WTA Tour 1977

◄ WTA Tour 1977 ►
Period:	January 1977 - December 1977
Edition:	7th
Number of tournaments:	48
Categories:	Grand Slam (5) Tour Championships (3) Virginia Slims Circuit (11) Colgate Series (17) Non-Tour Events (12)
successes
Awards
Player of the year:	Virginia Wade
Double team of the year:	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve
Newcomer of the year:	Wendy Turnbull
Newcomer of the year:	Tracy Austin

The 1977 Grand Slam winners

Australian Open (January) :
Kerry Reid

French Open :
Mima Jaušovec

Wimbledon Championships :
Virginia Wade

US Open :
Chris Evert

Australian Open (December) :
Evonne Cawley

The 1977 WTA Tour (officially: Virginia Slims Circuit and Colgate Series ) was the 7th year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association . It comprised 48 tournaments.

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 Colgate Series Non-tour events

Others Federation Cup

January

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
03.01.	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert	6: 2, 6: 3
		Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	Kristien Shaw Valerie Ziegenfuss	7: 5, 6: 2
	Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam lawn	Kerry Reid	Dianne Fromholtz	7: 5, 6: 2
		Dianne Fromholtz Helen Gourlay	Betsy Nagelsen Kerry Reid	5: 7, 6: 1, 7: 5
10.01.	Virginia Slims of Hollywood Hollywood , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Chris Evert	Margaret Court	6: 3, 6: 4
		Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	Rosie Casals Chris Evert	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
	Avon Furtures of Portland Portland , United States Hard Court ( Indoor ) Non-Tour Event	Tracy Austin	Stacy Margolin	6: 7, 6: 3, 4: 1 exercise
January 17	Virginia Slims of Houston Houston , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Martina Navrátilová	Sue Barker	7: 6, 7: 5
		Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
24.01.	Virginia Slims of Minneapolis Minneapolis , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Martina Navrátilová	Sue Barker	6-0, 6-1
		Rosie Casals Martina Navrátilová	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	6: 2, 6: 1
31/01	Virginia Slims of Seattle Seattle , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6: 2, 6: 4
		Rosie Casals Chris Evert	Françoise Durr Martina Navrátilová	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3

February

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.02.	Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Chris Evert	Margaret Court	6: 1, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Chris Evert	Margaret Court Betty Stöve	6: 3, 6: 4
02/14	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles Los Angeles , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Hard Court (Indoor)	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 1
		Rosie Casals Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	6: 2, 6: 4
02/21	Virginia Slims of Detroit Detroit , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Martina Navrátilová	Sue Barker	6: 4, 6: 4
		Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	Janet Newberry JoAnne Russell	6: 3, 6: 4
28.02.	Virginia Slims of San Francisco San Francisco , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Sue Barker	Virginia Wade	6: 3, 6: 4
		Kerry Reid Greer Stevens	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	6: 3, 6: 1

March

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.03.	Virginia Slims of Dallas Dallas , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Sue Barker	Terry Holladay	6: 1, 7: 6
		Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	Kerry Reid Greer Stevens	6: 2, 6: 4
14.03.	Virginia Slims of Philadelphia Philadelphia , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Indoor Hard Court	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
		Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
21.03.	Lionel Cup San Antonio , United States Non-Tour Event - $ 20,000	Billie Jean King	Mary Hamm	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
		Karen Krantzcke Kym Ruddell	Judy Chaloner Jane Preyer	6: 3, 6: 0
	Virginia Slims Championships New York , United States Masters - $ 150,000 Indoor Carpet	Chris Evert	Sue Barker	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1
28.03.	Family Circle Cup Hilton Head , United States Colgate Series - $ 110,000 Clay	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6-0, 6-1
		Rosie Casals Chris Evert	Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	6: 4, 6: 2

