1974 WTA Tour

The 1974 WTA Tour was composed of the fourth annual Virginia Slims Circuit and Women's International Grand Prix, a tour of tennis tournaments for female tennis players, sponsored by Virginia Slims cigarettes.^[1] The WTA signed their first television broadcast contract in 1974, with the broadcasting network CBS with Brent Musburger announcing.^[2]

1974 WTA Tour

Chris Evert won 16 tour singles titles during the season.
Details
Duration	26 December 1973 – 23 December 1974
Edition	2nd
Tournaments	51
Categories	Grand Slam (4) Virginia Slims championships Virginia Slims Circuit (17) Women's International Circuit (8) Non-Tour Events (19)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Chris Evert (16)
Most finals	Chris Evert (21)
Prize money leader	Chris Evert ($261,460)
← 1973 1975 →

Schedule

This is a calendar of all events sponsored by Virginia Slims in the year 1974, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. The table also includes the Grand Slam tournaments, the 1974 Virginia Slims Championships and the 1974 Federation Cup.^[1]

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Virginia Slims championships

Virginia Slims Circuit

Women's International Circuit

Non-tour event

Team events

December (1973)

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
24 Dec 31 Dec	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Grass – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Evonne Goolagong 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–0	Chris Evert	Julie Heldman Kerry Melville	Janet Newberry Lesley Hunt Judy Dalton Karen Krantzcke
		Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel 7–5, 6–3	Kerry Harris Kerry Melville

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Jan	New South Wales Open Sydney, Australia Women's International Circuit Clay	Karen Krantzcke 6–2, 6–3	Evonne Goolagong
		Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu 6–3, 6–3	Janet Fallis Pam Whytcross
14 Jan	Virginia Slims of San Francisco San Francisco, United States Virginia Slims $50,000	Billie Jean King 7–6(5–2), 6–2	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville Nancy Gunter	Laurie Fleming Janet Newberry Rosie Casals Wendy Overton
		Chris Evert Billie Jean King 6–4, 6–2	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve
21 Jan	Virginia Slims of Mission Viejo Mission Viejo, United States Virginia Slims $50,000	Chris Evert 6–3, 6–1	Billie Jean King	Kerry Melville Nancy Gunter	Barbara Downs Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals Kristien Kemmer
		Kerry Harris Lesley Hunt 7–5, 6–4	Chris Evert Billie Jean King
28 Jan	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington, D.C., United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S / 8D	Billie Jean King 6–0, 6–2	Kerry Melville	Rosie Casals Helen Gourlay	Kathy Kuykendall Françoise Dürr Peaches Bartkowicz Mona Schallau
		Billie Jean King Betty Stöve 6–1, 6–7, 7–5	Françoise Dürr Kerry Harris

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Feb	S&H Tennis Classic Fort Lauderdale, United States Virginia Slims Clay – $50,000– 32S / 16D	Chris Evert Walkover	Kerry Melville	Rosie Casals Nancy Gunter	Betty Stöve Françoise Dürr Isa Fernández Kathy Kuykendall
		Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve 6–3, 6–2	Patti Hogan Sharon Walsh
18 Feb	Virginia Slims of Detroit Detroit, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $50,000– 32S / 16D	Billie Jean King 6–1, 6–1	Rosie Casals	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	Lesley Hunt Valerie Ziegenfuss Kristien Kemmer Marcie Louie
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 2–6, 6–4, 7–5	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve
25 Feb	Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago, United States Virginia Slims $50,000	Virginia Wade 2–6, 6–4, 6–4	Rosie Casals	Billie Jean King Chris Evert	Laura duPont Lesley Hunt Valerie Ziegenfuss Betty Stöve
		Chris Evert Billie Jean King 3–6, 6–4, 6–4	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Mar	Maureen Connolly Brinker International Dallas, United States Virginia Slims $50,000	Chris Evert 7–5, 6–2	Virginia Wade	Françoise Dürr Nancy Gunter	Lesley Hunt Rosie Casals Karen Krantzcke Janet Newberry
		Isa Fernández Martina Navratilova 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Virginia Wade Karen Krantzcke
18 Mar	Akron Open Akron, United States Virginia Slims $50,000	Billie Jean King 6–3, 7–5	Nancy Gunter	Olga Morozova Pam Teeguarden	Julie Heldman Rosie Casals Martina Navratilova Sharon Walsh
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–2, 6–4	Julie Heldman Olga Morozova
25 Mar	S&H National Indoor Championship New York City, United States Virginia Slims $60,000	Billie Jean King 6–3, 3–6, 6–2	Chris Evert	Rosie Casals Betty Stöve	Julie Heldman Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade Marcie Louie

