{{Short description|Tennis tournament}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{TennisEventInfo|1990|Virginia Slims Championships| | date= November 12–18 | category=[[WTA Finals]] | edition=20th | prize_money=$3,000,000 | draw=16S / 8D | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | location=[[New York City]], United States | venue=[[Madison Square Garden]] | champs= {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Monica Seles]] | champd= {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kathy Jordan]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Elizabeth Smylie|Elizabeth Sayers]] | main_name=WTA Finals }}
The '''1990 [[WTA Tour Championships|Virginia Slims Championships]]''' was the season-ending women's [[tennis]] held on indoor [[carpet court]]s at the [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York City|New York]], United States between November 12 and November 18, 1990. Second-seeded [[Monica Seles]] won the singles title in the first five set women's final since [[Elisabeth Moore]] won the [[1901 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1901 U.S. National Championships]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Robin Finn|title=Seles Outlasts Sabatini|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/19/sports/seles-outlasts-sabatini.html|work=The New York Times|date=November 19, 1990}}</ref> Seles received $250,000 first-prize money. [[Martina Navratilova]] had qualified for the tournament but withdrew in order to undergo a knee operation.<ref name=wot1990>{{cite book|title=The [[International Tennis Federation]] : World of Tennis 1990|year=1990|publisher=Willow Books|location=London|isbn=9780002183550|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)|pages=173–174}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Diane Pucin|title=Seles Outlasts Sabatini In Historic 5-set Final|url=http://articles.philly.com/1990-11-19/sports/25929312_1_gabriela-sabatini-virginia-slims-championships-tennis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090635/http://articles.philly.com/1990-11-19/sports/25929312_1_gabriela-sabatini-virginia-slims-championships-tennis|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 19, 2014|website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|publisher=Philly.com|date=November 19, 1990}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{main|1990 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles}} {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Monica Seles]] defeated {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriela Sabatini]], 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2.
===Doubles=== {{main|1990 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kathy Jordan]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Elizabeth Smylie|Elizabeth Sayers]] defeated {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Mercedes Paz]] / {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]], 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–4.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.wtafinals.com}} * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/virginia-slims-championships/usa/1990/w-wt-usa-24a-1990/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details] * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1990/808.pdf WTA tournament draws]
{{WTA Tour Championships}} {{1990 WTA Tour}}
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