The Avon Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played from 1983 to 1986. It was held on Marco Island, Florida

Florida

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 and played on outdoor clay courts

Clay court

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 from 1983 to 1984 and again in 1986 and on outdoor hard courts in 1985. The event was sponsored by Avon Products

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 and BMW

BMW

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 during its tenure and was known as the Tournament of Champions in its final year.

The only woman to win the singles event more than once was Bonnie Gadusek

Bonnie Gadusek

Bonnie Gadusek is a former professional tennis player from the United States, who retired in April 1987....

.

Singles

Year	Name of Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1983	Avon Cup	Andrea Jaeger Andrea Jaeger Andrea Jaeger is a former World No. 2 professional tennis player from the United States whose brief but highly successful tennis career ended prematurely due to major shoulder injuries. Jaeger reached the singles final of Wimbledon in 1983 and the French Open in 1982...	Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...	6–1, 6–3
1984	Avon Cup	Bonnie Gadusek Bonnie Gadusek Bonnie Gadusek is a former professional tennis player from the United States, who retired in April 1987....	Kathleen Horvath Kathleen Horvath Erica Kathleen "Kathy" Horvath is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Horvath was the youngest player to win the U.S. National 16s in 1979. She also is the only player to ever win all four age groups in the U.S...	3–6, 6–0, 6–4
1985	BMW Championships	Bonnie Gadusek Bonnie Gadusek Bonnie Gadusek is a former professional tennis player from the United States, who retired in April 1987....	Pam Casale Pam Casale Pam Casale-Telford is a former professional tennis player from the United States....	6–3, 6–4
1986	Tournament of Champions	Chris Evert-Lloyd Chris 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...	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player. During her career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won 10 singles titles and 26 doubles titles.-Career:...	6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1983	Andrea Jaeger Andrea Jaeger Andrea Jaeger is a former World No. 2 professional tennis player from the United States whose brief but highly successful tennis career ended prematurely due to major shoulder injuries. Jaeger reached the singles final of Wimbledon in 1983 and the French Open in 1982...     Mary Lou Piatek	Rosemary Casals Rosemary 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...     Wendy Turnbull Wendy Turnbull Wendy Turnbull, MBE, is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a 3-time Grand Slam singles runner-up and won 13 singles titles and 55 doubles titles.-Career:Turnbull...	7–5, 6–4
1984	Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...     Helena Suková Helena Suková Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...	Andrea Jaeger   Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs is a British former professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989...	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1985	Kathy Jordan Kathy Jordan Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles...     Elizabeth Sayers Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993....	Camille Benjamin Camille Benjamin Camille Benjamin is an American former professional tennis player .Benjamin played on the WTA tour from 1981 to 1994. She did not win any major titles but reached the semi-final of the French Open in 1984....     Bonnie Gadusek Bonnie Gadusek Bonnie Gadusek is a former professional tennis player from the United States, who retired in April 1987....	6–3, 6–3
1986	Martina Navrátilová    Andrea Temesvári Andrea Temesvari Andrea Temesvári is a former professional tennis player once ranked as high as World No. 7. She won the Italian Open at sixteen, but injuries later hampered her career. She received the Most Improved Player Award by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. At the 1986 French Open she won the women's...	Kathy Jordan Kathy Jordan Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles...     Elise Burgin Elise Burgin Elise Burgin was an American tennis player. Her highest ranking was # 22.-Tennis career:Before playing professionally, Burgin was an outstanding singles and doubles player at Stanford University...	7–5, 6–2

External links

• WTA Results Archive