United Airlines Tournament of Champions

United Airlines Tournament of Champions
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameUnited Airlines Tournament of Champions (1980–84)
Chrysler Tournament of Champions (1985)
TourWTA Tour (1980–85)
Founded1980
Abolished1986
Editions7
LocationOrlando, Florida, U.S. (1980–85)
Marco Island, Florida, U.S. (1986)
VenueGreenelefe Resort (1980–83)
Grand Cypress (1984–85)
SurfaceHard (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.

  1. ^ Tim Povtak (April 21, 1985). "Tournament Of Champions Is Martina's Private Party". Orlando Sentinel.
  2. ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 364.
  3. ^ Melissa Isaacson (February 1, 1986). "Tournament Of Champions Relocates". Orlando Sentinel.
  4. ^ Jim Sarni (March 28, 1986). "Navratilova May Skip Singles In Tournament Of Champions". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017.