United Airlines Tournament of Champions | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | United Airlines Tournament of Champions (1980–84) Chrysler Tournament of Champions (1985) |
Tour | WTA Tour (1980–85) |
Founded | 1980 |
Abolished | 1986 |
Editions | 7 |
Location | Orlando, Florida, U.S. (1980–85) Marco Island, Florida, U.S. (1986) |
Venue | Greenelefe Resort (1980–83) Grand Cypress (1984–85) |
Surface | Hard (1980–83) Clay (1984–86) |
The United Airlines Tournament of Champions is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1980 to 1986. It was held in Orlando, Florida in the United States from 1980 through 1985, where it was played on outdoor hard courts at the Greenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort from 1980 through 1983 and on clay courts at the Grand Cypress resort in 1984 and 1985.[1] In 1986 the tournament moved to Marco Island, Florida where it was played on clay courts. Only players who had won a tournament with prize money of at least $20,000 during the previous year were eligible to enter the event.[2][3][4]
Martina Navratilova was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the first six singles competitions and winning the doubles competition three times.