Tennis tournament
Amelia Island Championships |
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Tournament information |
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Founded | 1980 |
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Abolished | 2010 |
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Editions | 31 |
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Location | Amelia Island and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida United States |
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Venue | Amelia Island Plantation and Sawgrass Country Club |
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Category | International |
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Surface | Green Clay / outdoors |
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Draw | 32M / 32Q / 16D |
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Prize money | $220,000 |
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The Amelia Island Championships was a women's tennis tournament held in Amelia Island Plantation and later Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States. The Women's Tennis Association event was an International series tournament played on outdoor green clay courts from 1980 to 2010.
History
Formerly the Bausch & Lomb Championships, the tournament lost its title sponsor when Bausch & Lomb did not renew its contract following the 2008 event at Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida. Tournament organizers Octagon hired Axia Public Relations, a public relations firm, to find a new title sponsor. In August 2008, Axia and Octagon announced Fortune 1000 global staffing firm MPS Group (NYSE:MPS) of Jacksonville, Florida as the official tournament title sponsor. Octagon moved the annual event to Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach as part of the tournament changes to attract more attendees and enjoy upgraded facilities.
On May 21, 2010, The WTA announced that the event would not be held in 2011. The WTA wanted to reduce the number of spring clay court events and the tournament offered the smallest prize money. The WTA offered replacement dates in February and July, but no facility was available in February, and temperatures in July can be unbearable.[1]
One of the most unusual matches in the tournament's history occurred in the first round of the 2002 event. Anne Kremer defeated Jennifer Hopkins 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, with both players serving a combined 29 double faults. An investigation discovered that the court markings had been incorrectly measured, resulting in a smaller service box than normal.[2]
- 1980–1983: Murjani WTA Championships
- 1984: Lipton WTA Champions
- 1984: NutraSweet WTA Championships
- 1985–1986: Sunkist WITA Championships
- 1987–2008 : Bausch & Lomb Championships
- 2009–2010 : The MPS Group Championships
Past finals
Singles
Location | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
Amelia Island | 1980 | Martina Navratilova | Hana Mandlíková | 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
1981 | Chris Evert | Martina Navratilova | 6–0, 6–0 |
1982 | Chris Evert (2) | Andrea Jaeger | 6–3, 6–1 |
1983 | Chris Evert (3) | Carling Bassett | 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 |
1984 | Martina Navratilova (2) | Chris Evert | 6–2, 6–0 |
1985 | Zina Garrison | Chris Evert | 6–4, 6–3 |
1986 | Steffi Graf | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3) |
1987 | Steffi Graf (2) | Hana Mandlíková | 6–3, 6–4 |
1988 | Martina Navratilova (3) | Gabriela Sabatini | 6–0, 6–2 |
1989 | Gabriela Sabatini | Steffi Graf | 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
1990 | Steffi Graf (3) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–1, 6–0 |
1991 | Gabriela Sabatini (2) | Steffi Graf | 7–5, 7–6 |
1992 | Gabriela Sabatini (3) | Steffi Graf | 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 |
1993 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Gabriela Sabatini | 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 |
1994 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) | Gabriela Sabatini | 6–1, 6–4 |
1995 | Conchita Martínez | Gabriela Sabatini | 6–1, 6–4 |
1996 | Irina Spîrlea | Mary Pierce | 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
1997 | Lindsay Davenport | Mary Pierce | 6–2, 6–3 |
1998 | Mary Pierce | Conchita Martínez | 6–7(8–10), 6–0, 6–2 |
1999 | Monica Seles | Ruxandra Dragomir | 6–2, 6–3 |
2000 | Monica Seles (2) | Conchita Martínez | 6–3, 6–2 |
2001 | Amélie Mauresmo | Amanda Coetzer | 6–4, 7–5 |
2002 | Venus Williams | Justine Henin | 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–5) |
