Reggio Calabria International
Tennis tournament
Reggio Calabria International Internazionale di Reggio Calabria Founded 1959; 65 years ago (1959 ) Abolished 1970; 54 years ago (1970 ) Location Reggio Calabria , Calabria , Italy .Surface Clay
The Reggio Calabria International [ 1] or Internazionale di Reggio Calabria was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1959. It was played at the ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club, Reggio Calabria , Calabria , Italy .[ 2] The tournament ran until 1970.[ 3]
History
In April 1959 ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club in Regio Calabria established an open international tennis tournament for men and women.[ 4] The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts at Reggio Calabria , Calabria , Italy through till 1970.[ 5] It would be another twenty one years until 1991 before another international tournament was staged at the same venue, the Reggio Calabria Challenger tournament that ran till 1992.[ 6]
Finals
Men's singles
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Score
1959
Giuseppe Merlo
Nicola Pietrangeli
2-6, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5, 6-1
1960
Giuseppe Merlo (2)
Peter Scholl
5-7, 9–7, 6–4, 6-4
1961
Fausto Gardini
Sergio Tacchini
6-2, 6–1, 6-1
1962[ 7]
Neale Fraser
Fausto Gardini
6-3, 6–3, 4–6, 6-3
1963
Giuseppe Merlo (3)
Ken Fletcher
6-4, 6–4, 7-5
1964
Bob Hewitt
Tony Roche
7–5, 8–6, 6-2
1965
Donald Dell
Ion Țiriac
6-3, 6–3, 6-2
1966
Tony Roche
Clark Graebner
7-5, 6–2, 6-3
1967[ 8]
Giuseppe Merlo (4)
Owen Davidson
4-6, 6–1, 6–4, 6-1
1968
Marty Riessen
Ilie Năstase
3-6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6-2
1969
Martin Mulligan
Ion Țiriac
6-2, 4–6, 6–3, 6-1
1970
Martin Mulligan (2)
Adriano Panatta
8-6, 6–4, 6-4
Women's singles
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Score
1959
Yola Ramírez
Sandra Reynolds
6–2, 6–8, 6-3
1960
Yola Ramírez (2)
Silvana Lazzarino
6-2, 6-1
1961
Maria Teresa Riedl
Margaret Hellyer
6-1, 6-2
1962
Lea Pericoli
Judy Tegart
6-2, 6-2
1963
Lesley Turner
Jan Lehane
4–6, 12–10, 6-1
1964
Margaret Smith
Robyn Ebbern
6–0, 6-4
1965
Julie Heldman
Madonna Schacht
2-4, retired
1966
Julie Heldman (2)
Helga Niessen
6-4, 1–6, 6-2
1967
Lesley Turner (2)
Vlasta Vopickova
8-6, 6-4
1968
Helen Gourlay
Alice Tym
6–4, 8-6
1969
Marie Neumannová
Maria Nasuelli
6-4, 2-6 6-4
1970
Marie Neumannová (2)
Monica Giorgi
6-3, 6-1
References
^ "LAWN TENNIS INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (Reggio Calabria, Italy).— Men's singles—Final: G. Merlo defeated O. Davidson" (Subscription) . Daily Mirror . London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 8 May 1967. p. 22. Retrieved 27 February 2023 .
^ "Storia" . www.ctpolimeni.eu . Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy: ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club. Retrieved 27 February 2023 .
^ ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
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^ "Title For Fraser: REGGIO CALABRIA (South Italy), April 12.—Australian Neale Fraser, the former Wimbledon champion, won the men's singles title in the international lawn tennis tournament here yesterday. In the final, he defeated Fausto Gardini, the Italian" (Subscription) . Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) . Lahore, Pakistan: British Newspaper Archive. 13 April 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 27 February 2023 .
^ Daily Mirror (1967)