Amelia Island Championships

The Amelia Island Championships was a women's tennis tournament held in Amelia Island Plantation and later Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States. The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event was an International series tournament played on outdoor green clay courts from 1980 to 2010.

Amelia Island Championships
Tournament information
Founded1980
Abolished2010
Editions31
LocationAmelia Island and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
United States
VenueAmelia Island Plantation and Sawgrass Country Club
CategoryInternational
SurfaceGreen Clay / outdoors
Draw32M / 32Q / 16D
Prize money$220,000

History

Formerly the Bausch & Lomb Championships, the tournament lost its title sponsor when Bausch & Lomb did not renew its contract following the 2008 event at Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida. Tournament organizers Octagon hired Axia Public Relations, a public relations firm, to find a new title sponsor. In August 2008, Axia and Octagon announced Fortune 1000 global staffing firm MPS Group (NYSE:MPS) of Jacksonville, Florida as the official tournament title sponsor. Octagon moved the annual event to Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach as part of the tournament changes to attract more attendees and enjoy upgraded facilities.

On May 21, 2010 tournament officials announced that the event would not be held in 2011. The WTA wanted to reduce the number of spring clay court events and the MPS Group Championships offered the smallest prize money. The WTA offered replacement dates in February and July, but no facility was available in February, and temperatures in July can be unbearable.[1]

One of the most unusual matches in the tournament's history occurred in the first round of the 2002 event. Anne Kremer defeated Jennifer Hopkins 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, with both players serving a combined 29 double faults. An investigation discovered that the court markings had been incorrectly measured, resulting in a smaller service box than normal.[2]

Sponsors
  • 1980–1983: Murjani WTA Championships
  • 1984: Lipton WTA Champions
  • 1984: NutraSweet WTA Championships
  • 1985–1986: Sunkist WITA Championships
  • 1987–2008 : Bausch & Lomb Championships
  • 2009–2010 : The MPS Group Championships

Past finals

Singles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Amelia Island1980 Martina Navratilova Hana Mandlíková5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1981 Chris Evert Martina Navratilova6–0, 6–0
1982 Chris Evert (2) Andrea Jaeger6–3, 6–1
1983 Chris Evert (3) Carling Bassett6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1984 Martina Navratilova (2) Chris Evert6–2, 6–0
1985 Zina Garrison Chris Evert6–4, 6–3
1986 Steffi Graf Claudia Kohde-Kilsch6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)
1987 Steffi Graf (2) Hana Mandlíková6–3, 6–4
1988 Martina Navratilova (3) Gabriela Sabatini6–0, 6–2
1989 Gabriela Sabatini Steffi Graf3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1990 Steffi Graf (3) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario6–1, 6–0
1991 Gabriela Sabatini (2) Steffi Graf7–5, 7–6
1992 Gabriela Sabatini (3) Steffi Graf6–2, 1–6, 6–3
1993 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Gabriela Sabatini6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1994 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Gabriela Sabatini6–1, 6–4
1995 Conchita Martínez Gabriela Sabatini6–1, 6–4
1996 Irina Spîrlea Mary Pierce6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1997 Lindsay Davenport Mary Pierce6–2, 6–3
1998 Mary Pierce Conchita Martínez6–7(8–10), 6–0, 6–2
1999 Monica Seles Ruxandra Dragomir6–2, 6–3
2000 Monica Seles (2) Conchita Martínez6–3, 6–2
2001 Amélie Mauresmo Amanda Coetzer6–4, 7–5
2002 Venus Williams Justine Henin2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2003 Elena Dementieva Lindsay Davenport4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2004 Lindsay Davenport (2) Amélie Mauresmo6–4, 6–4
2005 Lindsay Davenport (3) Silvia Farina Elia7–5, 7–5
2006 Nadia Petrova Francesca Schiavone6–4, 6–4
2007 Tatiana Golovin Nadia Petrova6–2, 6–1
2008 Maria Sharapova Dominika Cibulková7–6(9–7), 6–3
Ponte Vedra Beach2009 Caroline Wozniacki Aleksandra Wozniak6–1, 6–2
2010 Caroline Wozniacki (2) Olga Govortsova6–2, 7–5

Doubles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Amelia Island1980 Rosemary Casals
Ilana Kloss		 Kathy Jordan
Pam Shriver		7–6, 7–6
1981 Kathy Jordan
Anne Smith		 Joanne Russell
Pam Shriver		6–3, 5–7, 7–6
1982 Leslie Allen
Mima Jaušovec		 Barbara Potter
Sharon Walsh		6–1, 7–5
1983 Candy Reynolds
Rosalyn Fairbank		 Virginia Ruzici
Hana Mandlíková		6–4, 6–2
1984 Kathy Jordan (2)
Anne Smith (2)		 Anne Hobbs
Mima Jaušovec		6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1985 Rosalyn Fairbank (2)
Hana Mandlíková		 Carling Bassett
Chris Evert		6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1986 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková		 Gabriela Sabatini
Catherine Tanvier		6–2, 5–7, 7–6
1987 Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini		 Hana Mandlíková
Wendy Turnbull		3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1988 Zina Garrison Jackson
Eva Pfaff		 Katrina Adams
Penny Barg-Mager		4–6, 6–2, 7–6
1989 Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva		 Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver		7–6, 2–6, 6–1
1990 Mercedes Paz
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 Regina Rajchrtová
Andrea Temesvári		7–6, 6–4
1991 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)
Helena Suková (2)		 Mercedes Paz
Natasha Zvereva		4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1992 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)
Natasha Zvereva (2)		 Zina Garrison-Jackson
Jana Novotná		6–1, 6–0
1993 Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
Leila Meskhi		 Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1994 Larisa Neiland
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4)		 Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui		6–2, 6–7, 6–4
1995 Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui		 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf		6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1996 Chanda Rubin
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (5)		 Meredith McGrath
Larisa Neiland		6–1, 6–1
1997 Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná		 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf		6–3, 6–0
1998 Sandra Cacic
Mary Pierce		 Barbara Schett
Patty Schnyder		7–6, 4–6, 7–6
1999 Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini		 Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs		7–5, 0–6, 6–4
2000Rain prevented play
2001 Conchita Martínez (2)
Patricia Tarabini (2)		 Martina Navratilova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		6–4, 6–2
2002 Daniela Hantuchová
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (6)		 María Emilia Salerni
Åsa Svensson		6–4, 6–2
2003 Lindsay Davenport (2)
Lisa Raymond		 Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez		7–5, 6–2
2004 Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy		 Myriam Casanova
Alicia Molik		3–6, 6–2, 7–5
2005 Bryanne Stewart
Samantha Stosur		 Květa Peschke
Patty Schnyder		6–4, 6–2
2006 Shinobu Asagoe
Katarina Srebotnik		 Liezel Huber
Sania Mirza		6–2, 6–4
2007 Mara Santangelo
Katarina Srebotnik (2)		 Anabel Medina Garrigues
Virginia Ruano Pascual		6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2008 Bethanie Mattek
Vladimíra Uhlířová		 Victoria Azarenka
Elena Vesnina		6–3, 6–1
Ponte Vedra Beach2009 Chuang Chia-jung
Sania Mirza		 Květa Peschke
Lisa Raymond		6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
2010 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2)
Yan Zi		 Chuang Chia-jung
Peng Shuai		4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

See also

References
  1. Fussman, Chet: "End of an era: First Coast loses women's tennis event after 31 years" Florida Times-Union, May 22, 2010
  2. "Kremer Win Over Hopkins Stands". www.ourmidland.com. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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