2003 | Elena Dementieva | Lindsay Davenport | 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
2004 | Lindsay Davenport (2) | Amélie Mauresmo | 6–4, 6–4 |
2005 | Lindsay Davenport (3) | Silvia Farina Elia | 7–5, 7–5 |
2006 | Nadia Petrova | Francesca Schiavone | 6–4, 6–4 |
2007 | Tatiana Golovin | Nadia Petrova | 6–2, 6–1 |
2008 | Maria Sharapova | Dominika Cibulková | 7–6(9–7), 6–3 |
Ponte Vedra Beach | 2009 | Caroline Wozniacki | Aleksandra Wozniak | 6–1, 6–2 |
2010 | Caroline Wozniacki (2) | Olga Govortsova | 6–2, 7–5 |
Doubles
Location | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
Amelia Island | 1980 | Rosemary Casals
Ilana Kloss | Kathy Jordan
Pam Shriver | 7–6, 7–6 |
1981 | Kathy Jordan
Anne Smith | Joanne Russell
Pam Shriver | 6–3, 5–7, 7–6 |
1982 | Leslie Allen
Mima Jaušovec | Barbara Potter
Sharon Walsh | 6–1, 7–5 |
1983 | Candy Reynolds
Rosalyn Fairbank | Virginia Ruzici
Hana Mandlíková | 6–4, 6–2 |
1984 | Kathy Jordan (2)
Anne Smith (2) | Anne Hobbs
Mima Jaušovec | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
1985 | Rosalyn Fairbank (2)
Hana Mandlíková | Carling Bassett
Chris Evert | 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 |
1986 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková | Gabriela Sabatini
Catherine Tanvier | 6–2, 5–7, 7–6 |
1987 | Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini | Hana Mandlíková
Wendy Turnbull | 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
1988 | Zina Garrison Jackson
Eva Pfaff | Katrina Adams
Penny Barg-Mager | 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 |
1989 | Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva | Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver | 7–6, 2–6, 6–1 |
1990 | Mercedes Paz
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Regina Rajchrtová
Andrea Temesvári | 7–6, 6–4 |
1991 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)
Helena Suková (2) | Mercedes Paz
Natasha Zvereva | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
1992 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)
Natasha Zvereva (2) | Zina Garrison-Jackson
Jana Novotná | 6–1, 6–0 |
1993 | Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
Leila Meskhi | Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
1994 | Larisa Neiland
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4) | Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui | 6–2, 6–7, 6–4 |
1995 | Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui | Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
1996 | Chanda Rubin
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (5) | Meredith McGrath
Larisa Neiland | 6–1, 6–1 |
1997 | Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná | Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf | 6–3, 6–0 |
1998 | Sandra Cacic
Mary Pierce | Barbara Schett
Patty Schnyder | 7–6, 4–6, 7–6 |
1999 | Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini | Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs | 7–5, 0–6, 6–4 |
2000 | Rain prevented play | | |
2001 | Conchita Martínez (2)
Patricia Tarabini (2) | Martina Navratilova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–4, 6–2 |
2002 | Daniela Hantuchová
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (6) | María Emilia Salerni
Åsa Svensson | 6–4, 6–2 |
2003 | Lindsay Davenport (2)
Lisa Raymond | Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez | 7–5, 6–2 |
2004 | Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy | Myriam Casanova
Alicia Molik | 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
2005 | Bryanne Stewart
Samantha Stosur | Květa Peschke
Patty Schnyder | 6–4, 6–2 |
2006 | Shinobu Asagoe
Katarina Srebotnik | Liezel Huber
Sania Mirza | 6–2, 6–4 |
2007 | Mara Santangelo
Katarina Srebotnik (2) | Anabel Medina Garrigues
Virginia Ruano Pascual | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
2008 | Bethanie Mattek Vladimíra Uhlířová | Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina | 6–3, 6–1 |
Ponte Vedra Beach | 2009 | Chuang Chia-jung Sania Mirza | Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond | 6–3, 4–6, [10–7] |
2010 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2) Yan Zi | Chuang Chia-jung
Peng Shuai | 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
See also
References
- ^ Fussman, Chet: "End of an era: First Coast loses women's tennis event after 31 years" Florida Times-Union, May 22, 2010
- ^ "Kremer Win Over Hopkins Stands". Midland Daily News. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
External links
Amelia Island / Ponte Vedra Beach tournaments
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