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
8 Apr	First Federal of Sarasota Classic Sarasota, United States Virginia Slims $50,000	Chris Evert 6–4, 6–0	Evonne Goolagong	Olga Morozova Kerry Melville	Betty Stöve Julie Heldman Ilana Kloss Helen Gourlay
		Chris Evert Evonne Goolagong 6–2, 6–2	Tory Fretz Ceci Martinez
15 Apr	Barnett Bank Masters St. Petersburg, United States Virginia Slims $45,000	Chris Evert 6–0, 6–1	Kerry Melville	Helga Masthoff Evonne Goolagong	Karen Krantzcke Olga Morozova Helen Gourlay Betty Stöve
		Olga Morozova Betty Stöve 6–4, 6–2	Chris Evert Evonne Goolagong
22 Apr	Virginia Slims of Philadelphia Philadelphia, United States Virginia Slims $50,000 Singles – Doubles	Olga Morozova 7–6(5–2), 6–1	Billie Jean King	Virginia Wade Rosie Casals	Janet Newberry Glynis Coles Kerry Melville Helen Gourlay
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–3, 7–6	Kerry Harris Lesley Hunt
29 Apr	Family Circle Cup Hilton Head, United States Women's International Circuit Clay	Chris Evert 6–1, 6–3	Kerry Melville	Rosie Casals Evonne Goolagong	Betty Stöve Virginia Wade Olga Morozova Karen Krantzcke
		Olga Morozova Rosie Casals 6–2, 6–1	Karen Krantzcke Helen Gourlay

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
13 May	Federation Cup Naples, Italy Federation Cup Clay – 29 teams knockout	Australia 2–1	United States	Great Britain  West Germany	Italy  South Africa  Romania  France
20 May	German Open Hamburg, West Germany Women's International Circuit Clay	Helga Masthoff 6–4, 5–7, 6–3	Martina Navratilova	Mima Jaušovec Kazuko Sawamatsu	Marie Neumannová Katja Ebbinghaus Helga Hösl Marijke Schaar
		Helga Hösl Raquel Giscafré 6–3, 6–2	Martina Navratilova Renáta Tomanová
	British Hard Court Championships Bournemouth, United Kingdom Non-tour event Clay	Virginia Wade 6–1, 3–6, 6–1	Julie Heldman	Jackie Fayter Dianne Fromholtz	Winnie Wooldridge Sue Barker Jenny Dimond Carrie Meyer
		Julie Heldman Virginia Wade 6–2, 6–2	Patti Hogan Sharon Walsh
27 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy Women's International Circuit Clay	Chris Evert 6–3, 6–3	Martina Navratilova	Pat Pretorius Olga Morozova	Virginia Wade Helga Masthoff Julie Heldman Kazuko Sawamatsu
		Chris Evert Olga Morozova Walkover	Helga Masthoff Heide Orth

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Jun 10 Jun	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay – 64S/64Q/21D/23X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Chris Evert 6–1, 6–2	Olga Morozova	Raquel Giscafré Helga Masthoff	Katja Ebbinghaus Marie Neumannová Martina Navratilova Julie Heldman
		Chris Evert Olga Morozova 6–4, 2–6, 6–1	Gail Chanfreau Katja Ebbinghaus
		Martina Navratilova Iván Molina 6–3, 6–3	Rosy Darmon Marcelo Lara
17 Jun	John Player Tournament Eastbourne, United Kingdom Non-tour event Grass	Chris Evert 7–5, 6–4	Virginia Wade
		Helen Gourlay Karen Krantzcke 6–2, 6–0	Chris Evert Olga Morozova
24 Jun 1 Jul	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – 96S/48D/80X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Chris Evert 6–0, 6–4	Olga Morozova	Virginia Wade Kerry Melville	Billie Jean King Linky Boshoff Evonne Goolagong Helga Masthoff
		Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel 2–6, 6–4, 6–3	Helen Gourlay Karen Krantzcke
		Billie Jean King Owen Davidson 6–3, 9–7	Lesley Charles Mark Farrell

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
8 Jul	Swiss Open Championships Gstaad, Switzerland Non-tour event Clay Singles – Doubles	Helga Schultze 4–6, 6–4, 6–3	Lea Pericoli
		Helga Schultze Lea Pericoli 6–2, 6–0	Kayoko Fukuoka Michelle Rodríguez
	Swedish Open Championships Båstad, Sweden Non-tour event Clay Singles – Doubles	Sue Barker 6–1, 7–5	Marijke Schaar
		Sue Barker Glynis Coles 6–2, 6–0	Fiorella Bonicelli Anna-Maria Nasuelli
15 Jul	Head Cup Austrian Championships Kitzbühel, Austria Non-tour event Clay Singles – Doubles	Mirka Koželuhová 6–3, 6–0	Mima Jaušovec
		Beatrix Klein Éva Szabó 6–1, 6–4	Ana María Arias Iris Riedel

