The 1979 Avon Championships were the eighth
WTA Tour Championships WTA may refer to:
Organizations
* Washington Trails Association
* Whatcom Transportation Authority
*Waskahegan Trail Association, the management board for the Waskahegan Trail
*Water Transit Authority, former name of the San Francisco Bay Area Wa ...
, the annual
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the
1979 WTA Tour
The 1979 WTA Tour consisted of a number of tennis tournaments for female tennis players. It was composed of the newly streamlined version of the Avon Championships (which was now an 11-week tour of the US) and the Colgate Series. The year 1979 als ...
.
It was held on indoor
carpet court
A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The International Tennis Federation describes the surface as a "textile or polymeric material supplied in rolls or sheets of finished product." It is one of the fastest court types, second only to grass co ...
s from March 21 through March 25, 1979, in
Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States.
First-seeded
Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $100,000 first-prize money.
Finals
Singles
Martina Navratilova defeated
Tracy Austin
Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. She won three Grand Slam titles: the women's singles titles at the 1979 and 1981 US Opens, and the mixed doubles title at the 1980 Wimbledon ...
, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2.
Doubles
Françoise Dürr
Françoise Dürr (born 25 December 1942; sometimes referred to by English writers as Frankie Durr) is a retired French tennis player. She won 50 singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.
According to Lance Tingay, Bud Collins, and the Women ...
/
Betty Stöve
Betty Flippina Stöve (born 24 June 1945) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final, the ladies' doubles final and the mixed doubles final during the same year at Wimbledon in 19 ...
defeated
Sue Barker /
Ann Kiyomura, 7–6
(7–1), 7–6
(7–3).
See also
*
1979 Colgate Series Championships
References
External links
*
ITF tournament edition details WTA tournament edition details
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