's International Grand Prix ) was the fourth year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association .

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 Championships Virginia Slims Circuit Women's International Grand Prix Non-tour events

Others Federation Cup

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
12/24	Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam lawn	Evonne Goolagong	Chris Evert	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 0
		Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel	Kerry Harris Kerry Melville	7: 5, 6: 3
December 31	New South Wales Open Sydney , Australia Women’s International Grand Prix	Karen Krantzcke	Evonne Goolagong	6: 2, 6: 3
		Ann Kiyomura Kazuki Sawamatsu	Janet Fallis Pam Whytcross	6: 3, 6: 3

January

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
14.01.	Virginia Slims of San Francisco San Francicsco , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000 hard court	Billie Jean King	Chris Evert	7: 6, 6: 2
		Chris Evert Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	6: 4, 6: 2
01/21	Virginia Slims of Mission Viejo Mission Viejo , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6: 3, 6: 1
		Kerry Harris Lesley Hunt	Chris Evert Billie Jean King	7: 5, 6: 4
28.01.	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000 Carpet	Billie Jean King	Kerry Melville	6-0, 6-2
		Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	Françoise Durr Kerry Harris	6: 1, 6: 7, 7: 5

February

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.02.	S&H Tennis Classic Fort Lauderdale , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000 Clay Court	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville	without a fight
		Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	Patti Hogan Sharon Walsh	6: 3, 6: 2
02/18	Virginia Slims of Detroit Detroit , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	6: 1, 6: 1
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
25.02.	Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000 Carpet	Virginia Wade	Rosie Casals	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
		Chris Evert Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4

March

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
05.03.	Maureen Connally International Dallas , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000 Carpet	Chris Evert	Virginia Wade	7: 5, 6: 2
		María-Isabel Fernández Martina Navrátilová	Karen Krantzcke Virginia Wade	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
18.03.	Akron Open Akron , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000	Billie Jean King	Nancy Gunter	6: 3, 7: 5
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Julie Heldman Olga Morozova	6: 2, 6: 4
25.03.	S&H US Indoors New York City , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 60,000 carpet	Billie Jean King	Chris Evert	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2

April

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
April 8th	First Federal of Sarasota Sarasota , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000	Chris Evert	Evonne Goolagong	6: 4, 6: 0
		Chris Evert Evonne Goolagong	Tory-Ann Fretz Cecilia Martinez	6: 2, 6: 2
April 15	Barnett Bank Masters Saint Petersburg , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 45,000 Clay Court	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville	6-0, 6-1
		Olga Morosowa Betty Stöve	Chris Evert Evonne Goolagong	6: 4, 6: 2
04/22	Virginia Slims of Philadelphia Philadelphia , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000 hard court	Olga Morosova	Billie Jean King	7: 6, 6: 1
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Kerry Harris Lesley Hunt	6: 3, 7: 6
04/29	Family Circle Cup Hilton Head Island , United States Women's International Grand Prix - $ 100,000 Clay	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville	6: 1, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Olga Morosowa	Helen Gourlay Karen Krantzcke	6: 2, 6: 1

May

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
13.05.	Federation Cup Final Naples , Italy Clay Court	Australia	United States	2: 1
05/20	International Tennis Championships of Germany Hamburg , Germany Women's International Grand Prix Clay Court	Helga Masthoff	Martina Navrátilová	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 3
		Raquel Giscafre Helga Hösl	Martina Navrátilová Renáta Tomanová	6: 3, 6: 2
	Rothmans British Hard Court Championships Bournemouth , Great Britain Non-Tour Event Hard Court	Virginia Wade	Julie Heldman	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 1
		Julie Heldman Virginia Wade	Patti Hogan Sharon Walsh	6: 2, 6: 2
05/27	Italian Open Rome , Italy Women’s International Grand Prix Clay Court	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6: 3, 6: 3
		Olga Morosowa Virginia Wade	Martina Navrátilová Renáta Tomanová	3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5

June

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
03.06.	French Open Paris , France Grand Slam Clay Court	Chris Evert	Olga Morosova	6: 1, 6: 2
		Chris Evert Olga Morosowa	Gail Chanfreau Katja Ebbinghaus	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 1
		Martina Navrátilová Iván Molina	Rosie Darmon Marcello Lara	6: 3, 6: 3
10.06.	John Player Open Nottingham , Great Britain Women’s International Grand Prix	Billie Jean King	Virginia Wade	8: 6, 6: 4
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Chris Evert Betty Stöve	6: 2, 9: 7
17.06.	John Player Championships Eastbourne , UK Non Tour Event Lawn	Chris Evert	Virginia Wade	7: 5, 6: 4
		Helen Gourlay Karen Krantzcke	Chris Evert Olga Morosowa	6: 2, 6: 0
June 24th	Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon , Great Britain Grand Slam Lawn	Chris Evert	Olga Morosova	6-0, 6-4
		Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel	Helen Gourlay Karen Krantzcke	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
		Billie Jean King Owen Davidson	Lesley Charles Mark Farrell	6: 3, 9: 7

July

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
08.07.	Swiss Open Championships Gstaad , Switzerland Non-Tour Event Clay Court	Helga Hösl	Lea Pericoli	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
		Helga Hösl Lea Pericoli	Kayoko Fukuoka Michelle Rodríguez	6: 2, 6: 0
	Swedish Open Championships Båstad , Sweden non-tour event	Sue Barker	Marijve Schaar	6: 1, 7: 5
		Sue Barker Glynis Coles	Fiorella Bonicelli Anna-Maria Nasuelli	6: 2, 6: 0
07/15	Head Cup Austrian Championships Kitzbühel , Austria Non-Tour Event Clay Court	Mirka Koželuhová	Mima Jaušovec	6: 3, 6: 0
		Beatrix Klein Eva Szabó	Ana Maria Bravo Iris Riedel	6: 1, 6: 4

