The era of 1989-1980 revolves around one of the top WTA tennis players who dominated the decade-long run of the United States opens. Being the title champion four times and claiming the runner-up seat also for four times, it was none other than the best tennis player ever history has ever produced Martina Navratilova.
The other name in this race was Steffi Graf, the German tennis legend winning the 22 Grand Slam singles titles.
The list of female winners and runner-ups of the U.S Open tennis championship during 1989-1980 is as follow:
Year 1989-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (female) – 1989: Steffi Graf
■ U.S Open runner-up (female) – 1989: Martina Navratilova
Year 1988-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (female) – 1988: Steffi Graf
■ U.S Open runner-up (female) – 1988: Gabriela Sabatini
Year 1987-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (female) – 1987: Martina Navratilova
■ U.S Open runner-up (female) – 1987: Steffi Graf
Year 1986-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (female) – 1986: Martina Navratilova
■ U.S Open runner-up (female) – 1986: Helena Sukova
Year 1985-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (female) – 1985: Hana Mandlikova
■ U.S Open runner-up (female) – 1985: Martina Navratilova
Year 1984-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (female) – 1984: Martina Navratilova
■ U.S Open runner-up (female) – 1984: Chris Evert-Lloyd
Year 1983-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (female) – 1983: Martina Navratilova
■ U.S Open runner-up (female) – 1983: Chris Evert-Lloyd
Year 1982-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (female) – 1982: Chris Evert-Lloyd
■ U.S Open runner-up (female) – 1982: Hana Mandlikova
Year 1981-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (female) – 1981: Tracy Austin
■ U.S Open runner-up (female) – 1981: Martina Navratilova
Year 1980-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (female) – 1980: Chris Evert-Lloyd
■ U.S Open runner-up (female) – 1980: Hana Mandlikova
