Avon Cup

The Avon Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1983 to 1986. It was held on Marco Island, Florida and played on outdoor clay courts from 1983 to 1984 and again in 1986 and on outdoor hard courts in 1985. The event was sponsored by Avon Products and BMW during its tenure and was known as the Tournament of Champions in its final year.

Avon Cup
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameAvon Cup (198384)
BMW Championships (1985)
Tournament of Champions (1986)
TourWTA Tour (198386)
Founded1983
Abolished1986
Editions4
SurfaceClay (198384, 1986)
Hard (1985)

The only woman to win the singles event more than once was Bonnie Gadusek.

Past finals

Singles

Year Tournament Champions Runners-up Score
1983Avon Cup Andrea Jaeger Hana Mandlíková6–1, 6–3
1984Avon Cup Bonnie Gadusek Kathleen Horvath3–6, 6–0, 6–4
1985BMW Championships Bonnie Gadusek Pam Casale6–3, 6–4
1986edition was part of the Tournament of Champions

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1983 Andrea Jaeger
Mary Lou Piatek
Rosemary Casals
Wendy Turnbull
7–5, 6–4
1984 Hana Mandlíková
Helena Suková
Andrea Jaeger
Anne Hobbs
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1985 Kathy Jordan
Elizabeth Sayers
Camille Benjamin
Bonnie Gadusek
6–3, 6–3
1986edition was part of the Tournament of Champions
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