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Tennis South Invitational

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Tennis South Invitational
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSLTA Indoor Circuit (1974)
WCT (1976)
Grand Prix (1977)
Founded1973
Abolished1977
Editions5
LocationJackson, Mississippi, U.S.
SurfaceCarpet / indoor

The Tennis South Invitational, also known as the Mississippi Indoors, was a men's tennis tournament played in Jackson, Mississippi. The event was played as part of the USLTA Indoor Circuit in 1974 and became a World Championship Tennis event in 1976. In its final year, 1977, it was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts.

Finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 United States Eddie Dibbs South Africa Frew McMillan 5–7, 6–1, 7–5
1974 United States Sandy Mayer West Germany Karl Meiler 7–6, 7–5
1975 Australia Ken Rosewall United States Earl Butch Buchholz 7–5, 4–6, 7–6
1976 Australia Ken Rosewall Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 6–3
1977 United States Brian Teacher United States Bill Scanlon 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 United States Zan Guerry
South Africa Frew McMillan
Chile Jaime Pinto-Bravo
Argentina Tito Vázquez
6–2, 6–4
1974 United States Fred McNair
United States Grover Raz Reid
South Africa Byron Bertram
United Kingdom John Feaver
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1975 Not held
1976 United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
7–5, 4–6, 6–0
1977 South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
Australia Phil Dent
Australia Ken Rosewall
6–2, 7–6