![]() |
1977
Tournament Titles: 11
Match Record: 70-4
Virginia Slims of Washington (Washington, DC): 1R def. Kathy May 6-4, 6-3; 2R def. JoAnne Russell 6-3, 6-4; QF def. Sue Barker 6-1, 6-2; SF def. Wendy Turnbull 6-2, 6-3; F lost to Martina Navratilova 6-2, 6-3
* Virginia Slims of Florida (Hollywood, FL): 1R def. Julie
Anthony 6-1, 6-0; 2R def. Valerie Ziegenfuss 6-1, 6-1; QF def. Betty Stove 6-4,
7-6; SF def. Sue Barker 6-2, 6-4; F def. Margaret Court 6-3, 6-4
* Virginia Slims of Seattle (Seattle, WA): 1R def. Mary Hamm
6-1, 6-3; 2R def. Virginia Ruzici 6-4, 6-1; QF def. Kristien Kemmer Shaw 6-0,
6-0; SF def. Olga Morozova 6-0, 6-1; F def. Martina Navratilova 6-2, 6-4
* Virginia Slims of Chicago (Chicago, IL): 1R def. Kate Latham
6-1, 6-2; 2R def. Linda Mottram 6-4, 6-1; QF def. Kristien Kemmer Shaw 6-0,
6-1; SF def. Betty Stove 6-2, 6-1; F def. Margaret Court 6-1, 6-3
* Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): 1R def.
Janet Newberry 6-1, 6-3; 2R def. Julie Anthony 6-2, 6-3; QF def. Kerry Melville
Reid 6-2, 6-2; SF def. Rosemary Casals 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; F def. Martina Navratilova
6-2, 2-6, 6-1
Virginia Slims of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA): 1R def.
Stephanie Tolleson 6-1, 6-2; 2R def. Kathleen Harter 6-1, 6-0; QF def. Betty
Stove 7-6, 6-4; SF lost to Virginia Wade 6-3, 6-4
* Virginia Slims of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA): 1R def.
Carrie Meyer 6-1, 6-1; 2R def. Julie Anthony 6-1, 6-1; QF def. Dianne Fromholtz
6-3, 6-4; SF def. Sue Barker 6-2, 7-5; F def. Martina Navratilova 6-4, 4-6,
6-3
* Virginia Slims Championships (New York, NY): RR def. Mima
Jausovec 6-0, 6-3; RR def. Virginia Wade 6-2, 7-5; SF def. Rosemary Casals 6-1,
6-1; F def. Sue Barker 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
* L’Eggs World Series of Tennis (Tucson, AZ): SF def.
Virginia Wade 6-3, 6-4; F def. Martina Navratilova 6-3, 7-6
* Family Circle Magazine Cup (Hilton Head, SC): 2R def. Bunny
Bruning 6-0, 6-3; 3R def. Wendy Turnbull 6-1, 6-0; QF def. Kathy May 6-0, 6-1;
SF def. Mima Jausovec 6-3, 6-3; F def. Billie Jean King 6-0, 6-1
Federation Cup (Eastbourne, England): 1R def. Sabbine Bernegger,
Austria 6-0, 6-0; 2R def. Anne-Marie Ruegg, Switzerland 6-3, 6-0; QF def. Francoise
Durr, France 6-1, 6-3; SF def. Brigitte Cuypers, South Africa 6-1, 6-1; F def.
Kerry Melville Reid 7-5, 6-3
All-England Championships (Wimbledon, England): 1R Ruta Gerulaitis
6-0, 6-3; 2R def. Winnie Wooldridge 6-0, 6-2; 3R def. Tracy Austin 6-1, 6-1;
4R def. Greer Stevens 8-6, 8-4; QF def. Billie Jean King 6-1, 6-2; SF lost to
Virginia Wade 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
* United States Open Championships (Forest Hills, NY): 1R def.
Sharon Walsh 6-1, 6-0; 2R def. Pam Whytcross 6-0, 6-0; 3R def. Helena Anliot
6-2, 6-2; 4R def. Nancy Richey 6-3, 6-0; QF def. Billie Jean King 6-2, 6-0;
SF def. Betty Stove 6-3, 7-5; F def. Wendy Turnbull 7-6, 6-2
* Wyler’s Women’s Tennis Classic (Atlanta, GA):
1R def. Brigitte Cuypers Ferreira 6-1, 6-1; 2R def. Kathy Kuykendall 6-1, 6-1;
QF def. Ann Kiyomura 6-2, 6-2; SF def. Virginia Wade 6-0, 7-5; F def. Dianne
Fromholtz 6-3, 6-2
* Colgate Series Championships (Mission Hills, CA): RR lost
to Dianne Fromholtz 7-6, 6-4; RR def. Martina Navratilova 6-4, 6-1; RR def.
Virginia Wade 1-6, 6-4, 6-4; F def. Billie Jean King 6-2, 6-2
Wightman Cup (Oakland, CA): def. Virginia Wade 7-5, 7-6; def.
Sue Barker 6-1, 6-2; Evert-Rosemary Casals def. Virginia Wade-Sue Barker 6-2,
6-4