VINTAGE 1990 VIRGINIA SLIMS CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN'S TOUR PRO CANVAS TENNIS BAG

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VINTAGE 1990
VIRGINIA SLIMS CHAMPIONSHIP
WOMEN'S CIRCUIT TENNIS TOUR
U.S. LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION
VIRGINIA SLIMS ADVERTISING CANVAS TENNIS BAG
NEW OLD STOCK—NEVER USED!
This is a rare 1990 never used, premium canvas tennis bag made for the Virginia Slims sponsored Women's Circuit Tennis Tour. This bag was a premium sent to a friend who was in advertising for a major advertising firm. Please note that I have an original graphic T-shirt also from the Virginia Slims Women's Circuit Tennis Tour on a separate listing. Anyone interested in both items please feel free to contact me through ebay.
The Virginia Slims Circuit was a tennis tour consisting of a group of originally nine female professional players. Formed in 1970, the Virginia Slims Circuit eventually became the basis for the later Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The players, dubbed the
Original 9
, rebelled against the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) due to the wide inequality between the amount of prize money paid to male tennis players and to female tennis players.
The tour was sponsored by Virginia Slims. This independent women's professional tennis circuit provided more equal
prize money than had been provided previously by the USLTA and other organizations.