1989 Virginia Slims of Florida
Tennis tournament
1989 Virginia Slims of Florida | ||||
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Date | March 13–19 | |||
Edition | 11th | |||
Category | Category 5 | |||
Draw | 56S / 28D | |||
Prize money | $300,000 | |||
Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
Location | Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. | |||
Venue | The Polo Club of Boca Raton | |||
Champions | ||||
Singles | ||||
Steffi Graf | ||||
Doubles | ||||
Jana Novotná / Helena Suková | ||||
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The 1989 Virginia Slims of Florida was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Polo Club of Boca Raton in Boca Raton, Florida in the United States and was part of the Category 5 tier of the 1989 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from March 13 through March 19, 1989. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her second at the event after 1987.[1][2]
Finals
Singles
Steffi Graf defeated Chris Evert 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
- It was Graf's 4th singles title of the year and the 34th of her career.
Doubles
Jana Novotná / Helena Suková defeated Jo Durie / Mary Joe Fernández 6–4, 6–2
- It was Novotná's 3rd title of the year and the 15th of her career. It was Suková's 3rd title of the year and the 35th of her career.
References
External links
- ITF tournament edition details
- Tournament draws
- Tournament fact sheet