WTA Tour 1975

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WTA Tour 1975
Period: December 1974 - December 1975
Edition: 5
Number of tournaments: 49
Categories: Grand Slam (4)
Tour Championships (2)
Virginia Slims Circuit (10)
Women's International Grand Prix (16)
Non-Tour Events (13)
successes
The 1975 Grand Slam winners
Evonne Goolagong (1971) .jpg
Australian Open :
Evonne Goolagong
Chris Evert playing tennis at Camp David.png
French Open and US Open :
Chris Evert
BJK headshot 2011 5x7 300dpi.jpg
Wimbledon Championships :
Billie Jean King


The 1975 WTA Tour (officially: Virginia Slims Circuit and Women's International Grand Prix ) was the 5th 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
Tour Championships
Virginia Slims Circuit
Women's International Grand Prix
Non-tour events
Others
Federation Cup

December

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
December 21 Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam lawn
AustraliaAustralia 

AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Martina Navrátilová 6: 3, 6: 2
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel
United StatesUnited States 
AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court Olga Morozova
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
7: 6, 7: 6

January

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.01. New Zealand Open Championships Auckland , New Zealand non-tour event
New ZealandNew Zealand 
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong United KingdomUnited Kingdom Linda Mottram 6: 2, 7: 5
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong Wendy Turnbull
AustraliaAustralia 
United StatesUnited States Laura duPont Cecilia Martinez
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4
Virginia Slims of San Francisco San Francisco , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 75,000 Carpet Hall
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Chris Evert United StatesUnited States Billie Jean King 6: 1, 6: 1
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 2, 7: 5
13.01. Virginia Slims of Sarasota Sarasota , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 75,000
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Billie Jean King United StatesUnited States Chris Evert 6: 2, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
NetherlandsNetherlands Betty Stöve Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 4, 6: 2
January 18 Moscow Open Moscow , Soviet Union Non-Tour Event Carpet (hall)
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 

Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Olga Morosova Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Elena Granaturova 6: 0, 1: 6, 6: 4
01/27 Virginia Slims of Washington Washington , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 75,000 Carpet
United StatesUnited States 

CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Martina Navrátilová AustraliaAustralia Kerry Melville 6: 3, 6: 1
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
AustraliaAustralia Helen Gourlay Kerry Reid
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 3, 6: 4

February

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
03.02. Virginia Slims of Akron Akron , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 75,000
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
7: 5, 7: 6
02/10 Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 75,000 Carpet
United StatesUnited States 

AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Martina Navrátilová 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court Olga Morozova
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
6: 2, 7: 6
02/18 Virginia Slims of Detroit Detroit , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 75,000
United StatesUnited States 
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
AustraliaAustralia Lesley Hunt Martina Navrátilová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2

March

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
03.03. Virginia Slims of Boston Boston , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 75,000
United StatesUnited States 
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Martina Navrátilová AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
6: 3, 6: 4
10.03. Virginia Slims of Houston Houston , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 75,000 Carpet
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Chris Evert AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court 6: 3, 6: 2
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
2: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
17.03. Virginia Slims of Dallas Dallas , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 75,000 Carpet
United StatesUnited States 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Martina Navrátilová 2: 6, 7: 6, 4: 3 problem
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
United StatesUnited States Julie Anthony Mona Guerrant
United StatesUnited States 
7: 6, 6: 2
24.03. Virginia Slims of Philadelphia Philadelphia , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 75,000 hard court
United StatesUnited States 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade United StatesUnited States Chris Evert 7: 5, 6: 4
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6
March 31 Virginia Slims Championships Los Angeles , United States Masters - $ 150,000 Carpet Hall
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Chris Evert CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Martina Navrátilová 6: 4, 6: 2

April

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
04/07 Bridgestone Doubles Tokyo , Japan $ 100,000
JapanJapan 
AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 2
April 18 Four Woman L'Eggs World Series Austin , United States non-tour event
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert United StatesUnited States Billie Jean King 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
04/21 Family Circle Cup Amelia Island , United States Women's International Grand Prix - $ 100,000 Clay
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Chris Evert CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Martina Navrátilová 7: 5, 6: 4
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Olga Morosowa
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2

