Virginia Slims of Detroit

Virginia Slims of Detroit
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	K-Mart International (1972) Virginia Slims of Detroit (1973–78, 1983) Avon Championships of Detroit (1979–82)
Tour	WTA Tour
Founded	1972
Abolished	1983
Editions	12
Location	Birmingham, Michigan (1972) Detroit, Michigan (1973–82)
Venue	Cobo Hall & Arena (1973–82)
Surface	Carpet / indoor

The Virginia Slims of Detroit is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1983. It was held in Birmingham, Michigan in the United States in 1972 and in Detroit, Michigan in the United States from 1973 to 1983. The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts.

Billie Jean King was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition twice and the doubles competition four times, partnering American Rosemary Casals twice and Czechoslovakian Martina Navratilova and South African Ilana Kloss once each for her doubles successes.

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