Thunderbird Classic (tennis)

Thunderbird Classic
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Virginia Slims Thunderbird Classic (1971–72) Virginia Slims of Phoenix (1973–74) Thunderbird Classic (1975–80)
Tour	WTA Tour
Founded	1971
Abolished	1980
Editions	10
Location	Phoenix, United States
Surface	Hard

The Thunderbird Classic is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1980. It was held in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States and played on indoor hard courts in 1971 and 1976 and outdoor hard courts from 1972 to 1975 and 1977 to 1980.

Results

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1971	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals	7–5, 6–1
1972	Billie Jean King	Margaret Smith Court	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
1973	Billie Jean King	Nancy Richey Gunter	6–1, 6–3
1974	Virginia Wade	Helen Gourlay	6–1, 6–2
1975	Nancy Richey Gunter	Virginia Wade	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1976	Chris Evert	Dianne Fromholtz	6–1, 7–5
1977	Billie Jean King	Wendy Turnbull	1–6, 6–1, 6–0
1978	Martina Navratilova	Tracy Austin	6–4, 6–2
1979	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	6–1, 6–3
1980	Regina Maršíková	Wendy Turnbull	7–6^(10–8), 7–6^(7–3)

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1971	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Dürr Judy Tegart Dalton	6–3, 6–2
1972	Rosie Casals Wendy Overton	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6–4, 6–3
1973	Kerry Harris Kerry Melville	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6–4, 6–4
1974	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	Mona Schallau Pam Teeguarden	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1975	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	Rosie Casals Martina Navratilova	6–7, 6–4, 6–0
1976	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss	6–2, 6–1
1977	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	Helen Gourlay Cawley JoAnne Russell	6–1, 7–5
1978	Tracy Austin Betty Stöve	Martina Navratilova Anne Smith	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
1979	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	Rosie Casals Chris Evert	6–4, 7–6
1980	Pam Shriver Paula Smith	Ann Kiyomura Candy Reynolds	6–0, 6–4

See also

• Virginia Slims of Arizona

References

• WTA Tour history