Eckerd Open

Eckerd Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Florida Federal Open (1977–85) Eckerd Open (1986–90)
Tour	WTA Tour (1977–90)
Founded	1971
Abolished	1990
Editions	18
Surface	Clay (1971–74) Hard (1977–86) Clay (1987–90)

The Eckerd Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1990. It was held in St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States from 1971 to 1974, Palm Harbor, Florida in the United States in 1977, in Clearwater, Florida in the United States in 1978 and in Tampa, Florida in the United States from 1979 to 1990. The tournament was played on outdoor hard courts from 1977 to 1986 and on outdoor clay courts from 1971 to 1974 and from 1987 to 1990.

Event names

• 1971–1972 Virginia Slims Masters of St Petersburg
• 1973 Masters Invitational
• 1974 Barnett Bank Masters
• 1977–1985 Florida Federal Open
• 1986–1990 Eckerd Open

Results

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1971	Chris Evert	Julie Heldman	6–1, 6–2
1972	Nancy Richey	Chris Evert	6–3, 6–4
1973	Chris Evert	Evonne Goolagong	6–2, 0–6, 6–4
1974	Chris Evert	Kerry Reid	6–0, 6–1
1977	Virginia Ruzici	Laura DuPont	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1978	Virginia Wade	Anna-Maria Fernandez	6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
1979	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Virginia Wade	6–0, 6–3
1980	Andrea Jaeger	Tracy Austin	Walkover
1981	Martina Navratilova	Bettina Bunge	5–7, 6–2, 6–0
1982	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Andrea Jaeger	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1983	Martina Navratilova	Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–2
1984	Michelle Torres	Carling Bassett	6–1, 7–6
1985	Stephanie Rehe	Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 6–7, 7–5
1986	Lori McNeil	Zina Garrison	2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1987	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Kate Gompert	6–3, 6–2
1988	Chris Evert	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6, 6–4
1989	Conchita Martínez	Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 6–2
1990	Monica Seleš	Katerina Maleeva	6–1, 6–0

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1971	Françoise Dürr Ann Haydon-Jones	Judy Tegart Julie Heldman	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1972	Karen Krantzcke Wendy Overton	Judy Tegart Françoise Dürr	7–5, 6–4
1973	Chris Evert Jeanne Evert	Evonne Goolagong Janet Young	6–2, 7–6
1974	Olga Morozova Betty Stöve	Chris Evert Evonne Goolagong	6–4, 6–2
1977	Delina Ann Boshoff Ilana Kloss	Brigitte Cuypers Marise Kruger	6–7, 6–2, 6–2
1978	Martina Navratilova Anne Smith	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
1979	Virginia Ruzici Anne Smith	Ilana Kloss Betty Ann Grubb Stuart	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
1980	Rosemary Casals Candy Reynolds	Anne Smith Paula Smith	7–6, 7–5
1981	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	Martina Navratilova Renáta Tomanová	6–3, 6–4
1982	Ann Kiyomura Paula Smith	Mary Lou Piatek Wendy White	6–2, 6–4
1983	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Bonnie Gadusek Wendy White	6–0, 6–1
1984	Carling Bassett Elizabeth Sayers	Mary Lou Piatek Wendy White	6–4, 6–3
1985	Carling Bassett Gabriela Sabatini	Lisa Bonder Laura Arraya	6–0, 6–0
1986	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	Gigi Fernández Kim Sands	7–5, 6–2
1987	Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	6–4, 6–3
1988	Terry Phelps Raffaella Reggi	Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor	6–2, 6–4
1989	Brenda Schultz Andrea Temesvári	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	7–6, 6–4
1990	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Sandra Cecchini Laura Arraya	6–2, 6–0

References

• WTA Results Archive