May

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
05.05. Federation Cup Final Aix-en-Provence , France Clay Court
FranceFrance 
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia AustraliaAustralia Australia 3-0
05/12 Coca Cola British Hard Court Championships Bournemouth , UK Non-Tour Event Hard Court
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

United StatesUnited States Janet Newberry United StatesUnited States Terry Holladay 7: 9, 7: 5, 6: 3
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lesley Charles Sue Mappin
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
South Africa 1961South Africa Delina Boshoff Greer Stevens
South Africa 1961South Africa 
19.05. International Tennis Championships of Germany Hamburg , Federal Republic of Germany Women’s International Grand Prix - $ 30,000 clay court
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 

CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová JapanJapan Kazuko Sawamatsu 7: 6, 7: 5
AustraliaAustralia Dianne Fromholtz Renáta Tomanová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
IsraelIsrael Paulina Peisachov Kazuko Sawamatsu
JapanJapan 
6: 3, 6: 2
May 26th Italian Open Rome , Italy Women's International Grand Prix - $ 30,000 Clay Court
ItalyItaly 

United StatesUnited States Chris Evert CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Martina Navrátilová 6: 1, 6: 0
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sue Barker Glynis Coles
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 1, 6: 2

June

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
02.06. French Open Paris , France Grand Slam Clay Court
FranceFrance 

United StatesUnited States Chris Evert CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Martina Navrátilová 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
United StatesUnited States Julie Anthony Olga Morozova
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
6: 3, 6: 2
UruguayUruguay Fiorella Bonicelli Thomaz cook
Brazil 1968Brazil 
United StatesUnited States Pam Teeguarden Jaime Fillol
ChileChile 
6: 4, 7: 6
16.06. Eastbourne International Eastbourne , UK Women’s International Grand Prix - $ 25,000 turf
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade United StatesUnited States Billie Jean King 7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Julie Anthony Olga Morozova
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 6: 4
June 23 Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon , Great Britain Grand Slam Lawn
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

United StatesUnited States Billie Jean King AustraliaAustralia Evonne Cawley 6-0, 6-1
United StatesUnited States Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu
JapanJapan 
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
7: 5, 1: 6, 7: 5
AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court Marty Riessen
United StatesUnited States 
NetherlandsNetherlands Betty Stöve Allan Stone
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 4, 7: 5

July

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
07.07. Swedish Open Båstad , Sweden Non-Tour Event
SwedenSweden 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sue Barker Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Helga Masthoff 6: 4, 6: 0
United StatesUnited States Janet Newberry Pam Teeguarden
United StatesUnited States 
UruguayUruguay Fiorella Bonicelli Raquel Giscafre
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 3, 6: 3
14.07. Austrian Open Kitzbühel , Austria Non-Tour Event Clay Court
AustriaAustria 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sue Barker United StatesUnited States Pam Teeguarden 6: 4, 6: 4
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sue Barker Pam Teeguarden
United StatesUnited States 
UruguayUruguay Fiorella Bonicelli Raquel Giscafre
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 4, 6: 3

August

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
04.08. US Clay Court Championships Indianapolis , United States Women's International Grand Prix - $ 30,000 Clay Court
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Chris Evert AustraliaAustralia Dianne Balestrat 6: 3, 6: 4
UruguayUruguay Fiorella Bonicelli María-Isabel Fernández
ColombiaColombia 
FranceFrance Gail Chanfreau Julie Heldman
United StatesUnited States 
3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
08/11 Rothmans Canadian Open Toronto , Canada Women’s International Grand Prix - $ 30,000 hard court
CanadaCanada 

United StatesUnited States Marcie Louie United StatesUnited States Laura duPont 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Julie Anthony Margaret Court
AustraliaAustralia 
United StatesUnited States JoAnne Russell Jane Stratton
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 6: 4
08/18 Medi-Quik Open Harrison (New York) , United States Women’s International Grand Prix - $ 75,000 hard court
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Chris Evert United KingdomUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade 6-0, 6-1
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 4
South Orange Classic Orange , United States Non-Tour Event
United StatesUnited States 
Romania 1965Romania Virginia Ruzici Romania 1965Romania Mariana Simionescu 6: 1, 6: 1
08/27 US Open Forest Hills , United States Grand Slam 309,000 $ Clay Court
United StatesUnited States 


