Virginia Slims of Kansas

VS of Kansas
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	VS of Kansas (1978, 1983–89); Avon Championships of Kansas (1980–82); Breyers Tennis Classic (1990)
Tour	WTA Tour (1978–90)
Founded	1978
Abolished	1990
Editions	10
Surface	Hard (1978, 1988–90); Carpet (1980–82, 1986–87); Hard (1983)

The Virginia Slims of Kansas is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1978 to 1990. It was held in Kansas City, Kansas in the United States from 1978 to 1983 and in Wichita, Kansas in the United States from 1986 to 1990 and was played on indoor hard courts in 1978 and from 1988 to 1990, on indoor carpet courts from 1980 to 1982 and from 1986 to 1987, and on outdoor hard courts in 1983.

Martina Navratilova was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competitions twice partnering American Billie Jean King.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1978	Martina Navratilova	Billie Jean King	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
1979	Not Held
1980	Martina Navratilova	Greer Stevens	6–0, 6–2
1981	Andrea Jaeger	Martina Navratilova	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1982	Martina Navratilova	Barbara Potter	6–2, 6–2
1983	Elizabeth Sayers	Anne Minter	6–3, 6–1
1984 - 1985	Not Held
1986	Wendy White	Betsy Nagelsen	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2
1987	Barbara Potter	Larisa Savchenko	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5)
1988	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Sylvia Hanika	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
1989	Amy Frazier	Barbara Potter	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
1990	Dianne Van Rensburg	Nathalie Tauziat	2–6, 7–5, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1978	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 6–4
1979	Not Held
1980	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	Laura DuPont Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–1
1981	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–2, 7–6
1982	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	Mary Lou Piatek Anne Smith	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1983	Sandy Collins Elizabeth Sayers	Chris O'Neil Brenda Remilton	7–5, 7–6
1984 - 1985	Not Held
1986	Kathy Jordan Candy Reynolds	JoAnne Russell Anne Smith	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1987	Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko	Barbara Potter Wendy White	6–2, 6–4
1988	Natalia Bykova Svetlana Parkhomenko	Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	6–3, 6–4
1989	Manon Bollegraf Lise Gregory	Sandy Collins Leila Meskhi	6–2, 7–6
1990	Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath	Mary Lou Daniels Wendy White	6–0, 6–2

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References

WTA Results Archive

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