Claim: Virginia Slims of Nashville is a WTA Tour that was founded in 1973 with a surface of a carpet (surface code E) since 1983.
Evidence: Carpet (i) (1983)
Hard (i) (1984, 1988–91) 
The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts in 1983 and on indoor hardcourts in 1984 and from 1988 to 1991.