Toyota Championships

The Colgate Series Championships, later named the Toyota Championships were the finales in an annual series of professional women's tennis tournaments for women from 1977 through 1982. The best singles and doubles players of the circuit, based on ranking points earned, qualified for the championships. The championships were discontinued when Virginia Slims became the year-round sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association Tour in 1983.[1][2]

Colgate Series Championships
Toyota Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameColgate Series (1977-81
Toyota Championships (1981-82)
TourWTA Tour (1977-82)
Founded1977
Abolished1982
LocationPalm Springs, CA, U.S.
Landover MD, U.S.
East Rutherford, NJ, U.S.
SurfaceHard, Carpet

Results

Singles
Series Year Series-Ending Tournament Location Surface Champion Runner-up Score
1977Colgate Series ChampionshipsPalm Springs, California, U.S.Hard Chris Evert Billie Jean King6–2, 6–2
1978Colgate Series ChampionshipsPalm Springs, California, U.S.Hard Chris Evert Martina Navratilova6–3, 6–3
1979Colgate Series ChampionshipsLandover, Maryland, U.S.Carpet Martina Navratilova Tracy Austin6–2, 6–1
1980Colgate Series ChampionshipsLandover, Maryland, U.S.Carpet Tracy Austin Andrea Jaeger6–2, 6–2
1981Toyota Series ChampionshipsEast Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.Carpet Tracy Austin Martina Navratilova2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1982Toyota Series ChampionshipsEast Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.Carpet Martina Navratilova Chris Evert4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles
Series Year Champions Runners-up Score
1977 Françoise Dürr
Virginia Wade		 Helen Gourlay Cawley
Joanne Russell		6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1978 Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova		 Wendy Turnbull
Kerry Reid		6–3, 6–4
1979 Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova		 Chris Evert
Rosemary Casals		6–4, 6–3
1980 Rosemary Casals
Wendy Turnbull		 Candy Reynolds
Paula Smith		6–3, 4–6, 7–6
1981 Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver		 Rosemary Casals
Wendy Turnbull		6–3, 6–4
1982 Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver		 Candy Reynolds
Paula Smith		6–4, 7–5
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See also
  • WTA Tour Championships

References
  1. John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 500–505.
  2. Barry Lorge (December 30, 1979). "Colgate Tennis Draws Spotlight With Cross-Country Move". The Washington Post.


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