Avon Cup
| Avon Cup | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Event name | Avon Cup (1983–84) BMW Championships (1985) Tournament of Champions (1986) |
| Tour | WTA Tour |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Abolished | 1986 |
| Editions | 4 |
| Surface | Clay (1983–84, 1986) Hard (1985) |
The Avon Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1983 to 1986. It was held on Marco Island, Florida and played on outdoor clay courts from 1983 to 1984 and again in 1986 and on outdoor hard courts in 1985. The event was sponsored by Avon Products and BMW during its tenure and was known as the Tournament of Champions in its final year.
The only woman to win the singles event more than once was Bonnie Gadusek.
Past finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Avon Cup |  Andrea Jaeger |
 Hana Mandlíková |
6–1, 6–3 |
| 1984 | Avon Cup | Bonnie Gadusek |
Kathleen Horvath |
3–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
| 1985 | BMW Championships | Bonnie Gadusek |
Pam Casale |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 1986 | edition was part of the Tournament of Champions | |||
Doubles
[edit]| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Andrea Jaeger Mary-Lou Piatek |
Rosemary Casals  Wendy Turnbull |
7–5, 6–4 |
| 1984 | Hana Mandlíková Helena Suková |
Andrea Jaeger  Anne Hobbs |
3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1985 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Sayers |
Camille Benjamin Bonnie Gadusek |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 1986 | edition was part of the Tournament of Champions | ||
External links
[edit]Categories:
- Avon Cup
- Clay court tennis tournaments
- Hard court tennis tournaments
- Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States
- WTA Tour
- 1983 establishments in Florida
- 1986 disestablishments in Florida
- Sports in Collier County, Florida
- Recurring sporting events established in 1983
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1986