Evert's tournaments won listings

[BTURNER]

This was actually requested by Vanhool in the infamous Serena majors thread, so that we can better compare Evert's tournments with Serenas
Unbelievable that no one has researched and provided thorough lists for Martina with detailed data but most champions did not acquire a Steve Flink with their number 1 ranking. I am doing this in parts as it has to be a work in progress. Hopefully it will interest someone else besides us.

1971
Fort Lauderdale Invitational (green clay) 5 rds bt Laura fleming
Virginia Slims Masters (green clay)5 rds bt J Heldman
North Carolina National Bank Invitational (green clay) 3 rds b L.Dupont
Tulsa Clay Courts (green clay) 4 rds bt M Eisel
Columbus (green clay?) 3 rds bt J Evert
Birmingham (?) 3 rds bt J Evert
Eastern Grass Court Championships (grass) 4 rds bt H. gourlay
1972
Women’s International (green clay) 5 rds bt King
Rothman’s Queen’s Club Tournament (grass) 5 rds bt Krantzcke
U S Clay Court Championships (green clay seeded 2) 5 rds bt Goolagong [1]
V Slims Championships (green clay seeded 3) 4 rds bt Melville [4]
1973
S & H Green Stamps Classic (green clay seeded 1) 4 rds bt Wade [3]
Akron Women’s Open (indoor seeded 2) 4 rds bt Morozova
Lady Gotham Classic (indoor,seeded 2)4 rds bt Ebbinghaus
1st Federal Bank of Sarasota Classic (green clay,seeded 1) 5 rds bt Goolagong [3]
Miami Carner Bank Classic (green clay, seeded 1)5 rds bt Goolagong again [2]
Women’s Masters (green clay, seeded 1)5 rds bt Goolagong yet again[2]
Clark Memorial Cup (hard, seeded 1)5rds bt L Tuero
Atlantic City (grass/synthetic depending on rd, seeded 1)5rds bt Redondo
U.S. Clay Court Championships (green clay, seeded 1)5 rds bt Burton
V. Slims of Columbus, Ga. (green clay, seeded 2)5 rds bt Court [1] walk-over
V. Slims Championships (green clay, seeded 1)5 rds bt Richey [4]
S. African Open Championships (hard, seeded 1)6 rds bt Goolagong [2]
1974
V slims Mission Viejo (hard, seeded 1) 5 rds bt King [2]
S & H Green Stamps Classic (green clay seeded 1) 5 rds bt melville [2]
Maureen Connolly Intl (indoor, seeded 1) 5 rds bt Wade [3}
1st Federal Bank of Sarasota (green clay, seeded 1)5 rds bt Goolagong [2]
Barnett Bank Masters (green clay, seeded 1) 5 rds bt Melville [3]
Family Circle Cup (green clay, seeded 1) 5 rds bt Melville [2] again
Italian Open (red clay, seeded 1)5 rds bt Navratilova [6]
French Open (red clay, seeded 1) 6 rds bt Morazova [3]
Eastbourne International (grass, seeded 1) 5rds bt Wade [2]
Wimbledon (grass seeded 2 ) 7 rds bt Morazova [8]
U.S.Clay Court Championships (green clay, seeded 1)5 rds bt Chanfreau [unseed]
Canadian Open (green clay, seeded 1)5 rds bt Heldman [2]
V Slims of Newport (grass, seeded 1) 5 rds bt Nagelson[unseed]
V Slims of Houston (indoor, seeded 1) 5 rds bt Wade
World Invitational (green clay) 2 rds bt Wade
Gunze World Open (indoor) 3 rds bt Casals
1975
V Slims San Francisco (indoor, seeded 1)5 rds bt King [2]
V Slims of Akron (indoor, seeded 1) 5 rds bt Court [2]
V Slims of Houston (indoor, seeded 2) 5 rds bt Court [1]
V Slims Championships ( hard, seeded 1) 5 rds bt Navratilova
L’Eggs World Series of Tennis (hard) 2 rds bt King
Family Circle Cup (green clay, seeded 1) 5 rds bt Navratilova [2]
Italian Open (red clay,seeded 1)5 rds bt Navratilova[2]again
French Open (red clay, seeded 1) 6 rds bt Navratilova[2] yet again
U.S.Clay Court Championships (green clay,seeded 1) 5 rds bt Fromholtz[unseed]
Medi-Quick Open (green clay, seeded 1)5 rds bt Wade[unseed]
US Open (green clay, seeded 1) 6 rds bt Goolagong [4]
Little Mo Classic (indoor, seeded 1)5 rds bt Navratilova [3]
V Slims of Mission Viejo (hard, seeded 1)5 rds bt C Doener [unseed]
Barnett Bank Classic (green clay, seeded 1) 5rds bt navratilova walkover
World Invitational (green clay) 2 rds bt Goolagong
Gunze World Open (indoor) 3 rds bt Durr
1976
L’Eggs World Series of Tennis (hard) 2 rds bt Goolagong
V Slims of Washington (indoor, seeded 1) 5rds bt Wade [2]
V Slims of Detroit (indoor, seeded 1) 5rds bt Casals [3]
V Slims of Detroit (indoor, seeded 1) 5rds bt Goolagong [1]
V Slims of San Francisco (indoor, seeded 2)5rds bt Goolagong [1]again
Family Circle Cup (green clay, seeded 1)5rds bt Melville Reid [5]
Eastbourne International (grass, seeded 1)6rds bt Wade [2]
Wimbledon (grass, seeded 1)7rds bt Goolagong [2]
U.S Open (green clay, seeded 1) 7 rds bt Goolagong [2] again
Phoenix Thunderbird Classic (hard, seeded 1)5rds bt Fromholtz [unseed]
Colgate Inaugural Championships (hard, seeded 1)4 rds bt Durr [unseed]
Gunze World Open (indoor, seeded 1)3 rds bt Barker [unseed]
1977
V Slims of Florida (indoor, seeded 1)5rds bt Court [7]
V Slims of Seattle (indoor, seeded 1)5rds bt Navratilova [2]
V Slims of Chicago (indoor, seeded 1)5rds bt Court [unseed]
V Slims of Los Angeles (indoor, seeded 1)5rds bt Navratilova [2]
V Slims of Philadelphia(indoor,seeded 1)5rds bt Navratilova [2]again
V Slims Championships (indoor, seeded 1)RR bt Barker [unseed]
Family Circle Cup (green clay, seeded 1)5rds bt King [8]
L’Eggs World Series of Tennis (hard)2 rds bt Navratilova
U. S. Open (green clay, seeded 1)7rds bt Turnbull [12]
Wyler’s Women’s Tennis Classic (indoor, seeded 1)5rds bt Fromholtz [6]
Colgate Series Championships (hard, seeded 1)RR bt King [unseed]
1978
V Slims of Philidephia (indoor, seeded 1)5rds bt King [unseed]
Family Circle Cup (green clay, seeded 2)5rds bt Melville Reid
U.S. Open (hard, seeded 2)7rds bt Shriver [unseed]
Wyler’sTennis Classic (indoor, seeded 2)5rds bt Navratilova [1]
U.S. Women’s Indoor Championship (indoor, seeded 2)5rds bt Wade [3]
Colgate Series Championships (hard, seeded 1)5rds bt Navratilova
Emeron Cup (indoors)2rds bt Navratilova
1979
Avon Championships of Seattle (indoor, seeded 1)5rds bt R.Richards [unseed]
Avon Championships of Los Angeles(indoor, seeded 2)5rds bt Navratilova [1]
Clairol Crown Championships (hard)2rds bt Fromholtz
Bancroft Trophy (red clay, seeded 1)5rds bt Stoll[unseed]
French Open (red clay, seeded 1)7rds bt Turnbull [4]
Eastbourne International (grass, seeded 2)5rds bt Navratilova [2]
U.S. Clay Court Championships (green clay, seeded 1)6rds bt Goolagong [3]
Volvo Women’s Masters (hard, seeded 1)5rds bt Austin [2]
1980
Italian Open Championships (red clay, seeded 1)5rds bt Ruzici [3]
French Open Championships (red clay, seeded 1)7rds bt Ruzici [8] again
Crossley Carpets Trophy (grass, seeded 1)6rds bt Goolagong [2]
U.S. Clay Court Championships (green clay, seeded 1)5rds bt Jaeger [4]
Canadian Open (hard, seeded 2)6rds bt Ruzici [unseed]
U.S. Open Championships (hard, seeded 3)7rds bt Mandlikova [9]
Maybelline Classic (hard, seeded 1)5rds bt Jaeger [3]
Daihatsu Challenge (indoor, seeded 1)5rds bt Navratilova [2]


