Dixie International Championships

Dixie International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1925; 99 years ago (1925)
Abolished1968; 56 years ago (1968)
LocationDavis Islands, Tampa, Florida, United States
VenueDavis Islands Courts
SurfaceClay

The Dixie International Championships[1] or the Dixie Championships[2] or the Dixie International[3] or the Tampa Dixie International Invitation was a men's and women's international tennis tournament established in 1925 and was played on outdoor clay courts at the Davis Islands Tennis Club,[4] Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida, United States until 1968. It was part of the South Florida-Caribbean tennis circuit during the 1960s.

History

The Dixie International Championshipswere founded in 1925. The championships were last played on clay courts at the Davis Tennis Club, Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida, United States.[5] The tournament was part Caribbean Circuit during the 1960s, which was a major feature of the international tennis scene from the 1930s to early 1970s.

Finals

Men's Singles

Incomplete roll

Results included:[6]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1925 United States Robert Kinsey United States Douglas Watters 6-4, 7–5, 6-2
1926 United States Vinnie Richards United States Frank Froehling 6-1, 9–11, 6-4
1935 United States Arthur Hendrix United States Carroll Turner 6-3, 6–2, 6-4
1936 United States Bryan Grant United States Martin Buxby 6-2, 6–2, 7-5
1937 United States Bryan Grant (2) United States Don Budge 4-6, 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6-2
1938[7] United States Bobby Riggs United States Wayne Sabin 6-3, 6–0, 7-5
1939 United States Wayne Sabin United States Bryan Grant 6-3, 6–3, 6-1
1940 United States Bryan Grant (3) United States Bobby Riggs 1-6, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6-3
1941 United States Frank Kovacs United States Edward Alloo[8] 6-0, 6–3, 6-2
1942 United States Jack Kramer United States Wayne Sabin 6-0, 6–0, 6-3
1946 United States Bill Talbert United States Bryan Grant 6-3, 6–2, 6-1
1947 United States Bryan Grant (4) United States Frank Guernsey 6-4, 6–3, 7-5
1948 United States Pancho Gonzales United States Gardner Larned[9] 2-6 3-6 6-2 7-5 6-2
1949 United States Gardnar Mulloy United States Gardner Larned 1-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6-2
1950 United States Gardnar Mulloy (2) United States Bryan Grant 6-1, 6–4, 6-2
1951 United States Gardnar Mulloy (3) United States Ham Richardson 6-3, 9–7, 10–12, 3–2, ret.
1952 United States Tony Vincent United States Grant Golden 6-4, 6–4, 7-5
1953 United States Gardnar Mulloy (4) United States Bernard Bartzen 6-1, 3–6, 6–0, 6-1
1954 United States Gardnar Mulloy (5) United States Tony Vincent 11-9, 8–6, 6-4
1955[10] United States Eddie Moylan United States Bernard Bartzen 10-8, 6–4, 6-3
1956 Brazil Armando Vieira United States Allen Morris 6-3, 6–3, 6–8, 14-12
1957[11] Australia Mervyn Rose Australia Don Candy 6-3, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
1958 United States Bernard Bartzen United States Tony Vincent 6-0, 12–10, 6-1
1959 United States Eddie Moylan (2) Japan Kosei Kamo 6-4, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
1960[12] United Kingdom Mike Davies United States Gardnar Mulloy 6-1, 0–6, 6–1, 6-4
1961 United States Whitney Reed United States Gardnar Mulloy 4-6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–1, 9-7
1962 Spain Manuel Santana Brazil Carlos Fernandes 3-6, 6–1, 8–6, 6-2
1963 Spain Manuel Santana (2) Australia Fred Stolle 6-3, 21-19
1964[13] Australia Roy Emerson Spain Manuel Santana 9-7, 6–2, 6-4
1965 Spain Manuel Santana (3) Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6-3, 8–6, 6-0
1966 South Africa Cliff Drysdale Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović 6-2, 6–4, 6-4
1967[14] Hungary István Gulyás South Africa Cliff Drysdale 3-6, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5, ret.
↓  Open era  ↓
1968 Spain Manuel Santana (4) Hungary István Gulyás 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

Women's Singles

Incomplete roll(* Final held indoors)
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1926 United States Elizabeth Ryan United States Mary Browne 6-3, 8-6
1940 United States Pauline Betz United States Marta Barnett Andrade 6-2, 6-1
1941 United States Pauline Betz (2) United States Sarah Palfrey Cooke 6–4, 6-3
1942 United States Pauline Betz (3) United States Doris Hart 3–6, 6–3, 6-3
1946 United States Baba Madden Lewis United States Betty Hulbert 6–4, 6-3
1947 United States Doris Hart United States Barbara Scofield 3-6, 6–3, 6-4
1948 United States Doris Hart (2) United States Magda Berescu Rurac 6-1, 6-3
1949 United States Nancy Morrison United States Marta Barnett Andrade 6-3, 6-4
1950 United States Laura Lou Jahn United States Marta Barnett Andrade 9-7, 1–6, 6-1
1951 United States Beverly Baker United States Shirley Fry 6-4, 6-3
1952 Romania Magda Berescu Rurac United States Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen[15] 7-5, 6-1
1953 United States Shirley Fry Australia Thelma Coyne Long 6-1, 6-3
1954 United States Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen United States Evelyn Cowan 6-0, 6-3
1955 United States Shirley Fry (2) United States Karol Fageros 9-7, 8-6
1956 United States Shirley Fry (3) United States Dottie Head Knode 6-4, 3–6, 6-3
1957 United States Karol Fageros Mexico Rosie Reyes 6-2, 6-2
1958 Brazil Maria Bueno United States Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen 6-4, 6-1
1959[16] United States Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen Australia Marie Martin 6-3, 8-6
1960[17] United States Sandy Warshaw United States Laura Lou Jahn 6-3, 4–6, 6-4
1961 United States Carole Ann Prosen United States Judy Alvarez 2-6, 6–3, 6-1
1962 West Germany Edda Buding United Kingdom Elizabeth Starkie 6-1, 6-3
1963 * United States Darlene Hard Australia Lesley Turner 9-7, 1–6, 7-5
1964[18] United States Karen Hantze Susman United States Judy Alvarez 6-4, 2–6, 6-4
1965 United States Tory Ann Fretz United States Judy Alvarez 6–2, 6-1
1966 Mexico Elena Subirats United States Alice Luthy Tym 6-1, 8-6
1967[19] United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones France Françoise Dürr 6–4, 8-6
↓  Open era  ↓
1968[20] United States Helga Niessen Australia Judy Tegart 2-6, 6–4, 6-1

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