
1975 Virginia Slims Championships
    
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        The 1975 Virginia Slims Championships were the fourth season-ending WTA Tour Championships
, the annual tennis
tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1975 WTA Tour. It was held in the week of March 31 to April 5, in Los Angeles
, California
. This was the first year the tournament switched from October to April.
 Chris Evert
  Chris Evert
defeated Martina Navratilova, 6–4, 6–2.
  Martina Navratilova, 6–4, 6–2.
 Margaret Court /
  Margaret Court /  Virginia Wade
  Virginia Wade
defeated Rosemary Casals
  Rosemary Casals
/ Billie Jean King
  Billie Jean King
, 6–7(2), 7–6, 6–2.
WTA Tour Championships
The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association  tour. The month, city and number of players has changed since the first edition in 1972...
, the annual tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players  or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1975 WTA Tour. It was held in the week of March 31 to April 5, in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of  Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. This was the first year the tournament switched from October to April.
Singles
 Chris Evert
  Chris EvertChris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert  is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...
defeated
 Martina Navratilova, 6–4, 6–2.
  Martina Navratilova, 6–4, 6–2.Doubles
 Margaret Court /
  Margaret Court /  Virginia Wade
  Virginia WadeVirginia Wade
Sarah Virginia Wade, OBE  is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a...
defeated
 Rosemary Casals
  Rosemary CasalsRosemary Casals
Rosemary "Rosie" Casals  is a former American professional tennis player.Rosemary Casals earned her reputation as a rebel in the staid tennis world when she began competing in the early 1960s. During a tennis career that spanned more than two decades, she won more than 90 tournaments and worked for...
/
 Billie Jean King
  Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King
Billie Jean King  is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...
, 6–7(2), 7–6, 6–2.


