1974 Virginia Slims Championships

1974 Virginia Slims Championships
1974 Virginia Slims Championships
Date	October 14–19
Edition	3rd
Category	Virginia Slims Championships
Draw	16S/4D
Prize money	$100,000
Location	Los Angeles, United States
Venue	Los Angeles Sports Arena
Champions
	Evonne Goolagong
	Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King

The 1974 Virginia Slims Championships were the third season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the . It was held from October 14–19, in Los Angeles, United States.^[1] The 16 best performers of the circuit qualified for the championship as well as the four best doubles teams.^[3] Third-seeded Evonne Goolagong won the singles title and the accompanying $32,000 first prize.^[4]

Champions[]

Singles[]

Evonne Goolagong defeated Chris Evert, 6–3, 6–4 ^[1]^[2]

Doubles[]

Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King defeated Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve, 6–1, 6–7^(2–7), 7–5 ^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "1974 Virginia Slims Championships" (PDF). WTAtour.com. Retrieved 2011-01-26.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Evonne Finds Chris' Key". Evening Independent. 1974-10-21. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
^ "WTA tournament archive – 1974 Virginia Slims Championships" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
^ John Barrett, ed. (1975). World of Tennis '75 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 153–155, 160. ISBN 9780362002171.

External links[]

Official website

[wtapdf-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "1974 Virginia Slims Championships" (PDF). WTAtour.com. Retrieved 2011-01-26.^{[permanent dead link]}

[singles-2] "Evonne Finds Chris' Key". Evening Independent. 1974-10-21. Retrieved 2011-01-26.

[3] "WTA tournament archive – 1974 Virginia Slims Championships" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2013-11-30.

[wot75-4] John Barrett, ed. (1975). World of Tennis '75 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 153–155, 160. ISBN 9780362002171.

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