{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2012}} {{main|WTA Finals}} {{TennisEventInfo|1972|Virginia Slims Championships| | date= October 9 – 15<ref name="infodoubs">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/1972/808.pdf|title=1972 Virginia Slims Championships|publisher=WTAtour.com|format=PDF|access-date=2011-01-26}}</ref> | edition=1st | category=[[WTA Tour Championships|Year-end Championship]] | prize_money=$100,000 | draw=16S | surface=[[Clay court|Clay]] (Green) / outdoor | location=[[Boca Raton]], Florida, U.S. | venue=Boca Raton Hotel & Club | champs= {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Evert]]<ref name="singles">{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0XBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Aw8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3694,4884819&dq=virginia+slims+championships&hl=en|title=Chris Saves Money For Slims Promoters|work=[[The Ledger]]|date=October 16, 1972|page=2B|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> }}
The '''1972 Virgin Slims Championships''' were the first season-ending championships of the [[Virginia Slims Circuit]] (a precursor to the [[WTA Tour]]), the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the [[1972 Virginia Slims circuit]]. The singles-only tournament was played on outdoor [[clay court]]s and was held from October 9 through October 15, 1972, at the Boca Raton Hotel & Club in [[Boca Raton]], Florida in the United States. Fourth-seeded [[Chris Evert]] won the title but could not accept the first place prize money of $25,000 as she was not yet 18 years old and therefore was classified as an amateur.<ref name="infodoubs"/><ref name=dolan2011>{{cite book|title=Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide|year=2011|publisher=Remous|pages=114, 517|author=John Dolan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chris 'Saves' Promoters Again|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KVlQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wFcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7263%2C260611|newspaper=[[The Evening Independent]]|page=5C|date=October 16, 1972|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
==Champion== {{main|1972 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Evert]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kerry Reid|Kerry Melville]], 7–5, 6–4. * It was Evert's 4th singles title of the year and the 11th of her [[Chris Evert career statistics|career]].
== Prize money ==
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:95%;text-align:center |style="width:130px" |'''Event''' |style="width:85px; background:lime"|'''W''' |style="width:85px; background:thistle"|F |style="width:85px; background:#ffff00"|3rd |style="width:85px; background:#ffff00"|4th |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd"|QF |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|Round of 16 |- !style=background:#efefef|Singles <ref name=dolan2011/> |$25,000 |$15,000 |$9,000 |$7,000 |$4,000 |$2,000 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.wtafinals.com}}
{{WTA Tour Championships}} {{1972 Women's Tennis Circuit}} {{1972 in tennis}}
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