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Virginia Slims of Newport

Index Virginia Slims of Newport

The Virginia Slims of Newport is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1990. [1]

49 relations: Alycia Moulton, Anna-Maria Fernandez, Anne Hobbs, Anne Smith, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Barbara Jordan (tennis), Barbara Potter, Betsy Nagelsen, Betty Stöve, Beverly Mould, Billie Jean King, Cammy MacGregor, Chris Evert, Elizabeth Smylie, Françoise Dürr, Gail Chanfreau, Gigi Fernández, Grass court, Gretchen Rush, Heather Ludloff, International Tennis Hall of Fame, Janet Newberry, Jo Durie, Judy Tegart-Dalton, Julie Heldman, Kathy Jordan, Kerry Harris, Kerry Melville, Kim Jones (tennis), Lea Antonoplis, Lesley Charles, Lesley Hunt, Lise Gregory, Lori McNeil, Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova, Newport, Rhode Island, Pam Shriver, Pam Teeguarden, Patty Fendick, Rosalyn Fairbank, Rosemary Casals, Sue Mappin, Tennis, Terry Holladay, Wendy Turnbull, Wendy White (tennis), Women's Tennis Association, Zina Garrison.

Alycia Moulton

Alycia Moulton (born February 18, 1961) is a retired American professional tennis player.

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Anna-Maria Fernandez

Anna-Maria Fernandez (born October 22, 1960) was an American professional tennis players active during the 1980s.

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Anne Hobbs

Anne Hobbs (born 21 August 1959 in Nottingham) is a British former professional tennis player.

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Anne Smith

Anne Smith (born July 1, 1959) is an educational psychologist known for her past as a professional tennis player from the United States.

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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former World No.

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Barbara Jordan (tennis)

Barbara Jordan (born April 2, 1957) is a former professional female tennis player from the United States who won the 1979 Australian Open singles title.

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Barbara Potter

Barbara Potter (born October 22, 1961) is a former tennis player from the United States, who competed professionally on the WTA Tour between 1978 and 1989, winning six singles titles and 19 doubles titles.

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Betsy Nagelsen

Helen Elizabeth "Betsy" Nagelsen McCormack (born October 23, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player.

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Betty Stöve

Betty Stöve (born 24 June 1945) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.

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Beverly Mould

Beverly Mould (born 10 March 1962) is a South African former tennis player who was active in the first half of the 1980s.

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Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player.

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Cammy MacGregor

Cammy MacGregor (born October 11, 1968) is an American former tennis player from the mid-1980s until 1995.

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Chris Evert

Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954), known as Chris Evert Lloyd from 1979 to 1987, is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States.

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Elizabeth Smylie

Elizabeth Smylie (née Sayers, born 11 April 1963), sometimes known as Liz Smylie, is a retired Australian professional tennis player.

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Françoise Dürr

Françoise Dürr (born 25 December 1942; sometimes referred to by English writers as Frankie Durr) is a retired French professional tennis player.

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Gail Chanfreau

Gail Chanfreau (née Sherriff; born 3 April 1945), also known as Gail Lovera and Gail Benedetti, is a French former amateur and professional tennis player.

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Gigi Fernández

Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964) is a former professional tennis player.

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Grass court

A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played.

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Gretchen Rush

Gretchen Anne Rush (born February 7, 1964), also known by her married name Gretchen Magers, is a former professional tennis player from the United States who was active in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Heather Ludloff

Heather Ludloff (born June 11, 1961) is an American former professional tennis player.

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International Tennis Hall of Fame

The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

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Janet Newberry

Janet Newberry (born August 6, 1953) is an American former professional tennis player who was active in the 1970s.

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Jo Durie

Joanna Mary Durie (born 27 July 1960) is a former singles world No.

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Judy Tegart-Dalton

Judy Tegart Dalton (née Tegart; born 12 December 1937) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia who won nine Grand Slam doubles titles.

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Julie Heldman

Julie Heldman (born December 8, 1945) is a retired American tennis player who won 22 professional tennis titles.

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Kathy Jordan

Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan (born December 3, 1959) is a former American tennis player.

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Kerry Harris

Kerry Harris (born 19 September 1949) is an Australian former professional tennis player, active from 1967 to 1975, who reached the semi-final of the 1972 Australian Open, and reached four Grand Slam doubles finals, of which she won one, in the 1972 Australian Open.

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Kerry Melville

Kerry Melville Reid,, (née Melville; born 7 August 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

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Kim Jones (tennis)

Kimberly Jones (born September 28, 1957) is a retired American professional tennis player.

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Lea Antonoplis

Lea Antonoplis (born January 20, 1959) is a former professional tennis player who won the Wimbledon Girls' Singles in 1977 and four WTA doubles titles.

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Lesley Charles

Lesley Charles (born 15 July 1952) is a former British international tennis player.

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Lesley Hunt

Lesley Hunt (born 29 May 1950) is a former tennis player from Perth, Western Australia.

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Lise Gregory

Lise Gregory (born 29 August 1963) is a South African former tennis player who played primarily doubles.

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Lori McNeil

Lori McNeil (born December 18, 1963) is an American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States.

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Margaret Court

Margaret Court (née Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is a retired Australian tennis player and former world No. 1.

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Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova (Martina Navrátilová; born Martina Šubertová; October 18, 1956) is a former Czechoslovak and later American professional tennis player and coach.

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Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Pam Shriver

Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player known primarily as a doubles specialist with success also as a singles player.

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Pam Teeguarden

Pam Teeguarden (born April 17, 1951) is a former American professional tennis player in the 1970s and 1980s, ranked in the top 20 from 1970–1975, according to John Dolan's Women's Tennis Ultimate Guide, prior to computer rankings.

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Patty Fendick

Patty Fendick (born March 31, 1965) is a former professional women's tennis player and is the former women's tennis program head coach at University of Texas.

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Rosalyn Fairbank

Rosalyn Doris Fairbank-Nideffer (born 2 November 1960) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa.

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Rosemary Casals

Rosemary "Rosie" Casals (born September 16, 1948) is a former American professional tennis player.

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Sue Mappin

Sue Mappin (born 7 November 1947) is a former tennis player from Great Britain who was active in the 1960s and 70s.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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Terry Holladay

Terry Holladay (born November 28, 1955) is an American former professional tennis player who played between 1974 and 1987, whose tennis career is particularly remembered for her pregnancy and its impact on protected rankings.

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Wendy Turnbull

Wendy Turnbull,, (born 26 November 1952) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia.

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Wendy White (tennis)

Wendy White-Prausa (born 29 September 1960) is a former professional tennis player.

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Women's Tennis Association

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organising body of women's professional tennis.

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Zina Garrison

Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

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Redirects here:

VS Hall of Fame Classic, VS of Newport, Virginia Slims Hall of Fame Classic.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Slims_of_Newport

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