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 United States in 1972 and in
Detroit,
Michigan in the United States from 1973 to 1983. The tournament was played on
indoor carpet courts.
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 major titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King was a member of the victorious United States ...
was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competition four times, partnering American
Rosemary Casals twice and Czechoslovakian
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...
and South African
Ilana Kloss once each for her doubles successes.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
See also
*
1983 Virginia Slims of Detroit
References
WTA Results Archive
External links
Carpet court tennis tournaments
Indoor tennis tournaments
Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 1972
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1983
Tennis in Detroit
Sports competitions in Detroit
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