LA Women's Tennis Championships

LA Women's Tennis Championships
Tournament information
Founded	1971
Abolished	2009
Editions	36
Location	Carson, California United States
Venue	The Home Depot Center (tennis)
Category	Premier
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Draw	56S / 32SQ / 16D
Prize money	US$700,000

The LA Women's Tennis Championships was a Premier-level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Carson, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The tournament was played on outdoor hard courts and a part of the US Open Series.

The tournament started out on the inaugural Virginia Slims Tour in Long Beach, California in 1971 by Jerry Diamond, one of the tour's organizers. In 1973, it moved to Los Angeles. The event was off the tour calendar for three years (1974-1976) when the season-ending championships were played in Los Angeles. The tournament was an indoor event until 1983, when it switched to outdoor hard courts in Manhattan Beach where it stayed for 20 years. IMG bought the event from Diamond in 1996.^[1] The event was moved to its present location in Carson in 2003. It was acquired by its new landlord, AEG, in 2004.^[2]

In 2009 AEG and USTA sold the tournament to Octagon, who moved the event to Carlsbad, California. It was renamed the Mercury Insurance Open.^[3]

Past finals

• Martina Navratilova was the most successful player winning 8 singles titles.

Singles

Year	Location	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Name
1971	Long Beach	Billie Jean King	Rosemary Casals	6–1, 6–2	Billie Jean King Invitational
1972		Rosemary Casals	Françoise Dürr	6–2, 6–7, 6–3	Independent Press-Telegram's Women's Tennis Championships
1973	Los Angeles	Margaret Court	Nancy Richey Gunter	7–5, 6–7, 7–5	British Motor Cars Tournament
1974–76		Not held
1977		Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 2–6, 6–1	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
1978		Martina Navratilova	Rosemary Casals	6–3, 6–2
1979		Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–4	Avon Championships of Los Angeles
1980		Martina Navratilova	Tracy Austin	6–2, 6–0
1981		Martina Navratilova	Andrea Jaeger	6–4, 6–0
1982		Mima Jaušovec	Sylvia Hanika	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
1983	Manhattan Beach	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	6–1, 6–3	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (II)
1984		Chris Evert	Wendy Turnbull	6–2, 6–3
1985		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Pam Shriver	6–2, 6–4
1986		Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
1987		Steffi Graf	Chris Evert	6–3, 6–4
1988		Chris Evert	Gabriela Sabatini	2–6, 6–1, 6–1
1989		Martina Navratilova	Gabriela Sabatini	6–0, 6–2
1990		Monica Seleš	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(8–6)
1991		Monica Seleš	Kimiko Date	6–3, 6–1
1992		Martina Navratilova	Monica Seleš	6–4, 6–2
1993		Martina Navratilova	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
1994		Amy Frazier	Ann Grossman	6–1, 6–3
1995		Conchita Martínez	Chanda Rubin	4–6, 6–1, 6–3	Acura Classic
1996		Lindsay Davenport	Anke Huber	6–2, 6–3
1997		Monica Seles	Lindsay Davenport	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1998		Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1999		Serena Williams	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–1, 6–4
2000		Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)	estyle.com Classic
2001		Lindsay Davenport	Monica Seleš	6–3, 7–5
2002		Chanda Rubin	Lindsay Davenport	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3	JPMorgan Chase Open
2003	Carson	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
2004		Lindsay Davenport	Serena Williams	6–1, 6–3
2005		Kim Clijsters	Daniela Hantuchová	6–4, 6–1
2006		Elena Dementieva	Jelena Janković	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2007		Ana Ivanovic	Nadia Petrova	7–5, 6–4	East West Bank Classic
2008		Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta	6–4, 6–2
2009		Flavia Pennetta	Samantha Stosur	6–4, 6–3	LA Women's Tennis Championships
2010	Not Held moved San Diego

Doubles

Year	Location	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Name
1971	Long Beach	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Dürr Ann Haydon-Jones	7–5, 6–3	Billie Jean King Invitational
1972		Rosemary Casals Virginia Wade	Helen Gourlay Karen Krantzcke	6–4, 5–7, 7–5	Independent Press-Telegram's Women's Tennis Championships
1973	Los Angeles	Rosemary Casals Julie Heldman	Margaret Court Lesley Hunt	walkover	British Motor Cars Tournament
1974–76		Not held
1977		Rosemary Casals Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	6–2, 6–4	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
1978		Betty Stöve Virginia Wade	Greer Stevens Pam Teeguarden	6–3, 6–2
1979		Rosemary Casals Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova Anne Smith	6–4, 1–6, 6–3	Avon Championships of Los Angeles
1980		Rosemary Casals Martina Navratilova	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	7–6, 6–2
1981		Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	Marita Redondo Peanut Louie	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1982		Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–3, 7–5
1983	Manhattan Beach	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Betsy Nagelsen Virginia Ruzici	6–1, 6–0	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (II)
1984		Chris Evert Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	Bettina Bunge Eva Pfaff	6–2, 6–4
1985		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 6–2
1986		Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–4, 6–3
1987		Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	6–3, 6–4
1988		Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 6–4
1989		Martina Navratilova Wendy Turnbull	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Mary Joe Fernández	5-2 retired
1990		Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	Mercedes Paz Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1991		Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva	Gretchen Rush Magers Robin White	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1992		Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	Zina Garrison Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–2
1993		Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
1994		Julie Halard Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Lisa Raymond	6–1, 0–6, 6–1
1995		Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	Gabriela Sabatini Larisa Savchenko Neiland	7–5, 6–7^(2–7), 7–5	Acura Classic
1996		Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	6–1, 6–4
1997		Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	Larisa Savchenko Neiland Helena Suková	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
1998		Martina Hingis Natasha Zvereva	Tamarine Tanasugarn Elena Tatarkova	6–4, 6–2
1999		Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–0
2000		Els Callens Dominique Monami Van Roost	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–2, 7–5	estyle.com Classic
2001		Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat	Nicole Arendt Caroline Vis	6–3, 7–5
2002		Kim Clijsters Jelena Dokić	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 6–3	JPMorgan Chase Open
2003	Carson	Mary Pierce Rennae Stubbs	Elena Bovina Els Callens	6–3, 6–3
2004		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 6–3
2005		Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta	Angela Haynes Bethanie Mattek	6–2, 6–4
2006		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
2007		Květa Hrdličková Peschke Rennae Stubbs	Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo	6–0, 6–1	East West Bank Classic
2008		Yung-jan Chan Chia-jung Chuang	Eva Hrdinová Vladimíra Uhlířová	2–6, 7–5, (10-4)
2009		Chia-Jung Chuang Yan Zi	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	6–0, 4–6, 10–7	LA Women's Tennis Championships
2010	Not Held moved San Diego

References

1. Estyle breaks tennis barrier
2. AEG Buys Carson Event
3. Women's tennis tournament is moving away from Carson