Champions' hall
Tournament
Palm Springs
Grass · W · 4 editions
Period1977–1991ATP + WTA
Editions4with results
Matches112in the database
Champions3different players
Participants90different players
Record book
1977–1991 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Martina Navratilova12 matches · 75% win rate9
- 2 Chris Evert8 matches · 87.5% win rate7
- 3 Virginia Wade9 matches · 66.7% win rate6
- 4 Yvonne Vermaak5 matches · 100% win rate5
- 5 Carling Bassett Seguso5 matches · 80% win rate4
- 6 Monica Seles5 matches · 80% win rate4
- 7 Nathalie Tauziat4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 8 Julie Halard Decugis4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 9 Billie Jean King4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 10 Kathy Jordan4 matches · 75% win rate3
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
WTA · youngest Chris Evert22 years, 10 months1977
WTA · oldest Martina Navratilova34 years, 4 months1991
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Highest seed number to winseed 6Yvonne Vermaak · 1983 WTA
Perfect campaign
Champions without dropping a set
3campaigns
Record holder: Martina Navratilova · 1 time
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
Julie Halard Decugis defeated Barbara Paulus
3-6 6-2 6-4Mareen Louie Harper defeated Catarina Lindqvist Ryan
3-6 6-4 6-3Patricia Hy Boulais defeated Amy Frazier
4-6 6-4 6-3Ginger Helgeson defeated Anke Huber
2-6 6-3 6-2Karin Kschwendt defeated Lori Mcneil
2-6 7-6 7-6Rosalyn Fairbank defeated Isabelle Demongeot
6-7 6-3 6-1Only 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
1977–1991 · ATP and WTA1991WTA
Champion
Martina NavratilovaFinal: Martina Navratilova × Monica Seles
6-2 7-6
February 25, 1991 · 55 matchesSee all results →1983WTA
Champion
Yvonne VermaakFinal: Yvonne Vermaak × Carling Bassett Seguso
6-3 7-5
February 28, 1983 · 27 matchesSee all results →1978WTA
Champion
Chris EvertFinal: Chris Evert × Martina Navratilova
6-3 6-3
November 13, 1978 · 16 matchesSee all results →1977WTA
Champion
Chris EvertFinal: Chris Evert × Billie Jean King
6-2 6-2
November 1, 1977 · 14 matchesSee all results →