Toyota Championships

The Toyota Championships were the finales in an annual series of professional women's tennis tournaments for women from 1977 through 1982. They were a continuation of the earlier Colgate Series Championships (1977-80) They were the fall season finales of the Colgate Series, then later Toyota International Series circuits. They operated in much the same way as the men's WCT Circuit which also had WCT seasonal finals held in the fall or winter. The championships were discontinued when Virginia Slims became the year-round sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association Tour in 1983. The best singles and doubles players of the circuit, based on ranking points earned, qualified for the championships.

The main full season finales were, called the Virginia Slims Championships in 1972-78, then the Avon Championships in the 1979-82 period, then the Virginia Slims Championships again from 1983 to 1989. In 1990 a single unified women's circuit began, with a rebranded year end championship event called the WTA Tour Championships (today known as the WTA Finals)

Finals

Singles

Series Year	Series-Ending Tournament	Location	Surface	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1977	Colgate Series Championships	Palm Springs, California, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Evert	Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King	6–2, 6–2
1978	Colgate Series Championships	Palm Springs, California, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Evert	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–3
1979	Colgate Series Championships	Landover, Maryland, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Tracy Austin	6–2, 6–1
1980	Colgate Series Championships	Landover, Maryland, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Tracy Austin	Template:Flagicon Andrea Jaeger	6–2, 6–2
1981	Toyota Series Championships	East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Tracy Austin	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1982	Toyota Series Championships	East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Chris Evert	4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Series Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1977	Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Virginia Wade	Template:Flagicon Helen Gourlay Cawley Template:Flagicon Joanne Russell	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1978	Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull Template:Flagicon Kerry Reid	6–3, 6–4
1979	Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Chris Evert Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals	6–4, 6–3
1980	Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull	Template:Flagicon Candy Reynolds Template:Flagicon Paula Smith	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
1981	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver	Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–4
1982	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver	Template:Flagicon Candy Reynolds Template:Flagicon Paula Smith	6–4, 7–5

See also

• WTA Tour Championships

External links

• WTA official homepage