# Ameritech Cup

The Ameritech Cup (known also as the Virginia Slims of Chicago and the Avon Championships of Chicago) is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament held every year from 1971 until 1997 in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Its sponsors were Virginia Slims from 1971 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1994, Avon from 1979 to 1982 and Ameritech from 1995 to 1997. The tournament was classified as Tier III in 1988-1989, Tier I in 1990 and Tier II until 1997, and was played on indoor carpet courts.
Martina Navratilova was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition 12 times and the doubles competition 7 times. Past champions also include former No. 1 players Chris Evert (1977), Monica Seles (1993) and Lindsay Davenport (1997).

## Past finals
### Singles

| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| 1971 | Françoise Dürr | Billie Jean King | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1972 | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1973 | Margaret Court | Billie Jean King | 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1974 | Virginia Wade | Rosemary Casals | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1975 | Margaret Court | Martina Navratilova | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1976 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | Virginia Wade | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1977 | Chris Evert | Margaret Court | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1978 | Martina Navratilova | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 6–7$^{(4–5)}$, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1979 | Martina Navratilova | Tracy Austin | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1980 | Martina Navratilova | Chris Evert-Lloyd | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1981 | Martina Navratilova | Hana Mandlíková | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1982 | Martina Navratilova | Wendy Turnbull | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova | Andrea Jaeger | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1984 | Pam Shriver | Barbara Potter | 7–6, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 1985 | Bonnie Gadusek | Kathy Rinaldi | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1986 | Martina Navratilova | Hana Mandlíková | 7–5, 7–5 |
| 1987 | Martina Navratilova | Natasha Zvereva | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1988 | Martina Navratilova | Chris Evert | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1989 | Zina Garrison | Larisa Savchenko | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
| 1990 | Martina Navratilova | Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1991 | Martina Navratilova | Zina Garrison-Jackson | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1992 | Martina Navratilova | Jana Novotná | 7–6, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 1993 | Monica Seles | Martina Navratilova | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1994 | Natasha Zvereva | Chanda Rubin | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1995 | Magdalena Maleeva | Lisa Raymond | 7–5, 7–6 |
| 1996 | Jana Novotná | Jennifer Capriati | 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 1997 | Lindsay Davenport | Nathalie Tauziat | 6–0, 7–5 |

### Doubles

| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1971 | Judy Dalton Françoise Dürr | Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King | 6–4, 7–6 |
| 1972 | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1973 | Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King | Karen Krantzcke Betty Stöve | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1974 | Chris Evert Billie Jean King | Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1975 | Chris Evert Martina Navratilova | Margaret Court Olga Morozova | 6–2, 7–6 |
| 1976 | Olga Morozova Virginia Wade | Evonne Goolagong Cawley Martina Navratilova | 6–7$^{(4–5)}$, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1977 | Rosemary Casals Chris Evert | Margaret Court Betty Stöve | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1978 | Betty Stöve Evonne Goolagong Cawley | Rosemary Casals JoAnne Russell | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1979 | Rosemary Casals Betty Ann Grubb Stuart | Ilana Kloss Greer Stevens | 3–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| 1980 | Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova | Sylvia Hanika Kathy Jordan | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1981 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1982 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | Kathy Jordan Anne Smith | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1984 | Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh | Barbara Potter Pam Shriver | 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1985 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | Elise Burgin JoAnne Russell | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1986 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | 6–7, 7–6, 6–3 |
| 1987 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková | Zina Garrison Lori McNeil | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1988 | Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen | Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1989 | Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 1990 | Martina Navratilova Anne Smith | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Nathalie Tauziat | 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1991 | Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1992 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | Katrina Adams Zina Garrison-Jackson | 6–4, 7–6 |
| 1993 | Katrina Adams Zina Garrison-Jackson | Amy Frazier Kimberly Po | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–3 |
| 1994 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1995 | Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz | Marianne Werdel Tami Whitlinger-Jones | 5–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
| 1996 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | Angela Lettiere Nana Miyagi | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1997 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | Lindsay Davenport Monica Seles | 6–3, 6–2 |