Virginia Slims of Denver

The Virginia Slims of Denver is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1991. It was held in Denver, Colorado in the United States (in 1991: Aurora, Colorado, at a nine miles' distance from Denver) and played on indoor hard courts from 1972 to 1984 and on indoor carpet courts from 1985 to 1991.

VS of Denver
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	VS of Denver (1972–74, 1984–85) Majestic Championships (1975) Aurora Classic (1991)
Tour	WTA Tour (1972–91)
Founded	1972
Abolished	1991
Editions	7
Surface	Hard (1972–84) Carpet (1985–91)

Françoise Dürr was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the doubles competition three times, once with Australian Lesley Hunt and twice with Dutchwoman Betty Stöve.

Results

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Nancy Richey Gunter	Billie Jean King	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1973	Billie Jean King	Betty Stöve	6–4, 6–2
1974	Evonne Goolagong	Chris Evert	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
1975	Martina Navratilova	Carrie Meyer	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1976 - 1983	Not Held
1984	Mary Lou Piatek	Kim Sands	6–1, 6–1
1985	Peanut Louie	Zina Garrison	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1986 - 1990	Not Held
1991	Lori McNeil	Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Françoise Dürr Lesley Hunt	Helen Gourlay-Cawley Karen Krantzcke	6–0, 6–3
1973	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	3–2 abandoned (rain)
1974	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	Mona Schallau Pam Teeguarden	6–2, 7–5
1975	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	Rosemary Casals Martina Navratilova	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
1976 - 1983	Not Held
1984	Anne Hobbs Marcella Mesker	Sherry Acker Candy Reynolds	6–2, 6–3
1985	Mary Lou Piatek Robin White	Leslie Allen Sharon Walsh	1–6, 6–4, 7–5
1986 - 1990	Not Held
1991	Lise Gregory Gretchen Magers	Patty Fendick Lori McNeil	6–4, 6–4

See also

• Denver Open – men's tournament

References

• WTA Results Archive

External links