Champions' hall
Tournament
Detroit
Carpet · Main tour · 8 editions
Period1977–1988ATP + WTA
Editions8with results
Matches285in the database
Champions7different players
Participants162different players
Record book
1977–1988 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Wendy Turnbull24 matches · 75% win rate18
- 2 Virginia Ruzici23 matches · 73.9% win rate17
- 3 Martina Navratilova15 matches · 93.3% win rate14
- 4 Dianne Fromholtz17 matches · 70.6% win rate12
- 5 Billie Jean King12 matches · 83.3% win rate10
- 6 Mima Jausovec14 matches · 64.3% win rate9
- 7 Andrea Jaeger9 matches · 88.9% win rate8
- 8 Virginia Wade13 matches · 61.5% win rate8
- 9 Sue Barker13 matches · 61.5% win rate8
- 10 Evonne Goolagong9 matches · 77.8% win rate7
Champion countries
Registered nationality of tournament championsDynasties
Streaks across consecutive editions on the same tourAbsolute dominance
Consecutive titles
Final-round presence
Consecutive finals
How the champions got there
Age, seeding and campaigns without dropping a setAge records
Champion generations
ATP · youngest John McEnroe29 years, 8 months1988
ATP · oldest John McEnroe29 years, 8 months1988
WTA · youngest Andrea Jaeger16 years, 7 months1982
WTA · oldest Billie Jean King36 years, 2 months1980
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Highest seed number to winseed 8Virginia Ruzici · 1983 WTA
Perfect campaign
Champions without dropping a set
3campaigns
Record holder: Martina Navratilova · 2 times
Age is calculated at the start of the edition. A campaign without dropping a set is included only when every match played by the champion has identified sets; walkovers do not count as matches played.
Historic comebacks
Largest deficit overcome: 0–1 in setsComeback specialists
Most comebacks of this kind
Match archive
Most recent comebacks
John McEnroe defeated Kelly Evernden
3-6 6-4 6-1Aaron Krickstein defeated Paul Annacone
6-7 6-0 7-5Kelly Evernden defeated Derrick Rostagno
4-6 6-4 7-6Pete Sampras defeated Bill Scanlon
6-7 6-3 6-4Virginia Ruzici defeated Kathy Jordan
4-6 6-4 6-2Zina Garrison defeated Sylvia Hanika
2-6 6-2 6-2Only completed matches are considered. A comeback from 0–2 requires a verified sequence of three won sets; retirements are not treated as complete comebacks.
Champions by edition
1977–1988 · ATP and WTA1988ATP
Champion
John McEnroeFinal: John McEnroe × Aaron Krickstein
7-5 6-2
November 14, 1988 · 31 matchesSee all results →1983WTA
Champion
Virginia RuziciFinal: Virginia Ruzici × Kathy Jordan
4-6 6-4 6-2
October 2, 1983 · 31 matchesSee all results →1982WTA
Champion
Andrea JaegerFinal: Andrea Jaeger × Mima Jausovec
2-6 6-4 6-2
February 1, 1982 · 31 matchesSee all results →1981WTA
Champion
Leslie AllenFinal: Leslie Allen × Hana Mandlikova
6-4 6-4
February 2, 1981 · 32 matchesSee all results →1980WTA
Champion
Billie Jean KingFinal: Billie Jean King × Evonne Goolagong
6-3 6-0
February 18, 1980 · 64 matchesSee all results →1979WTA
Champion
Wendy TurnbullFinal: Wendy Turnbull × Virginia Ruzici
7-5 1-6 7-6
February 19, 1979 · 32 matchesSee all results →1978WTA
Champion
Martina NavratilovaFinal: Martina Navratilova × Dianne Fromholtz
6-3 6-2
February 20, 1978 · 32 matchesSee all results →1977WTA
Champion
Martina NavratilovaFinal: Martina Navratilova × Sue Barker
6-4 6-4
February 22, 1977 · 32 matchesSee all results →