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1979 Avon Championships of Boston

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Date
  
March 12–18

Category
  
Virginia Slims circuit

Prize money
  
$150,000

Edition
  
6th

Draw
  
32S/16D

Surface
  
Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor

The 1979 Avon Championships of Boston was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Boston University Walter Brown Arena in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States that was part of the 1979 Avon Championships circuit. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from March 12 through March 18, 1979. Second-seeded Dianne Fromholtz won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.

Contents

Singles

Dianne Fromholtz defeated Sue Barker 6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles

Kerry Reid / Wendy Turnbull defeated Sue Barker / Ann Kiyomura 6–4, 6–2

References

1979 Avon Championships of Boston Wikipedia