Edinburgh Cup

For the greyhound race, see Edinburgh Cup (greyhounds).

The Edinburgh Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament, held from 1971–1974, and then once more in 1977, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The event was known as the Dewar Cup (1971–1974) and the McIntosh Scottish Championships (1977) for sponsorship reasons. The event was played on outdoor clay courts from 1972–1974, and outdoor grass courts in 1977. The tournament was not part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour, but is listed, albeit as a non-tour event, in the WTA's Tour's history section. Virginia Wade, later a Wimbledon champion, was the only Briton to win a title at the tournament, and was also the event's most successful player, with two wins in the singles and doubles.

Champions

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1971 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley France Françoise Dürr 6–0, 6–4
1972 Australia Margaret Court United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
1973 United Kingdom Virginia Wade United States Julie Heldman 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1974 United Kingdom Virginia Wade United States Julie Heldman 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1975–76 not held
1977 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova United States Kristien Kemmer Shaw 2–6, 9–8, 7–5

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1971 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley
United States Julie Heldman
United States Patti Hogan
United States Nell Truman
6–3, 6–0
1972 Australia Margaret Court
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
United States Julie Heldman
Netherlands Betty Stöve
6–2, 6–3
1973 United States Marita Redondo
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
United States Julie Heldman
United States Ann Kiyomura
6–1, 2–6, 6–4
1974 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec
Romania Virginia Ruzici
Colombia Isabel Fernández de Soto
Argentina Raquel Giscafré
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1975–76 not held
1977 United States Julie Anthony
United States Betsy Nagelsen
United States Carolyn Meyer
Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová
6–1, 3–6, 6–1

References


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