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The 1977 WTA Tour consisted of a number of tennis tournaments for female tennis players. It was composed of two circuits the newly streamlined version of the Virginia Slims Circuit (which was now an 11-week tour of the US) and the world wide Colgate International Series. The year 1977 also saw the creation of the first official ranking system and these rankings were used to determine acceptance into the tournaments.[1][2]
Chris Evert finished the year as world No. 1 for the third time in her career. She won twelve singles tournaments during the season, including a major at the US Open, as well as the Virginia Slims Championships. | |
Details | |
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Duration | 17 October 1976 – 28 November 1977 |
Edition | 5th |
Tournaments | 49 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA championships (3) Virginia Slims Circuit (11) Colgate International Series (18) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most titles | Chris Evert (12) |
Most finals | Chris Evert (14) |
Prize money leader | Chris Evert ($503,134) |
Points leader | Chris Evert (17.612) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Virginia Wade |
Doubles team of the year | Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve |
Most improved player of the year | Wendy Turnbull |
Newcomer of the year | Tracy Austin |
← 1976 1978 → |
This is a calendar of all events which were part of either the Virginia Slims circuit or the Colgate International Series in the year 1977, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. Also included are the Grand Slam tournaments, the 1977 Virginia Slims Championships, the 1977 Federation Cup and a number of events not affiliated with either tour.[1]
Grand Slam tournaments |
Virginia Slims/Colgate Series championships |
Virginia Slims Circuit |
Colgate International Series |
Non-tour events |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Dec | Toyota Women's Classic Melbourne, Australia Colgate International Series Grass – $75,000 | 6–2, 6–2 | |||
6–2, 6–4 | |||||
26 Dec | Marlboro NSW Open Sydney, Australia Colgate Series Grass – $35,000 | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 | |||
6–4, 6–1 |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Apr | Bridgestone Doubles Championships Tokyo, Japan $100,000 – Carpet (i) – 8D Doubles | 7–5, 6–3 |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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9 May | German Open Hamburg, West Germany Colgate Series $35,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | 6–1, 6–4 | |||
2–6, 6–4, 7–5 | |||||
16 May | Italian Open Rome, Italy Colgate Series $35,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) | |||
6–3, 5–7, 2–6 | |||||
23 May 30 May | French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – 64S/64Q/22D/24X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 | |||
5–7, 6–4, 6–2 | |||||
7–6, 6–3 |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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13 Jun | Federation Cup Eastbourne, Great Britain Federation Cup Grass – 32 teams knockout | 2–1 | |||
20 Jun 27 Jun | Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – 96S/48D/64X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 | |||
6–3, 6–3 | |||||
3–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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12 Sep | Toray Sillook Open Osaka & Tokyo, Japan Colgate Series $100,000 – carpet (i) Singles | 7–5, 5–7, 6–4 | |||
26 Sep | Florida Federal Open Palm Harbor, United States Colgate Series $35,000 – hard | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | |||
6–7, 6–2, 6–2 |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Nov | Wightman Cup Williamsburg, United States Hard (i) Team event | 7–0 |
Below are the 1977 WTA year-end rankings (December 31, 1977) in both singles and doubles competition:
Singles Year-end Ranking[3] | ||||
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No | Player Name | Points | 1976 | Change |
1 | 17.612 | 1 | = | |
2 | 12.244 | NR | NR | |
3 | 11.881 | 4 | +1 | |
4 | 10.185 | 3 | -1 | |
5 | 9.515 | 10 | +5 | |
6 | 7.693 | 6 | = | |
7 | 6.617 | 7 | = | |
8 | 6.462 | 5 | -3 | |
9 | 6.326 | 30 | +21 | |
10 | 6.061 | 8 | -2 | |
11 | 5.738 | 11 | = | |
12 | 5.065 | NR | NR | |
13 | 4.989 | 17 | +4 | |
14 | 4.313 | 13 | -1 | |
15 | 4.244 | 18 | +3 | |
16 | 3.951 | 26 | +10 | |
17 | 3.875 | 32 | +15 | |
18 | 3.813 | 28 | +10 | |
19 | 3.759 | NR | NR | |
20 | 3.700 | +3 | 23 | |
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