Advanta Championships of Philadelphia

This article is about the ILTF/VS/WTA defunct tennis event for women. For the defunct men's tennis event of Philadelphia, see U.S. Pro Indoor. Tennis tournament

Advanta Championships of Philadelphia
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Advanta Championships of Philadelphia
Founded	1971
Abolished	2005
Editions	12
Surface	Hard (i) / Carpet (i)

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

Doubles

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

References

"Grand Slam History Reference book 1877–2024". Grand Slam History. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
"Villanova bids adieu to Advanta". Times & Suburban. September 23, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2024.

External links

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