April

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04/04	Bridgestone Doubles Tokyo , Japan $ 100,000	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	7: 5, 6: 3
04/11	L'Eggs Four Woman Tucson , United States Non-Tour Event - $ 100,000 Carpet (Hall)	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6: 3, 7: 6
	Monte-Carlo Monte-Carlo , Monaco Non-Tour Event	Helga Masthoff	Fiorella Bonicelli	6: 4, 6: 2
		Katja Ebbinghaus Helga Masthoff	Rosie Darmon Gail Sherriff	6: 3, 7: 5

May

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
09.05.	International Tennis Championships of Germany Hamburg , Federal Republic of Germany Colgate Series - $ 35,000 Clay Court	Laura duPont	Heidi Eisterlehner	6: 1, 6: 4
		Delina Ann Boshoff Ilana Kloss	Regina Maršíková Renáta Tomanová	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
16.05.	Italian Open Rome , Italy Colgate Series - $ 35,000 Clay	Janet Newberry	Renáta Tomanová	6: 3, 7: 6
		Brigette Cuypers Marise Kruger	Bunny Bruning Sharon Walsh	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
05/23	French Open Paris , France Grand Slam - $ 35,000 Clay Court (Red)	Mima Jaušovec	Florența Mihai	6: 2, 6: 7, 6: 1
		Regina Maršíková Pam Teeguarden	Rayni Fox Helen Gourlay	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2
		Mary Carillo John McEnroe	Florența Mihai Iván Molina	7: 6, 6: 3
05/31	Rose's Lime Juice International Chichester , UK Non-Tour Event Lawn	Marise Kruger	Bunny bruning	6: 2, 6: 2
		Marise Kruger Elizabeth Vlotman	C. Molesworth Naoko Satō	6: 2, 6: 1

June

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.06.	Robertson's Cup Beckenham , UK non-tour event lawn	Olga Morosova	Marise Kruger	7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 3
		Brigette Cuypers Annette Van Zyl	Natalja Tschmyrjowa Olga Morosowa	9: 7, 6: 4
13.06.	McIntosh Scottish Championships Edinburgh , UK Non-Tour Event - $ 35,000 Lawn	Martina Navrátilová	Kristien Shaw	2: 6, 9: 8, 7: 5
		Julie Anthony Betsy Nagelsen	Carolyn Meyer Renáta Tomanová	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 1
	Federation Cup Final Eastbourne , UK lawn	United States	Australia	2: 1
June 20	Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon , United Kingdom Grand Slam - $ 200,000 Lawn	Virginia Wade	Betty Stöve	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
		Helen Gourlay JoAnne Russell	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	6: 3, 6: 3
		Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt	Betty Stöve Frew McMillan	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4

July

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.07.	Swiss Championships Gstaad , Switzerland Non-Tour Event Clay Court	Lesley Hunt	Helen Gourlay	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1
		Helen Gourlay Rayni Fox	Mary Carillo Lesley Hunt	6-0, 6-4
	Swedish Open Båstad , Sweden Non-Tour Event	Florența Mihai	Mary Struthers	6: 4, 6: 4
		Cynthia Seiler Raquel Giscafre	Helen Anliot Florența Mihai	6: 2, 7: 5
07/11	Colgate Trophy Kitzbühel , Austria Non-Tour Event Clay Court	Renáta Tomanová	Katja Ebbinghaus	6: 3, 7: 5
		Helen Gourlay Rayni Fox	Lesley Charles Jackie Fayter-Hough	6: 1, 6: 4

August

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
08.08.	US Clay Court Championships Indianapolis , United States Colgate Series - $ 35,000 Clay Court	Laura duPont	Nancy Richey	6: 4, 6: 3
		D. Ann Boshoff Ilana Kloss	Mary Carillo Wendy Overton	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 3
08/15	Rothmans Canadian Open Toronto , Canada Colgate Series - $ 35,000 hard court	Regina Maršíková	Marise Kruger	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2
		Delina Ann Boshoff Ilana Kloss	Rosie Casals Evonne Cawley	6: 2, 6: 3
08/22	Ivey's Pepsi Tennis Classic Charlotte , United States Colgate Series - $ 50,000 Clay Court	Martina Navrátilová	Mima Jaušovec	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
		Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	Regina Maršíková Pam Teeguarden	6: 3, 6: 4
08/31	US Open Forest Hills , United States Grand Slam - $ 250,000 Clay	Chris Evert	Wendy Turnbull	7: 6, 6: 2
		Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	Renée Richards Betty-Ann Stuart	6: 1, 7: 6
		Betty Stöve Frew McMillan	Billie Jean King Vitas Gerulaitis	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3

