Louisville Open

Louisville Open
Louisville Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Louisville Open (1970, 1973–79); Louisville WCT (1971–72)
Tour	Grand Prix circuit (1970, 1973–79); WCT circuit (1971–72)
Founded	1970
Abolished	1979
Editions	10
Surface	Hard (1970); Clay (1971–79)

The Louisville Open is a defunct Grand Prix and WCT affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1979. It was held in Louisville, Kentucky in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts in 1970 and on outdoor clay courts from 1971 to 1979.

Guillermo Vilas was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competition once with Pole Wojciech Fibak.

Results

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970	Rod Laver	John Newcombe	6–3, 6–3
1971	Tom Okker	Cliff Drysdale	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1972	Arthur Ashe	Mark Cox	6–4, 6–4
1973	Manuel Orantes	John Newcombe	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1974	Guillermo Vilas	Jaime Fillol	6–4, 7–5
1975	Guillermo Vilas	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–3
1976	Harold Solomon	Wojciech Fibak	6–2, 7–5
1977	Guillermo Vilas	Eddie Dibbs	1–6, 6–0, 6–1
1978	Harold Solomon	John Alexander	6–2, 6–2
1979	John Alexander	Terry Moor	7–6, 6–7, 3–3 ret.

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970	John Newcombe Tony Roche	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	8–6, 5–7, 6–4 ^[1]
1971	Not completed
1972	John Alexander Phil Dent	Arthur Ashe Robert Lutz	6–4, 6–3
1973	Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac	Clark Graebner John Newcombe	0–6, 6–4, 6–3
1974	Charlie Pasarell Erik van Dillen	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–2, 6–3
1975	Wojciech Fibak Guillermo Vilas	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	Not played (rain)
1976	Byron Bertram Pat Cramer	Stan Smith Erik van Dillen	6–3, 6–4
1977	John Alexander Phil Dent	Chris Kachel Cliff Letcher	6–1, 6–4
1978	Wojciech Fibak Víctor Pecci	Victor Amaya John James	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1979	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	Vijay Amritraj Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 1–6, 6–1