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Toyota International Series
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Duration1977–1982
Edition1-6
Achievements (singles)

The Toyota International Series was a professional women's tennis circuit founded in 1977 as the Colgate International Series it consisted of tournaments absorbed from the ILTF Women's International Grand Prix and included all those world wide events that were not part of the Virginia Slims Circuit who's tournaments were mainly in the United States. In 1979 it was renamed as the Colgate Series. In 1981 the Toyota Motor Corporation took over sponsorship of the circuit from the Colgate-Palmolive Company where it resumed under it's last title name until 1982.

The circuits seasonal ending finals were known as the Toyota Championships.

In 1983 it was merged into a single women's premier global tour called Virginia Slims World Championship Series.

It was administered by the Women's Tennis Association. In 1990 the VS World Championships Series became known as the WTA World Tour, today known as the WTA Tour.

Tournaments

Season ending finals

1976-77

Circuit names

  • Colgate International Series (1977-1978)
  • Colgate Series (1979-1980)
  • Toyota International Series (1981-1982)

Sponsors

The main sponsors of this circuit included;

References

  1. World Tennis. United States: CBS Publications, 1982. Volume 30. Issues 1-6. page.40.
  2. Women Sports. United States: Women Sports Publishing Company, 1977. page.45.
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 137, 140. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.
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