September

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
12.09.	Toray Sillook Open Tokyo , Japan Colgate Series - $ 100,000 Carpet (Hall)	Virginia Wade	Martina Navrátilová	7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 4
19.09.	World Invitational Classic Hilton Head , United States non-tour event	Virginia Wade	Evonne Cawley	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 3
		Evonne Cawley Kerry Reid	Dianne Fromholtz Virginia Wade	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4
26.09.	Florida Federal Open Palm Harbor , United States Colgate Series - $ 35,000	Virginia Ruzici	Laura duPont	6: 4, 4.6, 6: 2
		Delina Ann Boshoff Ilana Kloss	Brigette Cuypers Marise Kruger	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 2

October

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
03.10.	Wyler's Classic Atlanta , United States Colgate Series - $ 75,000 Carpet Hall	Chris Evert	Dianne Fromholtz	6: 3, 6: 2
		Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	Brigette Cuypers Marise Kruger	6: 4, 6: 2
10.10.	Thunderbird Classic Phoenix , United States Colgate Series - $ 75,000 Carpet Hall	Billie Jean King	Wendy Turnbull	1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 0
		Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Helen Gourlay JoAnne Russell	6: 1, 7: 5
17.10.	Colgate Brazil Open São Paulo , Brazil Colgate Series - $ 75,000 Clay Court	Billie Jean King	Betty Stöve	6: 1, 6: 4
		Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 2
October 24	Borniquen Classic San Juan , Puerto Rico Colgate Series - $ 35,000 hard court	Billie Jean King	Janet Newberry	6: 1, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Delina Ann Boshoff Ilana Kloss	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3

November

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
01.11.	Colgate Series Championships Palm Springs , United States $ 250,000 hard court	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6: 2, 6: 2
		Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	Helen Gourlay JoAnne Russell	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 4
11/14	Colgate NSW Tournament Sydney , Australia Colgate Series - $ 100,000 Lawn	Evonne Cawley	Kerry Reid	6: 1, 6: 3
		Kerry Reid Greer Stevens versus Helen Gourlay Betty Stöve	failed
11/21	Toyota Classic Melbourne , Australia Colgate Series - $ 75,000 Lawn	Evonne Cawley	Wendy Turnbull	6: 4, 6: 1
		Evonne Cawley Betty Stöve	Patricia Bostrom Kym Ruddell	6: 3, 6: 0
	Gunze Invitational Tokyo , Japan Non-Tour Event - $ 125,000 Carpet (Hall)	Billie Jean King	Martina Navrátilová	7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 1
11/28	South African Open Johannesburg , South Africa Colgate Series - $ 35,000	Delina Ann Boshoff	Brigette Cuypers	6: 4, 6: 1
		Delina Ann Boshoff Ilana Kloss	Brigette Cuypers Marise Kruger	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 3

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
05.12.	Bremar Cup London , UK Colgate Series - $ 35,000 Carpet (Hall)	Billie Jean King	Virginia Wade	6: 4, 6: 1
		Billie Jean King Renáta Tomanová	Betty Stöve Virginia Wade	6: 2, 6: 3
12.12.	New South Wales Sydney , Australia Colgate Series - $ 35,000 hard court	Evonne Cawley	Sue Barker	6: 2, 6: 3
		Evonne Cawley Helen Gourlay	Mona Guerrant Kerry Reid	6-0, 6-0
19.12.	Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam - $ 50,000 Lawn	Evonne Cawley	Helen Gourlay	6: 3, 6: 0
		Evonne Cawley Helen Gourlay versus Mona Guerrant Kerry Reid	The final was not held due to rain.

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).