VS of Denver
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The VS 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
and played on indoor hard courts from 1972 to 1984 and on indoor carpet courts from 1985 to 1991.
Françoise Durr
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
.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played from 1972 to 1991. It was held in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
in the United States
United States
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and played on indoor hard courts from 1972 to 1984 and on indoor carpet courts from 1985 to 1991.
Françoise Durr
Françoise Durr
Françoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles....
was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the doubles competition three times, once with Australian Lesley Hunt
Lesley Hunt
Lesley Hunt is a former tennis player from Perth, Western Australia.Particularly noted as a junior player, in 1964 at the age of 14 she won a rare double in the Western Australian Women's open, taking both the Open and Junior titles. She won the Australian junior championship in 1967 and 1968...
and twice with Dutchwoman Betty Stöve
Betty Stöve
Betty Stöve is a former Dutch professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.-Career:...
.
Singles
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1972 | Nancy Richey Nancy Richey Nancy Richey is a former tennis player from the United States.Richey won two Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles . She was ranked World No... |
Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society... |
1–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
1973 | Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society... |
Betty Stöve Betty Stöve Betty Stöve is a former Dutch professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.-Career:... |
6–4, 6–2 |
1974 | Evonne Goolagong Evonne Goolagong Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles , six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.-Early life:Goolagong is the... |
Chris Evert Chris Evert Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No... |
7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
1975 | Martina Navrátilová | Carolyn Meyer | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
1976 1983 |
Not Held | ||
1984 | Mary Lou Piatek | Kim Sands | 6–1, 6–1 |
1985 | Peanut Louie Peanut Louie Harper Mareen Louie Harper , better known by her nickname Peanut, is a retired American female tennis player, born in San Francisco, California to Ron and Alice Louie. Her elder sister, Marcie, also played on the WTA Tour, while her sisters Cici and Marisa, and brother Ronnie, all played at the University... |
Zina Garrison Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American... |
6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
1986 1990 |
Not Held | ||
1991 | Lori McNeil Lori McNeil Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison... |
Manon Bollegraf Manon Bollegraf Manon Maria Bollegraf is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands, who finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-History:... |
6–3, 6–4 |
Doubles
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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1972 | Françoise Durr Françoise Durr Françoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.... / Lesley Hunt Lesley Hunt Lesley Hunt is a former tennis player from Perth, Western Australia.Particularly noted as a junior player, in 1964 at the age of 14 she won a rare double in the Western Australian Women's open, taking both the Open and Junior titles. She won the Australian junior championship in 1967 and 1968... |
Helen Gourlay-Cawley / Karen Krantzcke Karen Krantzcke Karen Krantzcke was an Australian tennis player who achieved a World Top Ten singles ranking in 1970. In her short career, she made the quarterfinals or better at each of the four Grand Slam championships... |
6–0, 6–3 |
1973 | Rosemary Casals Rosemary Casals Rosemary "Rosie" Casals is a former American professional tennis player.Rosemary Casals earned her reputation as a rebel in the staid tennis world when she began competing in the early 1960s. During a tennis career that spanned more than two decades, she won more than 90 tournaments and worked for... / Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society... |
Françoise Durr Françoise Durr Françoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.... / Betty Stöve Betty Stöve Betty Stöve is a former Dutch professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.-Career:... |
3–2 (Durr and Stöve retired) |
1974 | Françoise Durr Françoise Durr Françoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.... / Betty Stöve Betty Stöve Betty Stöve is a former Dutch professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.-Career:... |
Mona Schallau / Pam Teeguarden Pam Teeguarden Pam Teeguarden was an American professional tennis player in the 1970s and 1980s, reaching the top 30 in the world. Her father Jerry, together with Teeguarden, helped Virginia Wade to her 1977 Wimbledon triumph.... |
6–2, 7–5 |
1975 | Françoise Durr Françoise Durr Françoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.... / Betty Stöve Betty Stöve Betty Stöve is a former Dutch professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.-Career:... |
Rosemary Casals Rosemary Casals Rosemary "Rosie" Casals is a former American professional tennis player.Rosemary Casals earned her reputation as a rebel in the staid tennis world when she began competing in the early 1960s. During a tennis career that spanned more than two decades, she won more than 90 tournaments and worked for... / Martina Navrátilová |
3–6, 6–1, 7–6 |
1976 1983 |
Not Held | ||
1984 | Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs is a British former professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989... / Marcella Mesker Marcella Mesker Marcella Mesker is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.Mesker was active on the WTA tour from 1979 to 1988 and reached the final of the Australian Open Women's Doubles in 1979. She also reached the semi finals of the U.S. Open Women's Doubles in 1984... |
Sherry Acker / Candy Reynolds Candy Reynolds Candy Reynolds is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Career:During her career, Reynolds won the women's doubles title at the French Open in 1983... |
6–2, 6–3 |
1985 | Mary Lou Piatek / Robin White Robin White (tennis) Robin White is a former professional tennis player from the United States.White played on the WTA tour from 1983 to 1995. She won two singles titles, in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1985 and in Auckland in 1992 but the highlight of her career was her victory with Gigi Fernández in the US Open doubles... |
Leslie Allen Leslie Allen (tennis) Leslie Allen is a retired American professional tennis player.Allen was a member of the University of Southern California national championship team and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in speech communications... / Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh-Arnold is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Walsh enjoyed a long career by modern standards, playing her first Grand Slam singles event in 1969 and her last Grand Slam doubles match in 1990. She was a finalist at the 1979 Australian Open where she lost to... |
1–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
1986 1990 |
Not Held | ||
1991 | Lise Gregory Lise Gregory Lise Gregory was a South African tennis player who played primarily doubles. She played left-handed. Her career-high doubles ranking in 1990 was no. 18... / Gretchen Magers Gretchen Magers Gretchen Anne Magers is a former professional tennis player from the United States.... |
Patty Fendick Patty Fendick Patty Fendick is a former professional women's tennis player and is the current head women's tennis coach at the University of Texas.She was born on March 31, 1965 in Sacramento, California and played collegiately at Stanford University, where the team won the NCAA title three times... / Lori McNeil Lori McNeil Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison... |
6–4, 6–4 |