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Amelia Island Championships

FieldValue
nameAmelia Island Championships
founded1980
abolished2010
editions31
cityAmelia Island and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
countryUnited States
tierInternational
venueAmelia Island Plantation and Sawgrass Country Club
surfaceGreen Clay / outdoors
draw32M / 32Q / 16D
prize money$220,000

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

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, The WTA announced that the event would not be held in 2011. The WTA wanted to reduce the number of spring clay court events and the tournament 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.

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.

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

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Amelia Island1980TCH Martina NavratilovaTCH Hana Mandlíková5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1981USA Chris EvertTCH Martina Navratilova6–0, 6–0
1982USA Chris Evert (2)USA Andrea Jaeger6–3, 6–1
1983USA Chris Evert (3)CAN Carling Bassett6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1984USA Martina Navratilova (2)USA Chris Evert6–2, 6–0
1985USA Zina GarrisonUSA Chris Evert6–4, 6–3
1986FRG Steffi GrafFRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)
1987FRG Steffi Graf (2)TCH Hana Mandlíková6–3, 6–4
1988USA Martina Navratilova (3)ARG Gabriela Sabatini6–0, 6–2
1989ARG Gabriela SabatiniFRG Steffi Graf3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1990FRG Steffi Graf (3)ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario6–1, 6–0
1991ARG Gabriela Sabatini (2)GER Steffi Graf7–5, 7–6
1992ARG Gabriela Sabatini (3)GER Steffi Graf6–2, 1–6, 6–3
1993ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioARG Gabriela Sabatini6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1994ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)ARG Gabriela Sabatini6–1, 6–4
1995ESP Conchita MartínezARG Gabriela Sabatini6–1, 6–4
1996ROU Irina SpîrleaFRA Mary Pierce6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1997USA Lindsay DavenportFRA Mary Pierce6–2, 6–3
1998FRA Mary PierceESP Conchita Martínez6–7(8–10), 6–0, 6–2
1999USA Monica SelesROU Ruxandra Dragomir6–2, 6–3
2000USA Monica Seles (2)ESP Conchita Martínez6–3, 6–2
2001FRA Amélie MauresmoRSA Amanda Coetzer6–4, 7–5
2002USA Venus WilliamsBEL Justine Henin2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2003RUS Elena DementievaUSA Lindsay Davenport4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2004USA Lindsay Davenport (2)FRA Amélie Mauresmo6–4, 6–4
2005USA Lindsay Davenport (3)ITA Silvia Farina Elia7–5, 7–5
2006RUS Nadia PetrovaITA Francesca Schiavone6–4, 6–4
2007FRA Tatiana GolovinRUS Nadia Petrova6–2, 6–1
2008RUS Maria SharapovaSVK Dominika Cibulková7–6(9–7), 6–3
Ponte Vedra Beach2009DEN Caroline WozniackiCAN Aleksandra Wozniak6–1, 6–2
2010DEN Caroline Wozniacki (2)BLR Olga Govortsova6–2, 7–5

Doubles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Amelia Island1980USA Rosemary Casals
RSA Ilana KlossUSA Kathy Jordan
USA Pam Shriver7–6, 7–6
1981USA Kathy Jordan
USA Anne SmithUSA Joanne Russell
USA Pam Shriver6–3, 5–7, 7–6
1982USA Leslie Allen
YUG Mima JaušovecUSA Barbara Potter
USA Sharon Walsh6–1, 7–5
1983USA Candy Reynolds
RSA Rosalyn FairbankROU Virginia Ruzici
TCH Hana Mandlíková6–4, 6–2
1984USA Kathy Jordan (2)
USA Anne Smith (2)GBR Anne Hobbs
YUG Mima Jaušovec6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1985RSA Rosalyn Fairbank (2)
TCH Hana MandlíkováCAN Carling Bassett
USA Chris Evert6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1986FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
TCH Helena SukováARG Gabriela Sabatini
FRA Catherine Tanvier6–2, 5–7, 7–6
1987FRG Steffi Graf
ARG Gabriela SabatiniTCH Hana Mandlíková
AUS Wendy Turnbull3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1988USA Zina Garrison Jackson
FRG Eva PfaffUSA Katrina Adams
USA Penny Barg-Mager4–6, 6–2, 7–6
1989URS Larisa Savchenko
URS Natasha ZverevaUSA Martina Navratilova
USA Pam Shriver7–6, 2–6, 6–1
1990ARG Mercedes Paz
ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioTCH Regina Rajchrtová
HUN Andrea Temesvári7–6, 6–4
1991ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)
TCH Helena Suková (2)ARG Mercedes Paz
URS Natasha Zvereva4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1992ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)
BLR Natasha Zvereva (2)USA Zina Garrison-Jackson
TCH Jana Novotná6–1, 6–0
1993SUI Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
GEO Leila MeskhiRSA Amanda Coetzer
ARG Inés Gorrochategui3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1994LAT Larisa Neiland
ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4)RSA Amanda Coetzer
ARG Inés Gorrochategui6–2, 6–7, 6–4
1995RSA Amanda Coetzer
ARG Inés GorrochateguiUSA Nicole Arendt
NED Manon Bollegraf6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1996USA Chanda Rubin
ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (5)USA Meredith McGrath
LAT Larisa Neiland6–1, 6–1
1997USA Lindsay Davenport
CZE Jana NovotnáUSA Nicole Arendt
NED Manon Bollegraf6–3, 6–0
1998USA Sandra Cacic
FRA Mary PierceAUT Barbara Schett
SUI Patty Schnyder7–6, 4–6, 7–6
1999ESP Conchita Martínez
ARG Patricia TarabiniUSA Lisa Raymond
AUS Rennae Stubbs7–5, 0–6, 6–4
2000Rain prevented play
2001ESP Conchita Martínez (2)
ARG Patricia Tarabini (2)USA Martina Navratilova
ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario6–4, 6–2
2002SVK Daniela Hantuchová
ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (6)ARG María Emilia Salerni
SWE Åsa Svensson6–4, 6–2
2003USA Lindsay Davenport (2)
USA Lisa RaymondESP Virginia Ruano Pascual
ARG Paola Suárez7–5, 6–2
2004RUS Nadia Petrova
USA Meghann ShaughnessySUI Myriam Casanova
AUS Alicia Molik3–6, 6–2, 7–5
2005AUS Bryanne Stewart
AUS Samantha StosurCZE Květa Peschke
SUI Patty Schnyder6–4, 6–2
2006JPN Shinobu Asagoe
SLO Katarina SrebotnikRSA Liezel Huber
IND Sania Mirza6–2, 6–4
2007ITA Mara Santangelo
SLO Katarina Srebotnik (2)ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues
ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2008USA Bethanie Mattek
CZE Vladimíra UhlířováBLR Victoria Azarenka
RUS Elena Vesnina6–3, 6–1
Ponte Vedra Beach2009TPE Chuang Chia-jung
IND Sania MirzaCZE Květa Peschke
USA Lisa Raymond6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
2010USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2)
CHN Yan ZiTPE Chuang Chia-jung
CHN Peng Shuai4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

References

References

  1. Fussman, Chet: [http://jacksonville.com/sports/local-sports/local-tennis/2010-05-22/story/end-era-first-coast-loses-womens-tennis-event "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". Midland Daily News.
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