# 1972 Virginia Slims Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1972_Virginia_Slims_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1972_Virginia_Slims_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Virginia_Slims_Championships > Source revision: 1120339660 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Main article: [WTA Finals](/source/WTA_Finals) Tennis tournament 1972 Virginia Slims Championships Date October 9 – 15[1] Edition 1st Category Year-end Championship Draw 16S Prize money $100,000 Surface Clay (Green) / outdoor Location Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. Venue Boca Raton Hotel & Club Champions Singles Chris Evert[2] Virginia Slims Championships · 1973 → The **1972 Virgin Slims Championships** were the first season-ending championships of the [Virginia Slims Circuit](/source/Virginia_Slims_Circuit) (a precursor to the [WTA Tour](/source/WTA_Tour)), the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the [1972 Virginia Slims circuit](/source/1972_Virginia_Slims_circuit). The singles-only tournament was played on outdoor [clay courts](/source/Clay_court) and was held from October 9 through October 15, 1972, at the Boca Raton Hotel & Club in [Boca Raton](/source/Boca_Raton), Florida in the United States. Fourth-seeded [Chris Evert](/source/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.[1][3][4] ## Champion Main article: [1972 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles](/source/1972_Virginia_Slims_Championships_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Chris Evert](/source/Chris_Evert) defeated [Kerry Melville](/source/Kerry_Reid), 7–5, 6–4. - It was Evert's 4th singles title of the year and the 11th of her [career](/source/Chris_Evert_career_statistics). ## Prize money Event W F 3rd 4th QF Round of 16 Singles [3] $25,000 $15,000 $9,000 $7,000 $4,000 $2,000 ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-infodoubs_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-infodoubs_1-1) ["1972 Virginia Slims Championships"](http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/1972/808.pdf) (PDF). WTAtour.com. Retrieved January 26, 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-singles_2-0)** ["Chris Saves Money For Slims Promoters"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0XBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Aw8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3694,4884819&dq=virginia+slims+championships&hl=en). *[The Ledger](/source/The_Ledger)*. October 16, 1972. p. 2B – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dolan2011_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dolan2011_3-1) John Dolan (2011). *Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide*. Remous. pp. 114, 517. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Chris 'Saves' Promoters Again"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KVlQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wFcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7263%2C260611). *[The Evening Independent](/source/The_Evening_Independent)*. October 16, 1972. p. 5C – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive). ## External links - [Official website](http://www.wtafinals.com) v t e WTA Finals 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 (Mar) 1986 (Nov) 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 v t e 1972 Women's Tennis Circuit « 1971 1973 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) Virginia Slims Circuit San Francisco (S, D) Long Beach (S, D) Boston (S, D) Fort Lauderdale (S, D) Oklahoma City (S, D) Washington (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Dallas (S, D) Richmond (S, D) San Juan (S, D) Jacksonville (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Tucson (S, D) Indianapolis 1 (S, D) Columbus (S, D) Denver (S, D) Newport (S, D) Oakland (S, D) Phoenix (S, D) Grand Prix Circuit Johannesburg (S, D) Rome (S, D) Bournemouth (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Indianapolis 2 (S, D) Toronto (S, D) New York (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Tokyo 1 (S, D) Palm Harbor (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Phoenix (S, D) Melbourne (S, D) Non-tour events Sydney (S, D) Adelaide (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) London (S, D) Beckenham (S, D) Tokyo 2 (S, D) Tokyo 3 (S, D) Billingham (S, D) Edinburgh (S, D) Aberavon (S, D) Torquay (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) Team events Fed Cup Wightman Cup Virginia Slims Championships (S, D) v t e « 1971 1972 in tennis 1973 » Grand Slam Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Tours Men WCT circuit WCT Finals WCT Winter Finals Grand Prix circuit Grand Prix Masters USLTA Indoor Circuit Women Virginia Slims Circuit Virginia Slims Championships Women's Grand Prix National teams Davis Cup Federation Cup Wightman Cup --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1972 Virginia Slims Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Virginia_Slims_Championships) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Virginia_Slims_Championships?action=history)). 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