The Virginia Slims of Dallas inaugurated as the Maureen Connolly Memorial was a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament From 1979 through 1982 the event was known as the Avon Championships of Dallas. It was played from 1970 to 1989 and was held in Dallas, Texas in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts.

Martina Navratilova was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition nine times and the doubles competitions eight times, partnering Colombian Isabel Fernández de Soto, Dutchwoman Betty Stöve and American Billie Jean King once, American Anne Smith twice, and American Pam Shriver three times for her doubles successes.

Finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Maureen Connolly Memorial
1970	Margaret Smith Court	Billie Jean Moffitt King	1–6, 6–3, 11–9
1971	Virginia Wade	?	?
1972	Nancy Gunter	Billie Jean King	7–6(5–2), 6–1
1973	Virginia Wade	Evonne Goolagong	6–4, 6–1
1974	Chris Evert	Virginia Wade	7–5, 6–2
Virginia Slims of Dallas
1975	Virginia Wade	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 7–6(5–3), 4–3 ret.
1976	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Martina Navratilova	6–1, 6–1
1977	Sue Barker	Terry Holladay	6–1, 7–6
1978	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Tracy Austin	4–6, 6–0, 6–2
Avon Championships of Dallas
1979	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6–4, 6–4
1980	Martina Navratilova	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–3, 6–2
1981	Martina Navratilova	Pam Shriver	6–2, 6–4
1982	Martina Navratilova	Mima Jaušovec	6–3, 6–2
Virginia Slims of Dallas
1983	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6–4, 6–0
1984	Hana Mandlíková	Kathy Jordan	7–6, 3–6, 6–1
1985	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6–3, 6–4
1986	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6–2, 6–1
1987	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Pam Shriver	6–1, 6–3
1988	Martina Navratilova	Pam Shriver	6–0, 6–3
1989	Martina Navratilova	Monica Seles	7–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Maureen Connolly Memorial
1972	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Judy Tegart Françoise Dürr	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1973	Evonne Goolagong Janet Young	Gail Sherriff Virginia Wade	6–3, 6–2
1974	Isabel Fernández de Soto Martina Navratilova	Karen Krantzcke Virginia Wade	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Virginia Slims of Dallas
1975	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	Julie Anthony Mona Schallau	7–6(5–4), 6–2
1976	Mona Schallau Ann Kiyomura	Marita Redondo Greer Stevens	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1977	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	Kerry Reid Greer Stevens	6–2, 6–4
1978	Martina Navratilova Anne Smith	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Betty Stöve	6–3, 7–6
Avon Championships of Dallas
1979	Martina Navratilova Anne Smith	Chris Evert-Lloyd Rosemary Casals	7–6, 6–2
1980	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1981	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	7–5, 6–4
1982	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss	6–4, 6–4
Virginia Slims of Dallas
1983	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–2
1984	Leslie Allen Anne White	Sandy Collins Elizabeth Sayers	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1985	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	Marcella Mesker Pascale Paradis	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
1986	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1987	Mary Lou Piatek Anne White	Elise Burgin Robin White	7–5, 6–3
1988	Lori McNeil Eva Pfaff	Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
1989	Mary Joe Fernández Betsy Nagelsen	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	7–6, 6–3