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Aug	US Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, United States Women's International Circuit Clay – $30,000 – 32S/16D Singles	Chris Evert 6–0, 6–0	Gail Chanfreau	Carrie Meyer Dianne Fromholtz	Virginia Ruzici Michele Gurdal Jeanne Evert Julie Heldman
		Gail Chanfreau Julie Heldman 6–3, 6–1	Chris Evert Jeanne Evert
12 Aug	Rothmans Canadian Open Toronto, Canada Women's International Circuit	Chris Evert 6–0, 6–3	Julie Heldman	Jeanne Evert Kazuko Sawamatsu	Raquel Giscafré Paulina Peisachov Virginia Ruzici Laurie Tenney
		Gail Chanfreau Julie Heldman 6–3, 6–4	Chris Evert Jeanne Evert
19 Aug	Virginia Slims of Newport Newport, United States Virginia Slims Grass – $30,000	Chris Evert 6–4, 6–3	Betsy Nagelsen	Julie Heldman Virginia Wade	Janet Newberry Lesley Charles Mima Jaušovec Olga Morozova
		Lesley Charles Sue Mappin 6–2, 7–5	Gail Chanfreau Julie Heldman
	Medi-Quik Open South Orange, United States Non-tour event Clay	Pam Teeguarden 7–5, 6–3	Dianne Fromholtz
		Pam Teeguarden Ann Kiyomura 6–2, 6–0	Kathleen Harter Marita Redondo
26 Aug 2 Sept	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Clay – 64S/32D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Billie Jean King 3–6, 6–3, 7–5	Evonne Goolagong	Julie Heldman Chris Evert	Rosie Casals Nancy Gunter Kerry Melville Lesley Hunt
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 7–6, 6–7, 6–4	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve
		Pam Teeguarden Geoff Masters 6–1, 7–6	Chris Evert Jimmy Connors

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
16 Sep	Barnett Bank Tennis Classic Orlando, United States Virginia Slims Clay – $50,000 – 32S/15D	Martina Navratilova 7–6(5–4), 6–4	Julie Heldman	Billie Jean King Françoise Dürr	Marcie Louie Betty Stöve Tine Zwaan Rosie Casals
		Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve 6–3, 6–7(2–5), 6–4	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King
	Virginia Slims of Denver Denver, United States Virginia Slims Hard (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D	Evonne Goolagong 7–5, 3–6, 6–4	Chris Evert	Françoise Dürr Nancy Gunter	Valerie Ziegenfuss Julie Heldman Pam Teeguarden Kathy Kuykendall
		Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve 6–2, 7–5	Mona Schallau Pam Teeguarden
30 Sep	Virginia Slims of Houston Houston, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $50,000 – – 32S/12D	Chris Evert 6–3, 5–7, 6–1	Virginia Wade	Evonne Goolagong Pam Teeguarden	Wendy Overton Helen Gourlay Kate Latham Robin Tenney
		Janet Newberry Wendy Overton 4–6, 7–5, 6–2	Sue Stap Virginia Wade

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Oct	Virginia Slims of Phoenix Phoenix, United States Virginia Slims Hard – $50,000 – 32S	Virginia Wade 6–1, 6–2	Helen Gourlay	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	Tory Fretz Françoise Dürr Wendy Overton Kathy Kuykendall
		Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve 6–3, 5–7, 6–3	Mona Schallau Pam Teeguarden
	Melia Trophy Madrid, Spain Non-tour event Clay	Helga Masthoff 7–5, 6–3	Tine Zwaan
		Lesley Charles Sue Mappin 6–2 ret.	Creydt Helga Masthoff
	Japan Open Tokyo, Japan Non-tour event Hard	Maria Bueno 3–6, 6–4, 6–3	Katja Ebbinghaus
		Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu 4–6, 6–4, 6–0	Kimiyo Yagawara Janet Young
14 Oct	Virginia Slims Championships Los Angeles, United States Year-end championships Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 16S/4D	Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 6–4	Chris Evert	Virginia Wade Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals Martina Navratilova Lesley Hunt Helen Gourlay
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–1, 6–7(2–5), 7–5	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve
	Melia Trophy Barcelona, Spain Non-tour event Clay	Nathalie Fuchs 7–5, 8–6	Glynis Coles
21 Oct	World Invitational Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA Non-tour event Clay	Chris Evert 6–1, 6–3	Virginia Wade	Evonne Goolagong Billie Jean King
28 Oct	Dewar Cup Cardiff Cardiff, United Kingdom Non-tour event Hard	Julie Heldman 6–4, 6–2	Glynis Coles
		Lesley Charles Sue Mappin 3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Jackie Fayter Joyce Hume

