The WTA Doubles Championships is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament for doubles, played from 1975 to 1997. It was held on indoor carpet courts from 1975 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1990, and on outdoor clay courts in 1982 and from 1991 to 1997.[1][2]

WTA Doubles Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameBridgestone Doubles Championships (1975–87)
World Doubles Championships (1988, 1990)
VS International Doubles Championships (1989)
Light 'n' Lively Doubles Championships (1991–94)
World Doubles Cup (1995–97)
TourWTA Tour (1975–97)
Founded1975
Abolished1997
Editions23
SurfaceCarpet (1975–81, 1983–90)
Clay (1982, 1991–97)
Year Location
1975–1977 Tokyo, Japan
1978 Salt Lake City, Utah
1979–1981 Tokyo, Japan
1982 Fort Worth, Texas
1983–1985 Tokyo, Japan
1986 Nashville, Tennessee
1987–1989 Tokyo, Japan
1990 Orlando, Florida
1991 Tarpon Springs, Florida
1992–1994 Wesley Chapel, Florida
1995–1997 Edinburgh, Scotland

Results

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1975   Margaret Court
  Virginia Wade
  Rosemary Casals
  Billie Jean King
6–7, 7–6, 6–2
1976   Billie Jean King
  Betty Stöve
  Mona Guerrant
  Ann Kiyomura
6–3, 6–2
1977   Martina Navratilova
  Betty Stöve
  Françoise Dürr
  Virginia Wade
7–5, 6–3
1978   Billie Jean King
  Martina Navratilova
  Françoise Dürr
  Virginia Wade
6–4, 6–4
1979   Françoise Dürr
  Betty Stöve
  Sue Barker
  Ann Kiyomura
7–5, 7–6
1980   Billie Jean King
  Martina Navratilova
  Sue Barker
  Ann Kiyomura
7–5, 6–3
1981   Sue Barker
  Ann Kiyomura
  Barbara Potter
  Sharon Walsh
7–5, 6–2
1982   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Kathy Jordan
  Anne Smith
7–5, 6–3
1983   Billie Jean King
  Sharon Walsh
  Kathy Jordan
  Anne Smith
6–1, 6–1
1984   Ann Kiyomura
  Pam Shriver
  Barbara Jordan
  Elizabeth Sayers
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1985   Kathy Jordan
  Elizabeth Smylie
  Betsy Nagelsen
  Anne White
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1986   Barbara Potter
  Pam Shriver
  Kathy Jordan
  Elizabeth Smylie
6–4, 6–3
1987   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
  Elise Burgin
  Pam Shriver
6–1, 7–6
1988   Katrina Adams
  Zina Garrison
  Gigi Fernández
  Robin White
7–5, 7–5
1989   Gigi Fernández
  Robin White
  Elizabeth Smylie
  Wendy Turnbull
6–2, 6–2
1990   Larisa Savchenko
  Natasha Zvereva
  Manon Bollegraf
  Meredith McGrath
6–4, 6–1
1991   Gigi Fernández
  Helena Suková
  Larisa Savchenko
  Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1992   Jana Novotná
  Larisa Savchenko
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 6–2
1993   Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Larisa Savchenko
7–5, 6–3
1994   Jana Novotná
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva
6–2, 7–5
1995   Meredith McGrath
  Larisa Savchenko
  Manon Bollegraf
  Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 7–6
1996   Nicole Arendt
  Manon Bollegraf
  Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva
6–3, 2–6, 7–6
1997   Nicole Arendt
  Manon Bollegraf
  Rachel McQuillan
  Nana Miyagi
6–1, 3–6, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ "About the WTA". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  2. ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 529–530.