Each Legends event follows a team format. Team Navratilova, including Martina Navratilova, Billy Jean King, Zina Garrison, Wendy Turnbull and Rosie Casals , will seek revenge after a narrow defeat during the 1997 Virginia Slims Legends of Nashville by Team Evert, comprised of Chris Evert, Tracy Austin, Evonne Goolagong, Pam Shriver and Virginia Wade . Four doubles matches will be played each day. Each match will be one set with no-ad scoring and a nine point tiebreak at five games all. Each team will be awarded one point for each game won.
Total points accumulated over the two days of competition determine the winning team.
The finals double match on Sunday afternoon will be worth double points, and the two Captains will decide which players will represent their team for the final match. The National AIDS Fund is the official charity of the Legends Tour.