The 1975 WTA Tour consisted of a number of tennis tournaments for female tennis players. It was composed of the newly streamlined version of the Virginia Slims Circuit (which was now an 11-week tour of the US) and the Woman's International Grand Prix. The year 1975 also saw the creation of the first official ranking system and these rankings were used to determine acceptance into the tournaments.[1][2]
.jpg) Chris Evert finished the year as the inaugural world No. 1. She won 15 singles tournaments during the season, including two majors at the French Open and the US Open, as well as the Virginia Slims Championships. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 24 December 1974–21 December 1975 |
| Edition | 3rd |
| Tournaments | 49 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) Virginia Slims championships Virginia Slims Circuit (10) Women's International Grand Prix (17) Non-Tour Events (15) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Chris Evert (15) |
| Most tournament finals | Chris Evert (17) |
| Prize money leader | Chris Evert ($370,227) |
← 1974 1976 → | |
Schedule edit
This is a calendar of all events which were part of either the Virginia Slims circuit or the Women's International Grand Prix in the year 1975, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. Also included are the Grand Slam tournaments, the 1975 Virginia Slims Championships, the 1975 Federation Cup and a number of events not affiliated with either tour.[1]
- Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Virginia Slims championships |
| Virginia Slims Circuit |
| Women's International Grand Prix |
| ILTF Independent Events |
| Team events |
December (1974) edit
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Dec 30 Dec |
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Grass – 56S/24D Singles – Doubles |
 Evonne Goolagong6–3, 6–2 |
 Martina Navratilova |
 Natasha Chmyreva Sue Barker |
Margaret Court Christine Matison Kazuko Sawamatsu Olga Morozova
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| Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel 7–6, 7–6 |
Margaret Court Olga Morozova
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January edit
February edit
March edit
April edit
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April | Bridgestone Doubles Tokyo, Japan Women's International Grand Prix $100,000 – carpet (i) – 32S/16D Draw |
Margaret Court Virginia Wade 6–7, 7–6, 6–2 |
Rosie Casals Billie Jean King |
Hunt / Navratilova Dürr /  Stöve |
 Cuypers / Gourlay Anthony / Schallau Heldman / Stap DuPont / Teeguarden
|
| 14 April | Four Woman L'Eggs World Series Austin, United States Non-tour event $100,000 – hard – 4S Draw |
Chris Evert 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(5–2) |
Billie Jean King |
Evonne Goolagong (3rd) Olga Morozova (4th) |
N/A |
| 21 April | Family Circle Cup Amelia Island, United States Women's International Grand Prix $150,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles |
Chris Evert 7–5, 6–4 |
Martina Navratilova |
Evonne Goolagong Olga Morozova |
Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade Marcie Louie Julie Heldman
|
| Evonne Goolagong Virginia Wade 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Rosie Casals Olga Morozova
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May edit
June edit
July edit
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul | Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden Non-tour event Clay Singles – Doubles |
Sue Barker 6–4, 6–0 |
 Helga Masthoff |
 Mimmi Wikstedt Pam Teeguarden |
Helena Anliot Raquel Giscafré Lotta Stenberg Christina Sandberg
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| Janet Newberry Pam Teeguarden 6–3, 6–3 |
 Fiorella Bonicelli Raquel Giscafré
| ||||
| 14 Jul | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria Non-tour event Clay Singles – Doubles |
Sue Barker 6–4, 6–4 |
Pam Teeguarden |
Katja Ebbinghaus Dianne Fromholtz |
Fiorella Bonicelli Raquel Giscafré Marie Pinterová Marketa Wallenfels
|
| Sue Barker Pam Teeguarden 6–4, 6–3 |
Fiorella Bonicelli Raquel Giscafré
|
August edit
September edit
October edit
November edit
December edit
Statistical information edit
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the 1973 Virginia Slims Circuit. They also include data for the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships. The table is sorted by:
- total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
- highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
- a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
- alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key edit
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Virginia Slims championships |
| Virginia Slims Circuit |
| Women's International Grand Prix |
| Non-Tour Events |
Titles won by player edit
| Total | Player | S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Chris Evert (USA) |
● ● | ● | ● | ● ● ● | ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● | ● ● | ● | 15 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Martina Navratilova (TCH) |
● | ● ● | ● ● | ● | ● ● ● ● | ● | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | Betty Stöve (NED) |
● ● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● | ● | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | Evonne Goolagong (AUS) |
● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● ● | ● | ● | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Virginia Wade (GBR) |
● | ● | ● ● | ● ● ● | ● | ● | 6 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Françoise Durr (FRA) |
● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● | ● | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | Margaret Court (AUS) |
● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 | Billie Jean King (USA) |
● | ● | ● ● ● | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | Sue Barker (GBR) |
● ● ● | ● ● | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Rosie Casals (USA) |
● | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Kazuko Sawamatsu (JPN) |
● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | Ann Kiyomura (USA) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Fiorella Bonicelli (URU) |
● | ● | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Renáta Tomanová (TCH) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Julie Anthony (USA) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Olga Morozova (URS) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Janet Newberry (USA) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Pam Teeguarden (USA) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Peggy Michel (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Lesley Hunt (AUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Nancy Gunter (USA) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Marcie Louie (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 |  Isabel Fernández de Soto (COL) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Dianne Fromholtz (AUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Helen Gourlay (AUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Wendy Overton (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Annette DuPlooy (RSA) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Helga Masthoff (FRG) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 |  Virginia Ruzici (ROU) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Lesley Bowrey (AUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Lesley Charles (GBR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Sue Mappin (GBR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Chris Matison (AUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Kristien Shaw (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Greer Stevens (RSA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Wendy Turnbull (AUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Michelle Tyler (GBR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Titles won by nation edit
| Total | Nation | S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | United States (USA) |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 1 |
| 19 | Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | Australia (AUS) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | France (FRA) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Uruguay (URU) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | South Africa (RSA) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Colombia (COL) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Romania (ROU) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | West Germany (FRG) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rankings edit
Below are the 1975 WTA year-end rankings (November 4, 1975) Singles competition:
| Singles Year-end Ranking[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player Name | |||
| 1 | Chris Evert (USA)
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| 2 | Virginia Wade (GBR)
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| 3 | Martina Navratilova (TCH)
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| 4 | Billie Jean King (USA)
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| 5 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS)
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| 6 | Margaret Court (AUS)
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| 7 | Olga Morozova (USSR)
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| 8 | Nancy Gunter (USA)
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| 9 | Françoise Dürr (FRA)
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| 10 | Kerry Melville (AUS)
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| 11 | Julie Heldman (USA)
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| 12 | Rosie Casals (USA)
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| 13 | Wendy Overton (USA)
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| 14 | Marcie Louie (USA)
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| 15 | Carrie Meyer (USA)
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| 16 | Kazuko Sawamatsu (JPN)
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| 17 | Mona Schallau (USA)
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| 18 | Linky Boshoff (RSA)
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| 19 | Sue Barker (GBR)
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| 20 | Dianne Fromholtz (AUS)
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "WTA Tour Finals" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ^ "About the WTA". www.wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1989" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- Australian Open Draws
- VS of San Francisco Draws
- VS of Washington Draws
- VS of Chicago Draws
- VS of Boston Draws
- VS of Houston Draws
- VS of Dallas Draws
- VS of Philadelphia Draws
- VS Championships Draws
- Family Circle Cup Draws
- West German Championships Draws
- Italian Open Draws
- French Open Draws
- Eastbourne International Draws
- Wimbledon Draws
- US Clay Court Championships Draws
- Medi-Quik Classic
- US Open Draws
- Little Mo Classic Draws
- Majestic Tournament Draws
- Mission Viejo Tournament Draws
- Thunderbird Classic Draws
- Orlando Open Draws
- French Indoors Draws
External links edit
- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website