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The Colgate Series Championships and the Toyota Championships were the finales in an annual series of professional tennis tournaments for women from 1977 through 1982. The championships were discontinued when Virginia Slims became the year-round sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association Tour in 1983.
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Results
Singles
Series Year Series-Ending Tournament Location Surface Champion Runner-up Score in Final 1977 Colgate Series Championships Palm Springs, California, U.S. Hard Chris Evert Billie Jean King 6–2, 6–2 1978 Colgate Series Championships Palm Springs, California, U.S. Hard Chris Evert Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–3 1979 Colgate Series Championships Washington, D.C. Carpet Martina Navratilova Tracy Austin 6–2, 6–1 1980 Colgate Series Championships Washington, D.C. Carpet Tracy Austin Andrea Jaeger 6–2, 6–2 1981 Toyota Series Championships East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. Carpet Tracy Austin Martina Navratilova 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 1982 Toyota Series Championships East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. Carpet Martina Navratilova Chris Evert 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 Doubles
Series Year Champions Runners-up Score in Final 1977 Françoise Durr
Virginia WadeHelen Gourlay Cawley
Joanne Russell6–1, 4–6, 6–4 1978 Billie Jean King
Martina NavratilovaWendy Turnbull
Kerry Melville Reid6–3, 6–4 1979 Billie Jean King
Martina NavratilovaChris Evert
Rosemary Casals6–4, 6–3 1980 Rosemary Casals
Wendy TurnbullCandy Reynolds
Paula Smith6–3, 4–6, 7–6 1981 Martina Navratilova
Pam ShriverRosemary Casals
Wendy Turnbull6–3, 6–4 1982 Martina Navratilova
Pam ShriverCandy Reynolds
Paula Smith6–4, 7–5 See also
External links
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- Tennis tournaments in the United States
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