Northern California Open (tennis)

The Northern California Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's outdoor hard court. tennis tournament. It was founded in 1978 as the Avon Futures of Northern California its sponsored name, and was played annually with breaks until 1988.

Northern California Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Avon Futures of Northern California (1978) Avon Futures of Bakersfield (1980–81) Avon Futures of California (1982) Ginny of Bakersfield (1983) North Face Open (1986) California State Championships (1987) Northern California Open (1988)
Tour	Avon Futures Circuit (1978–82) Virginia Slims World Championship Series (1986 –88)
Founded	1978
Abolished	1988
Editions	7
Surface	Hard (1986–88)

It was the successor event to the earlier Northern California Championships.

History

This event was first founded as the Futures of Northern California as part of the Avon Futures Circuit that year. The event was not held in 1979. In 1980 it was moved to Bakersfield as the Futures of Bakersfield until 1981. In 1982 whilst still in the same location it was branded as the Futures of California @ Bakersfield.

In 1983 it then became part of the Ginny Circuit under the brand name Ginny of Bakersfield for one season only. It was not held again over the next two years. In 1986 it was moved to Berkeley as the Berkeley Open.

In 1987 now in Aptos, California the event was branded as the North Face Open (its sponsored name). In 1988 it was branded as the Northern California Open then was discontinued.

Locations

It was first held the Bayside Racquet Club in San Carlos, California in 1978. From 1980 to 1983 it was held in Bakersfield, California. In 1986 the event was staged in Berkeley, California. From 1987 to 1988 its final two editions it was played in Aptos, California in the United States

Finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1986	Melissa Gurney	Barbara Gerken	6–1, 6–3
1987	Elly Hakami	Melissa Gurney	6–3, 6–4
1988	Sara Gomer	Robin White	6–4, 7–5

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1986	Beth Herr Alycia Moulton	Amy Holton Elna Reinach	6–1, 6–2
1987	Kathy Jordan Robin White	Lea Antonoplis Barbara Gerken	6–1, 6–0
1988	Lise Gregory Ronni Reis	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	6–3, 6–4

Event names

Official

• Futures of Northern California (1978)
• Futures of Bakersfield (1980–81)
• Futures of California (1982)
• Bakersfield Open (1983)
• Berkeley Open (1986)
• California State Championships (1987)
• Northern California Open (1988)

Sponsored

• Avon Futures of Northern California (1978)
• Avon Futures of Bakersfield (1980–81)
• Avon Futures of California (1982)
• Ginny of Bakersfield (1983)
• North Face Open (1986)

Tour

• WTA Northern California

Sources

• WTA Results Archive