The 1971 Virginia Slims of San Diego was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Morley Field Sports Complex in San Diego, California...
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California Open (San Diego) (1971-2013). Sponsored names Virginia Slims of San Diego: 1971, 1985–1988 Wells Fargo Open: 1979–1982 Ginny of San Diego: 1984 Great...
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Silicon Valley Classic (redirect from Virginia Slims of California)
Motor Cars Invitation in 1971 on the Virginia Slims circuit. Prior to 1978, the tournament was known as the Virginia Slims of San Francisco. The tournament...
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The Virginia Slims of Newport is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1990; from 1991-1998 it was the Virginia Slims/Hall...
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(1973), Virginia Wade (1970), Ann Haydon-Jones (1967, 1963), Lesley Turner Bowrey (1965); losses: Andrea Jaeger (1983), Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1971)). Versus...
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Annabel Croft (category Tennis players from the London Borough of Bromley)
television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain in the Fed Cup and the Wightman...
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Johnny Carson on January 1, 1971, which saw the airing of the last cigarette commercial on American television (for Virginia Slims), one minute before the...
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The Virginia Slims of Houston is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1995. It was held in Houston, Texas in the United...
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The Virginia Slims of Dallas inaugurated as the Maureen Connolly Memorial was a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament From 1979 through...
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establishment of the annual Virginia Slims Circuit the following year. In 1971 the total prize money available from the Virginia Slims events was $309...
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The Virginia Slims of Detroit is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1983. It was held in Birmingham, Michigan in the...
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Kerry Melville (category Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire)
Tegart from playing the Australian Open in 1971 and 1972, owing to their roles in having started the Virginia Slims circuit. Melville was the singles runner-up...
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The 1971 Virginia Slims Invitational of New York was a women's tennis tournament that took place at the 34th Street Armory in New York in the United States...
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Ameritech Cup (redirect from Virginia Slims of Chicago)
the Virginia Slims of Chicago and the Avon Championships of Chicago) is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament held every year from 1971 until...
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The Virginia Slims of Boston was a WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1984. It was held in Boston in the United States...
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1988 WTA Tour (redirect from 1988 Virginia Slims World Championship Series)
Graf's defeat by Pam Shriver in the semifinals of the Virginia Slims Championships deprived her of a Super Slam. The table below shows the 1988 WTA...
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The 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 12th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in March 1984...
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WTA Tour records (redirect from Tennis records of the Open Era – women's doubles)
order to include the immediately preceding Virginia Slims Circuit era for completeness. The Virginia Slims Circuit started in September 1970 and was replaced...
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Gigi Fernández (category Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico)
(w/Zvereva), Wimbledon (w/Zvereva), San Diego (w/Suková), Leipzig (w/Zvereva), Filderstadt (w/Zvereva), Virginia Slims Championships (w/Zvereva) 1994: Australian...
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The 1987 Virginia Slims of Houston was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the...
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The 1986 Virginia Slims of Houston was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the...
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Women's Tennis Association (category History of tennis)
financial backing, to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars, and the Virginia Slims name as title sponsor for a circuit in 1971." The International Lawn...
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The Virginia Slims of Richmond is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament founded in 1968 as the Westwood Indoor Invitation. It was held...
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Pete Wilson (category Mayors of San Diego)
36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the 29th mayor of San Diego from 1971 to 1983. Born...
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The 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 13th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in March 1985...
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The 1992 Virginia Slims of Houston was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the...
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Eckerd Open (redirect from Virginia Slims of St. Petersburg)
event became known as the Virginia Slims Masters of St Petersburg, the men's tournament continued under the same name until 1971 when it was discontinued...
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The Virginia Slim of Oklahoma City is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1972. It was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...
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The Advanta Championships of Philadelphia also long known as the Virginia Slims of Philadelphia was a WTA Tour professional tennis tournament for women...
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would see the staging of two women only Virginia Slims events leading to a nascent Virginia Slims Circuit. The Virginia Slims Circuit would then be the...
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