I won't be offended if you refer to some of those in 1971/1972 as 'joke' tournaments because some of them with 3 rds in these first years were less than exhausting efforts. One thing to keep in mind is that many times while the finalist named looks routine, the semifinalist not listed that Evert beat was decidedly not.

 

[PDJ]

I, for one, welcome this thread and the info provided. Thank you

 

[Xavier G]

Yes, BTURNER, it interests me.

If I may, I'd like to add this website to the debate so people can look at Chris' results in depth:-

http://chrisevert.net

which people may or, may not, know about. I think BTURNER may have mentioned it before. I'm not sure about that, so I'm mentioning it here now.

Chris Evert was my favourite female player of the 1970's and is undoubtedly an all-time great champion of the sport wherever you rank her among the best players, whether it's top three ever, top five ever etc...

 

[Moose Malloy]

I looked through the list of 16 events Evert won in 1975 and counted how many top 10 players she beat(using year end rankingsfor 1975)

VS San Francsico -2
VS Akron - 3
VS Los Angeles - 2
VS Houston - 2
L’Eggs World Series of Tennis - 2(only played 2 matches)
Family Circle - 3
Rome - 1
Roland Garros - 2
US Clay Courts - 1
Medi-Quick Open - 2
US Open - 3
Little Mo Classic - 2
VS Mission Viejo - 0
Barnett Bank Classic - 0
World Invitational - 1 (only played 2 matches)
Gunze World Open - 3 (played 3 matches)

 

[BTURNER]

I looked through the list of 16 events Evert won in 1975 and counted how many top 10 players she beat(using year end rankingsfor 1975)

VS San Francsico -2
VS Akron - 3
VS Los Angeles - 2
VS Houston - 2
L’Eggs World Series of Tennis - 2(only played 2 matches)
Family Circle - 3
Rome - 1
Roland Garros - 2
US Clay Courts - 1
Medi-Quick Open - 2
US Open - 3
Little Mo Classic - 2
VS Mission Viejo - 0
Barnett Bank Classic - 0
World Invitational - 1 (only played 2 matches)
Gunze World Open - 3 (played 3 matches)

Thanks for the contribution. It does offer more relevent context than what I have provided. This begs the question how was the WTA defining a tournament for these purposes with only two or three rounds. Aren't these 'invitationals' with only a couple of rounds with a highly select invitees rather unconventional in structure for sanctioned tournaments? and that begs the question whether the definition of a sanctioned WTA tournament is the same now as then or whether it has been tighted any.