Virginia Slims of Kansas

Tennis tournament

VS of Kansas
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	VS of Kansas (1978, 1983–89) Avon Championships of Kansas (1980–82) Breyers Tennis Classic (1990)
Tour	WTA Tour (1978–90)
Founded	1978
Abolished	1990
Editions	10
Surface	Hard (1978, 1988–90) Carpet (1980–82, 1986–87) Hard (1983)

The Virginia Slims of Kansas is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1978 to 1990. It was held in Kansas City, Missouri in the United States from 1978 to 1983 and in Wichita, Kansas in the United States from 1986 to 1990, and was played on indoor hard courts in 1978 and from 1988 to 1990, on indoor carpet courts from 1980 to 1982 and from 1986 to 1987, and on outdoor hard courts in 1983.

Martina Navratilova was a player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competitions twice partnering American Billie Jean King.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1978	United States Martina Navratilova	United States Billie Jean King	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
1979	Not Held
1980	United States Martina Navratilova	South Africa Greer Stevens	6–0, 6–2
1981	United States Andrea Jaeger	United States Martina Navratilova	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1982	United States Martina Navratilova	United States Barbara Potter	6–2, 6–2
1983	Australia Elizabeth Sayers	Australia Anne Minter	6–3, 6–1
1984 - 1985	Not Held
1986	United States Wendy White	United States Betsy Nagelsen	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2
1987	United States Barbara Potter	Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5)
1988	Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	West Germany Sylvia Hanika	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
1989	United States Amy Frazier	United States Barbara Potter	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
1990	South Africa Dianne Van Rensburg	France Nathalie Tauziat	2–6, 7–5, 6–2

Doubles

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Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1978	United States Billie Jean King United States Martina Navratilova	Australia Kerry Reid Australia Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 6–4
1979	Not Held
1980	United States Billie Jean King United States Martina Navratilova	United States Laura duPont United States Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–1
1981	United States Barbara Potter United States Sharon Walsh	United States Rosemary Casals Australia Wendy Turnbull	6–2, 7–6
1982	United States Barbara Potter United States Sharon Walsh	United States Mary Lou Piatek United States Anne Smith	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1983	United States Sandy Collins Australia Elizabeth Sayers	Australia Chris O'Neil Australia Brenda Remilton	7–5, 7–6
1984 - 1985	Not Held
1986	United States Kathy Jordan United States Candy Reynolds	United States JoAnne Russell United States Anne Smith	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1987	Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko	United States Barbara Potter United States Wendy White	6–2, 6–4
1988	Soviet Union Natalia Bykova Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko	Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná France Catherine Suire	6–3, 6–4
1989	Netherlands Manon Bollegraf South Africa Lise Gregory	United States Sandy Collins Soviet Union Leila Meskhi	6–2, 7–6
1990	Netherlands Manon Bollegraf United States Meredith McGrath	United States Mary Lou Daniels United States Wendy White	6–0, 6–2