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1982 Toyota Series Championships

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1982 Toyota Series Championships
DateDecember 14–19
Edition6th
CategoryVirginia Slims circuit
Draw12S / 6D
Prize money$300,000
SurfaceCarpet (Sporteze) / indoor
LocationEast Rutherford, NJ, U.S.
VenueByrne Meadowlands Arena
Champions
Singles
United States Martina Navratilova
Doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
← 1981 · Toyota Championships

The 1982 Toyota Series Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Byrne Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey in the United States that was the season-ending tournament of the 1982 Toyota World Championship Series. It was the sixth and last edition of the tournament and was held from December 14 through December 19, 1982. The top 12 singles players and top 6 doubles teams, in terms of Toyota Series ranking points, qualified for the event.[1] First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $75,000 first-prize money.[2][3][4][5]

Finals

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Singles

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United States Martina Navratilova defeated United States Chris Evert-Lloyd 4–6, 6–1, 6–2

  • It was Navratilova's 15th singles title of the year and the 70th of her career.

Doubles

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United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver defeated United States Candy Reynolds / United States Paula Smith 6–4, 7–5

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16
Singles [1] $75,000 $40,000 $19,000 $11,000 $4,500
Doubles [1] $28,000 $15,000 $8,000 $5,500 NA

Doubles prize money is per team.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 505.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1983). Slazengers World of Tennis 1983  : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 151–154. ISBN 0356093832.
  3. ^ Kathy Blumenstock (December 20, 1982). "Navratilova's Win Over Evert Answers The No. 1 Question". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ Martin Lader (December 20, 1982). "Without meaning any disrespect to the year that was,..." UPI.
  5. ^ Barry McDermott (December 27, 1982). "Chrissie Got The Back Of Martina's Hand". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 57, no. 27. pp. 30–31.
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