Martina Navratilova is a person.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 7 -- 5 , 6 -- 2 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Eva Pfaff . The Grand Slam tournaments , also called majors , are the four most-important annual tennis events . Martina Navratilova ( Martina Navrátilová [ ˈmarcɪna ˈnavraːcɪlovaː ] ; born Martina Šubertová [ ˈmarcɪna ˈʃubɛrtovaː ] ; October 18 , 1956 ) is a Czech and American retired tennis player and coach . She holds the best season win-loss record for the open era , 86-1 ( 98.9 % ) in 1983 , and four of the top six open era seasons . The WTA Finals ( formerly known as the WTA Tour Championships short : WTA Championships ) , is a professional tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women 's Tennis Association ( WTA ) tour .