August

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
08/05	US Clay Court Championships Indianapolis , United States Women's International Grand Prix Clay Court	Chris Evert	Gail Chanfreau	6-0, 6-0
		Gail Chanfreau Julie Heldman	Chris Evert Jeanne Evert	6: 3, 6: 1
08/12	Rothmans Canadian Open Toronto , Canada Women’s International Grand Prix Hard Court	Chris Evert	Julie Heldman	6: 0, 6: 3
		Gail Chanfreau Julie Heldman	Chris Evert Jeanne Evert	6: 3, 6: 4
08/19	Medi-Quik Open South Orange , United States Non-Tour Event	Pam Teeguarden	Dianne Balestrat	7: 5, 6: 3
		Pam Teeguarden Ann Kiyomura	Kathleen Harter Marita Redondo	6: 2, 6: 0
	Virginia Slims of Newport Newport , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 30,000 Lawn	Chris Evert	Betsy Nagelsen	6: 4, 6: 3
		Lesley Charles Sue Mappin	Gail Chanfreau Julie Heldman	6: 2, 7: 5
08/27	US Open Forest Hills , United States Grand Slam lawn	Billie Jean King	Evonne Goolagong	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 4
		Pam Teeguarden Geoff Masters	Chris Evert Jimmy Connors	6: 1, 7: 6

September

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
16.09.	Barnett Bank Classic Orlando , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000 Clay	Martina Navrátilová	Julie Heldman	7: 6, 6: 4
		Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 4
23.09.	Virginia Slims of Denver Denver , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000	Evonne Goolagong	Chris Evert	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 4
		Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	Mona Schallau Pam Teeguarden	6: 2, 7: 5
30.09.	Virginia Slims of Houston Houston , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000 Carpet	Chris Evert	Virginia Wade	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 1
		Janet Newberry Wendy Overton	Sue Stap Virginia Wade	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2

October

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.10.	Virginia Slims of Phoenix Phoenix , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 50,000 hard court	Virginia Wade	Helen Gourlay	6: 1, 6: 2
		Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	Mona Schallau Pam Teeguarden	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 3
	Japan Open Tokyo , Japan Non-Tour Event Carpet	Maria Bueno	Katja Ebbinghaus	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
		Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu	Kimiyo Hatanaka Janet Young	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0
	Melia Trophy Mardrid , Spain Non-Tour Event	Helga Masthoff	Tine Zwaan	6: 2, 6: 4
		Lesley Charles Sue Mappin	Creydt Helga Masthoff	6: 2, retirement
14.10.	Spanish Championships Barcelona , Spain Non-Tour Event Clay Court	Nathalie Fuchs	Glynis Coles	7: 5, 8: 6
	Virginia Slims Championships Los Angeles , United States Masters - $ 100,000 Carpet	Evonne Goolagong	Chris Evert	6: 3, 6: 4
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	6: 1, 6: 7, 7: 5
21.10.	World Invitational Sea Pines Hilton Head Island , United States non-tour event	Chris Evert	Virginia Wade	6: 1, 6: 3
28.10.	Dewar Cup Cardiff Cardiff , UK non-tour event	Julie Heldman	Glynis Coles	6: 4, 6: 2
		Lesley Charles Sue Mappin	Jackie Fayter-Hough Joyce Hume	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2

November

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.11.	Dewar Cup Edinburgh Edinburgh , UK Non-Tour Event Clay Court	Virginia Wade	Julie Heldman	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 2
		Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	María-Isabel Fernández Raquel Giscafre	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
11.11.	Dewar Cup Final London , UK Non-Tour Event	Virginia Wade	Julie Heldman	7: 6, 6: 2
		Virginia Wade Sharon Walsh	Lesley Charles Sue Mappin	6: 2, 6: 7, 6: 2
11/18	South African Open Johannesburg , South Africa Women's International Grand Prix	Kerry Melville	Dianne Balestrat	6: 3, 7: 5
	South American Championships Buenos Aires , Argentina Non-Tour Event	Raquel Giscafre	Beatrix Araujo	7: 5, 1: 6, 6: 2
		Katja Ebbinghaus Helga Masthoff	Beatrix Araujo Raquel Giscafre	6-0, 6-1
25.11.	Queensland State Championships Victoria , Australia Non-Tour Event	Evonne Goolagong	Cynthia Seiler	6: 1, 6: 2
		Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel	Vicki Lancaster Cecilia Martinez	6: 1, 6: 2
	Tokyo Gunze Classic Tokyo , Japan Non-Tour Event	Chris Evert	Rosie Casals	6-0, 6-2

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
02.12.	South Australian Championships Adelaide , Australia Non-Tour Event	Olga Morosova	Evonne Goolagong	7: 6, 2: 6, 6: 2
09.12.	Western Australian Championships Perth , Australia Non-Tour Event	Margaret Court	Olga Morosova	6: 4, 7: 5
		Olga Morosowa Martina Navrátilová	Lesley Hunt Kazuko Sawamatsu	6: 1, 6: 3
16.12.	New South Wales Open Sydney , Australia Non-Tour Event Hard Court	Evonne Goolagong	Margaret Court	6: 3, 7: 5
		Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel	Olga Morosowa Martina Navrátilová	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 1

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).