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South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

women's tennis event was held in two locations; once on Seabrook Island, in 1985, and the final two times at the Wild Dunes

Wild Dunes

Wild Dunes is an oceanfront resort on Isle of Palms, South Carolina, USA. It is on the north end of the island and has controlled-access gates....

 on the Isle of Palms

Isle of Palms, South Carolina

Isle of Palms is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population on the island was 4,133. Isle of Palms is a barrier island on the South Carolina coast. As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U.S...

. It was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association

Women's Tennis Association

The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...

 (WTA) Tour. The tournament was always overshadowed by the better-known Family Circle Cup

Family Circle Cup

The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Daniel Island Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, USA...

, also held in South Carolina.

The competition was played on outdoor clay court

Clay court

A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

s and was competed from 1985–1987.

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1985	Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990.-Biography:...	|  Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and turned professional in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand....	6–3, 6–3
1986	Elise Burgin Elise Burgin Elise Burgin was an American tennis player. Her highest ranking was # 22.-Tennis career:Before playing professionally, Burgin was an outstanding singles and doubles player at Stanford University...	Tine Scheuer-Larsen Tine Scheuer-Larsen Tine Scheuer-Larsen is a retired female tennis player from Denmark, who reached her highest individual ranking on September 29, 1986, when she became the number 34 of the world. She became a professional in 1980 and retired in 1994, having won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour.-References:*...	6–1, 6–3
1987	Manuela Maleeva Manuela Maleeva Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994...	Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations....	5–7, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1985	Svetlana Parkhomenko   Larisa Neiland Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983...	|  Elise Burgin Elise Burgin Elise Burgin was an American tennis player. Her highest ranking was # 22.-Tennis career:Before playing professionally, Burgin was an outstanding singles and doubles player at Stanford University...     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...	6–1, 6–3
1986	Sandra Cecchini Sandra Cecchini Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter...   Sabrina Goleš Sabrina Goleš Sabrina Goleš is a former Yugoslav tennis player, from modern day Croatia....	Laura Gildemeister Laura Gildemeister Laura Arraya is a former Peruvian tennis player who won four professional singles titles.-Career:...     Marcela Skuherská	4–6, 6–0, 6–3
1987	Laura Gildemeister Laura Gildemeister Laura Arraya is a former Peruvian tennis player who won four professional singles titles.-Career:...   Tine Scheuer-Larsen Tine Scheuer-Larsen Tine Scheuer-Larsen is a retired female tennis player from Denmark, who reached her highest individual ranking on September 29, 1986, when she became the number 34 of the world. She became a professional in 1980 and retired in 1994, having won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour.-References:*...	Mercedes Paz Mercedes Paz Mercedes María Paz is a former professional tennis player from Argentina, who won three singles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The right-hander reached her highest career ranking on April 29, 1991, when she became the number 28 of the world...     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...	6–4, 6–4