United StatesUnited States Chris Evert AustraliaAustralia Evonne Cawley 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2
AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
7: 5, 2: 6, 7: 6
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Dick Stockton
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Billie Jean King Fred Stolle
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 3, 7: 6

September

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
12.09. World Invitational Classic Sea Pines Hilton Head , United States Non-Tour Event
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert AustraliaAustralia Evonne Cawley 6: 1, 6: 1
15.09. Little Mo Classic Atlanta , United States Women's International Grand Prix - $ 60,000 carpet
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Chris Evert United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 0
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová
United StatesUnited States 
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 2
22.09. Majestic Tournament Denver , United States Women's International Grand Prix - $ 60,000 hard court
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová United StatesUnited States Carolyn Meyer 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Martina Navrátilová
United StatesUnited States 
3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6
29.09. Mission Viejo Mission Viejo , United States Women's International Grand Prix - $ 60,000 hard court
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Chris Evert AustraliaAustralia Cynthia Seiler 6: 1, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová
United StatesUnited States 
G. (tennis) Betty-Ann Stuart
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 7: 5

October

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.10. Thunderbird Classic Phoenix , United States Women's International Grand Prix - $ 60,000 hard court
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Nancy Richey United KingdomUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Martina Navrátilová
United StatesUnited States 
6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 0
13.10. Orlando Open Orlando , United States Women's International Grand Prix - $ 60,000 Clay
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Chris Evert United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová without a fight
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Wendy Overton
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová
United StatesUnited States 
without a fight
10/27 US Indoors Charlotte , United States Women's International Grand Prix Carpet
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová AustraliaAustralia Evonne Cawley 4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5
United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
retreat
Stockholm Open Stockholm , Sweden Women’s International Grand Prix Carpet
SwedenSweden 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade FranceFrance Françoise Durr 6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 5
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Cawley Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 3, 6: 4

November

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
03.11. Japan Open Tokyo , Japan Non-Tour Event
JapanJapan 
JapanJapan Kazuko Sawamatsu United StatesUnited States Ann Kiyomura 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 1
United StatesUnited States Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu
JapanJapan 
JapanJapan Kayoko Fukuoka Kiyoko Nomura
JapanJapan 
6: 2, 6: 3
French Indoors Paris , France Women’s International Grand Prix Carpet (hall)
FranceFrance 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sue Barker 6: 1, 6: 7, 9: 7
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Cawley Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
2: 6, 6: 0, 6: 3
11/26 South African Open Johannesburg , South Africa non-tour event
South Africa 1961South Africa 
South Africa 1961South Africa Annette Van Zyl South Africa 1961South Africa Brigette Cuypers 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4

December

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
01.12. South Australian Championships Adelaide , Australia Non-Tour Event
AustraliaAustralia 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sue Barker Germany BRBR Germany Helga Masthoff 6: 2, 6: 1
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sue Barker Michelle Tyler-Wilson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
AustraliaAustralia Kym Ruddell Janet Young
AustraliaAustralia 
7: 5, 6: 3
December 8th Dewar Cup London , UK non-tour event
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade AustraliaAustralia Evonne Cawley 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
FranceFrance Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Cawley Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 4, 7: 6
15.12. Western Australian Championships Perth , Australia Non-Tour Event
AustraliaAustralia 
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Helga Masthoff AustraliaAustralia Lesley Bowrey 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
AustraliaAustralia Lesley Bowrey Christine Matison
AustraliaAustralia 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sue Barker Michelle Tyler-Wilson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
7: 6, 6: 3
New South Wales Open Sydney , Australia Women’s International Grand Prix Hard Court
AustraliaAustralia 

AustraliaAustralia Evonne Cawley United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sue Barker 6: 2, 6: 4
AustraliaAustralia Evonne Cawley Helen Gourlay
AustraliaAustralia 
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Heidi Eisterlehner Helga Mosthoff
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 
6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3
1 The date marks the beginning of the week

Web links

Individual evidence

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