The Virginia Slims Circuit[1] was a tennis tour consisting of a group of originally nine female professional players. Formed in 1970, the Virginia Slims Circuit eventually became the basis for the later WTA Tour.[2] The players, dubbed the Original 9, rebelled against the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) because of the wide inequality between the amount of prize money paid to male tennis players and to female tennis players.[3]
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The VirginiaSlimsCircuit was a tennis tour consisting of a group of originally nine female professional players. Formed in 1970, the VirginiaSlims Circuit...
(outside the United States). VirginiaSlims are narrower (23 mm (0.91 in) circumference) than standard cigarettes (hence, "Slims"), and are also longer than...
order to include the immediately preceding VirginiaSlimsCircuit era for completeness. The VirginiaSlimsCircuit started in September 1970 and was replaced...
The 1972 Virgin Slims Championships were the first season-ending championships of the VirginiaSlimsCircuit (a precursor to the WTA Tour), the annual...
1972 as the championship tournament of the Tour's predecessor: the VirginiaSlimsCircuit. Since 2003, the tournament has used a unique format not seen in...
composed of the third annual VirginiaSlimsCircuit a tour of tennis tournaments for female tennis players, sponsored by VirginiaSlims cigarettes. and the ILTF...
players. It was composed of the newly streamlined version of the VirginiaSlimsCircuit (which was now an 11-week tour of the US) and the Woman's International...
annual VirginiaSlimsCircuit and Women's International Grand Prix, a tour of tennis tournaments for female tennis players, sponsored by VirginiaSlims cigarettes...
players. It was composed of the newly streamlined version of the VirginiaSlimsCircuit (which was now an 11-week tour of the US) and the Colgate Series...
players. It was composed of the newly streamlined version of the VirginiaSlimsCircuit (which was now an 11-week tour of the US) and the Colgate Series...
players. It was composed of the newly streamlined version of the VirginiaSlimsCircuit, was now an 11-week tour of the United States, and the Woman's International...
on the 1974 VirginiaSlimscircuit. It was held from October 14–19, in Los Angeles, United States. The 16 best performers of the circuit qualified for...
Association in 1970. Their actions brought about the creation of the VirginiaSlimsCircuit, which was the basis for the WTA Tour. During her career, she reached...
was not unheard of when VirginiaSlims sponsored the Women's Tennis Association in 1970, then known as the “VirginiaSlimsCircuit”. With this prominent...
bodies of tennis in 1970 to launch their own professional tour, the VirginiaSlimsCircuit, which later evolved into the modern WTA Tour. "BJ and Rosie were...
Armory in New York in the United States. It was part of the 1971 VirginiaSlimsCircuit and was held from March 24 through March 27, 1971. Second-seeded...
tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1976 VirginiaSlimscircuit. The 16 best players, based on points average, qualified for the...
tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the VirginiaSlimsCircuit. The 16 best players, based on points average, qualified for the...
tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1973 VirginiaSlimscircuit which was part of the 1973 WTA Tour. It was held from October 15...
The 1971 VirginiaSlims International was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston, Texas in the...
Morris, the first participants in the circuit, known as the "Houston Nine," played the first VirginiaSlimsCircuit tournament in Houston in late 1970....
Coliseum in Akron, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1976 VirginiaSlimscircuit. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from February...
tennis tournament took place in Milwaukee and was part of the 1971 VirginiaSlimsCircuit. The event took place from January 21 to 24, 1971 and saw Billie...
It was the seventh edition of the event, which was part of the VirginiaSlimsCircuit, and was held from February 27, through March 6, 1977. The final...
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