Thursday 25 November 2010

WTA World Championship Past Winners

The WTA World Championship is an end of year tournament with the best players in the world, and started in 1971. Since then it has been in several different locations and has used three types of court - carpet, clay(for 1 year) and hard court. At first it was best of 3 sets but between 1983 and 1998 they changed it to best of 5 sets. The latest tournaments were in Doha and they will be in Istanbul for the next 3 years. Here is the table of past winners.

Past WTA World Championship winners
Year
Winner
Runner-Up
Score
1971
Billie Jean King
Kerry Melville Reid
6-4, 4-6, 6-1

1972
Chris Evert
Kerry Melville Reid
7-5, 6-4

1973
Chris Evert
Nancy Richey Gunter
6-3, 6-3

1974
Evonne Cawley 
Chris Evert
6-3, 6-4

1975
Chris Evert
Martina Navratilova
6-4, 6-2

1976
Evonne Cawley
Chris Evert
6-3, 5-7, 6-3

1977
Chris Evert
Sue Barker
2-6, 6-1, 6-1

1978
Martina Navratilova
Evonne Cawley
7-6(0), 6-4

1979
Martina Navratilova
Tracy Austin
6-3, 3-6, 6-2

1980
Tracy Austin
Martina Navratilova
6-2, 2-6, 6-2

1981
Martina Navratilova
Andrea Jaegar
6-3, 7-6(3)

1982
Sylvia Hanika
Martina Navratilova
1-6, 6-3, 6-4

1983
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
6-2, 6-0

1984
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
6-3, 7-5, 6-1

1985
Martina Navratilova
Helena Sukova
6-3, 7-5, 6-4

1986
(Mar)
Martina Navratilova
Hana Mandikova
6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1

1986
(Nov)
Martina Navratilova
Steffi Graf
7-6(6), 6-3, 6-2

1987
Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini
4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-4

1988
Gabriela Sabatini
Pam Shriver
7-5, 6-2, 6-2

1989
Steffi Graf
Martina Navratilova
6-4, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2

1990
Monica Seles
Gabriela Sabatini
6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

1991
Monica Seles
Martina Navratilova
6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0

1992
Monica Seles
Martina Navratilova
7-5, 6-3, 6-1

1993
Steffi Graf
Arantxa Vicario
6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

1994
Gabriela Sabatini
Lindsay Davenport
6-3, 6-2, 6-4

1995
Steffi Graf
Anke Huber
6-1, 2-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3

1996
Steffi Graf
Martina Hingis
6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0

1997
Jana Novotna
Mary Pierce
7-6, 6-2, 6-3

1998
Martina Hingis
Lindsay Davenport
7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

1999
Lindsay Davenport
Martina Hingis
6-4, 6-2

2000
Martina Hingis
Monica Seles
6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4

2001
Serena Williams
Lindsay Davenport
ret

2002
Kim Clisters
Serena Williams
7-5, 6-3

2003
Kim Clisters
Amelie Mauresmo
6-2, 6-0

2004
Maria Sharapova 
Serena Williams
4-6, 6-2, 6-4

2005
Amelie Mauresmo
Mary Pierce
5-7, 7-6(3), 6-4

2006
Justine Henin
Amelie Mauresmo
6-4, 6-3

2007
Justine Henin
Maria Sharapova
5-7, 7-5, 6-3

2008
Venus Williams
Vera Zvonareva
6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2

2009
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
6-2, 7-6(4)

2010
Kim Clisters
Caroline Wozniacki
6-3, 5-7, 6-3

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