Advanta Championships of Philadelphia

The Advanta Championships of Philadelphia also long known as the Virginia Slims of Philadelphia was a WTA Tour professional tennis tournament for women played from 1970 through 2005 in Philadelphia, United States. The tournament was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I event from 1993 through 1995. It was classified as a Tier II event in 1991, 1992, and from 1996 through 2005. The tournament was played indoors, on carpet from 1991 through 2000, and on hard courts from 1971 through 1979 and from 2003 through 2005.

Past singles champions include Conchita Martínez, Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, and Amélie Mauresmo.

Finals

Singles

Year	Cat.	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970		Template:Flagicon Margaret Court	Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King	6–3, 7–6
1971		Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals	Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1972	Not held
1973		Template:Flagicon Margaret Court	Template:Flagicon Kerry Harris	6–1, 6–0
1974		Template:Flagicon Olga Morozova	Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King	7–6(5–2), 6–1
1975		Template:Flagicon Virginia Wade	Template:Flagicon Chris Evert	7–5, 6–4
1976		Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Template:Flagicon Chris Evert	6–3, 7–6
1977		Template:Flagicon Chris Evert	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1978		Template:Flagicon Chris Evert	Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King	6–0, 6–4
1979		Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull	Template:Flagicon Virginia Wade	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1980–1990	Not held
1991	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Monica Seles	Template:Flagicon Jennifer Capriati	7–5, 6–1
1992	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1993	Tier I	Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	6–3, 6–3
1994	Tier I	Template:Flagicon Anke Huber	Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce	6–0, 6–7, 7–5
1995	Tier I	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1996	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	6–4 (ret.)
1997	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	7–5, 6–7, 7–6
1998	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1999	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–4
2000	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	7–6, 6–4
2001–2002	Not held
2003	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina	5–7, 6–0, 6–2
2004	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo	Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2005	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva	7–5, 2–6, 7–5

Doubles

Year	Cat.	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1971		Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King		(walkover)
1972	Not held
1973		Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Lesley Hunt	Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
1974		Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King	Template:Flagicon Kerry Harris Template:Flagicon Lesley Hunt	6–3, 7–6
1975		Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong Cawley Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve	Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(5–3)
1976		Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve	Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr	7–6, 6–4
1977		Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Virginia Wade	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1978		Template:Flagicon Kerry Melville Reid Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull	Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Virginia Wade	6–3, 7–5
1979		Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve	Template:Flagicon Renée Richards Template:Flagicon Virginia Wade	6–4, 6–2
1980–1990	Not held
1991	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Template:Flagicon Mary Joe Fernández Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison Jackson	6–2, 6–4
1992	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce	6–1, 6–3
1993	Tier I	Template:Flagicon Katrina Adams Template:Flagicon Manon Bollegraf	Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez Template:Flagicon Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–2, 4–6, 7–6
1994	Tier I	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini Template:Flagicon Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1995	Tier I	Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	Template:Flagicon Meredith McGrath Template:Flagicon Larisa Savchenko Neiland	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1996	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	Template:Flagicon Nicole Arendt Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1997	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná	6–3, 7–5
1998	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama	Template:Flagicon Monica Seles Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
1999	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	Template:Flagicon Chanda Rubin Template:Flagicon Sandrine Testud	6–1, 7–6
2000	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Anna Kournikova	Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 7–5
2001–2002	Not held
2003	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 6–4
2004	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond	Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Corina Morariu	7–5, 6–4
2005	Tier II	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur	6–4, 7–6

See also

• Sports in Philadelphia
• WTA Tier I Events