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Nov	Dewar Cup Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom Non-tour event Hard	Virginia Wade 6–3, 4–6, 6–2	Julie Heldman
		Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici 6–4, 4–6, 6–4	Isa Fernández Raquel Giscafré
11 Nov	Dewar Cup Final London, United Kingdom Non-tour event Hard	Virginia Wade 7–6, 6–2	Julie Heldman
		Virginia Wade Sharon Walsh 6–2, 6–7, 6–2	Lesley Charles Sue Mappin
18 Nov	South African Open Johannesburg, South African Women's International Circuit	Kerry Melville 6–3, 7–5	Dianne Fromholtz
	South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina Non-tour event Clay Singles – Doubles	Raquel Giscafré 7–5, 1–6, 6–2	Beatriz Araujo
		Katja Ebbinghaus Helga Masthoff 6–0, 6–1	Beatriz Araujo Raquel Giscafré
25 Nov	Queensland State Championships Victoria, Australia Non-tour event Hard Singles – Doubles	Evonne Goolagong 6–1, 6–2	Cynthia Doerner	Michele Gurdal Wendy Turnbull	Diane Eastburn Linda Mottram Cecilia Martinez Peggy Michel
		Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel 6–1, 6–2	Vicki Lancaster Cecilia Martinez
	Tokyo Gunze Classic Tokyo, Japan Non-tour event Singles	Chris Evert 6–0, 6–2	Rosie Casals
		Rosie Casals Lesley Hunt 6–3, 6–4	Julie Heldman Kazuko Sawamatsu

December

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Dec	South Australian Championships Adelaide, Australia Non-tour event Singles	Olga Morozova 7–6, 2–6, 6–2	Evonne Goolagong
9 Dec	Western Australian Championships Perth, Australia Non-tour event Singles – Doubles	Margaret Court 6–4, 7–5	Olga Morozova
		Olga Morozova Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–3	Lesley Hunt Kazuko Sawamatsu
16 Dec	New South Wales Championships Sydney, Australia Non-tour event Singles – Doubles	Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 7–5	Margaret Court
		Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel 6–7, 6–4, 6–1	Olga Morozova Martina Navratilova

Earnings

Rk	Name	Virginia Slims	Total US	Total
1	Chris Evert	$113,985	$149,985	$261,460
2	Billie Jean King	$94,950	$129,950	$173,225
3	Evonne Goolagong	$56,580	$73,480	$130,060
4	Virginia Wade	$51,413	$55,993	$85,389
5	Rosemary Casals	$44,925	$62,375	$72,389
6	Françoise Dürr	$35,588	$40,008	$41,277
7	Betty Stöve	$33,813	$39,233	$40,249
8	Kerry Melville	$26,240	$42,940	$56,022
9	Martina Navratilova	$24,713	$26,963	$31,392
10	Olga Morozova	$21,675	$25,775	$40,877

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the 1973 Virginia Slims Circuit. They also include data for the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships. The table is sorted by:

1. total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2. highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4. alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

Virginia Slims event

Titles won by player

Total	Player	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
21	Chris Evert (USA)	● ●	●				● ● ● ● ● ● ●	● ● ●	16	5	0
14	Billie Jean King (USA)	●	●	●		●	● ● ● ● ●	● ● ● ● ● ●	6	7	1
6	Evonne Goolagong (AUS)	●	● ●		●		●	●	3	3	0
6	Betty Stöve (NED)							● ● ● ● ● ●	0	6	0
5	Rosie Casals (USA)		●			●		● ● ●	0	5	0
4	Françoise Durr (FRA)							● ● ● ●	0	4	0
3	Olga Morozova (URS)		●				●	●	1	2	0
3	Martina Navratilova (TCH)			●			●	●	1	1	1
2	Peggy Michel (USA)		● ●						0	2	0
2	Virginia Wade (GBR)						● ●		2	0	0
1	Pam Teeguarden (USA)			●					0	0	1
1	Lesley Charles (GBR)							●	0	1	0
1	Isa Fernández (COL)							●	0	1	0
1	Kerry Harris (AUS)							●	0	1	0
1	Lesley Hunt (AUS)							●	0	1	0
1	Sue Mappin (GBR)							●	0	1	0
1	Janet Newberry (USA)							●	0	1	0
1	Wendy Overton (USA)							●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
31	United States (USA)	3	4	2	0	1	12	9	15	14	2
7	Australia (AUS)	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	3	4	0
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	6	0
6	France (FRA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
3	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0
1	Colombia (COL)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

See also

• 1974 World Team Tennis season
• 1974 Men's Grand Prix circuit