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An asterisk (*) denotes a tournament title for Chris.
Court surface and seedings listed where available.
Number in [brackets] denotes opponent’s tournament seeding.
Number in (parens) denotes number of points earned by the loser of a tiebreak.
Tournament Wins: 6
Match Record: 59-7
* Virginia Slims of Florida (Jan. 27-Feb.2; Key Biscayne, FL, hard, seeded 1): 2R def. Petra Huber 6-2, 6-1; 3R def. Carling Bassett [9] 6-1, 6-0; QF def. Stephanie Rehe [12] 6-1, 6-0; SF def. Manuela Maleeva [3] 6-1, 6-0; F def. Steffi Graf [2] 6-3, 6-1
* Lipton International Players Championships (Feb. 3-16; Boca Raton, FL, hard, seeded 1): 1R def. Susan Sloane 6-4, 6-4; 2R def. Marie-Christine Calleja 6-4, 6-0; 3R def. Catherine Suire 7-5, 6-1; 4R def. Kathy Jordan [16] 7-5, 6-2; QF def. Terry Phelps 6-2, 6-0; SF def. Kathy Rinaldi [9] 7-6 (6), 6-1; F def. Steffi Graf [2] 6-4, 6-2
* Virginia Slims of California (Feb. 24-Mar. 2; Oakland, CA, indoor, seeded 2): 2R def. Peanut Louie 6-1, 6-0; QF def. Wendy Turnbull [7] 6-1, 6-3; SF def. Helena Sukova [6] 7-5, 6-4; F def. Kathy Jordan 6-2, 6-4
Virginia Slims of Dallas (Mar. 10-16; Dallas, TX, indoor, seeded 2): 2R def. Terry Phelps 6-2, 6-0; 3R def. Bettina Bunge 6-1, 6-4; QF def. Zina Garrison [8] 6-4, 6-3; SF def. Kathy Rinaldi [10] 6-4, 6-2; F lost to Martina Navratilova [1] 6-2, 6-1
Virginia Slims Championships (Mar. 17-23; New York, NY, indoor, seeded 2): 1R def. Barbara Potter 6-2, 6-4; QF def. Helena Sukova [7] 1-6, 6-1, 6-1; SF lost to Hana Mandlikova [5] 6-3, 7-5
* Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions (Mar. 31-Apr. 6; Marco Island, FL, clay, seeded 1): 2R def. Maria Lindstrom 6-0, 6-0; QF def. Kathy Rinaldi [5] 6-1, 6-3; SF def. Bonnie Gadusek [4] 6-1, 6-1; F def. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch [2] 6-2, 6-4
Family Circle Magazine Cup (Apr. 7-13; Hilton Head, SC, clay, seeded 1): 2R def. Sylvia Hanika 7-6 (10), 6-1; 3R. def. Helen Kelesi 6-4, 6-1; QF def. Helena Sukova [5] 6-3, 6-4; SF def. Stephanie Rehe [12] 6-2, 6-1; F lost to Steffi Graf [3] 6-4, 7-5
* Virginia Slims of Houston (May 5-11; Houston, TX, clay, seeded 1): 1R def. Anne Smith 6-0, 6-2; 2R def. Ann Henricksson 6-2, 6-1; QF def. Kate Gompert [7] 6-4, 6-1; SF def. Laura Arraya Gildemeister 6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-0; F def. Kathy Rinaldi [2] 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
* French Open Championships (May 26-June 8; Paris, France, clay, seeded 2): 1R def. Cecile Calmette 6-0, 6-1; 2R def. Nathalie Herreman 6-2, 6-1; 3R def. Anne Smith 6-3, 6-1; 4R def. Gabriela Sabatini [9] 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; QF def. Carling Bassett [13] 5-7. 6-2, 6-1; SF def. Hana Mandlikova [5] 6-1, 6-1; F def. Martina Navratilova [1] 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
All-England Championships (June 23-July 6; Wimbledon, England, grass, seeded 2): 1R def. Mary Joe Fernandez 6-4, 6-1; 2R def. Pam Casale 6-0, 5-7, 6-1; 3R def. Kathleen Horvath 6-4, 6-1; 4R def. Kathy Jordan [16] 7-5, 6-2; QF def. Helena Sukova [7] 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-4; SF lost to Hana Mandlikova [3] 7-6 (5), 7-5
Federation Cup (July 21-27; Prague, Czechoslovakia, clay): 2R def. Maria Llorca, Spain 6-1, 6-0; QF lost to Sandra Cecchini, Italy 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; SF def. Bettina Bunge, West Germany 6-3, 6-4; F def. Helena Sukova 7-5, 7-6 (5).
Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (Aug. 11-17; Manhattan Beach, CA, hard, seeded 2): 2R def. Elise Burgin 6-4, 6-2; 3R def. Bettina Bunge 7-6 (3), 6-4; QF def. Manuela Maleeva [6] 3-6, 6-0, 6-0; SF def. Pam Shriver [4] 6-4, 6-4; F lost to Martina Navratilova [1] 7-6 (5), 6-3
United States Open Championships (Aug. 25-Sept. 7; Flushing Meadow, Queens, NY, hard, seeded 2): 1R def. Barbara Gerken 6-2, 6-1; 2R Regina Marsikova 6-0, 6-0; 3R def. Mary Joe Fernandez 6-4, 6-2; 4R def. Catarina Lindqvist [14] 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; QF def. Manuela Maleeva [9] 6-2, 6-2; SF lost to Helena Sukova [7] 6-2, 6-4
Sat out rest of season with chondromalacia patella in her left knee, which had troubled her throughout the spring and summer.
Season Highlights
–Won record 7th French Open title
–Opened the year with three straight tournament victories.