Avon Futures of Puerto Rico

Avon Futures of Puerto Rico
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameBorniquen Classic
TourWTA Tour
Founded1977
Abolished1978
Editions2
LocationSan Juan, Puerto Rico
SurfaceHard / outdoor

The Avon Futures of Puerto Rico [1] is a defunct tennis tournament founded in 1977 as the Borniquen Tennis Classic.[2] The tournament was part of the Avon Futures Circuit and was held in San Juan in Puerto Rico and was played on outdoor hard courts.[3] It was the successor event to the early Caribe Hilton Invitational that was a combined men's and women's tournament. This event ran until 1978 when it was discontinued. In 1986 a successor women's event was established called the Puerto Rico Open, initially played in San Juan.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1977 United States Billie Jean King United States Janet Newberry 6–1, 6–3
1978 United States Julie Anthony United States Mary Hamm 6–7, 6–4, 7–6

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1977[4] United States Rosemary Casals
United States Billie Jean King		 South Africa Delina Ann Boshoff
South Africa Ilana Kloss		 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1978 United States Jane Stratton
Sweden Mimi Wikstedt		 United States Ann Kiyomura
United States Valerie Ziegenfuss		 7–5, 2–6, 6–3

See also

References

  1. ^ "Avon Tennis Circuit". womenSports. New York: Women Sports Publishing Company. 1978. p. 68.
  2. ^ "A King-Casals Victory". The New York Times. New York City, United States. 31 October 1977. p. 43.
  3. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. p. 185. ISBN 978-0354090681.
  4. ^ "A King-Casals Victory". The New York Times. October 31, 1977. p. 42.


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