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Arkansas International Tennis Tournament

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Arkansas International Tennis Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameFairfield Bay Classic
Little Rock Open
TourUSLTA Indoor Circuit (1974–1976)
Grand Prix (1977–1979)
Founded1974 (1974)
Abolished1979 (1979)
Editions6
LocationNorth Little Rock, Arkansas
United States
VenueBurns Park
SurfaceCarpet (indoor)
Hard (indoor)

The Arkansas International Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played at Burns Park in North Little Rock, Arkansas in the United States from 1974 to 1979. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1977 through 1979 and was played on indoor carpet courts. From 1977 onward the tournament was also known under its sponsored name Fairfield Bay Classic.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1974 United States Jimmy Connors West Germany Karl Meiler 6–2, 6–1
1975 United States Billy Martin United States George Hardie 6–2, 7–6(5–4)
1976 Pakistan Haroon Rahim Australia Colin Dibley 6–4, 7–5
1977 United States Sandy Mayer Pakistan Haroon Rahim 6–2, 6–4
1978 United States Dick Stockton United States Hank Pfister 6–4, 3–5, ret. [a]
1979 United States Vitas Gerulaitis United States Butch Walts 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1974 West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Karl Meiler
United States Vitas Gerulaitis
South Africa Bob Hewitt
6–0, 6–2
1975 Mexico Marcello Lara
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
United States Jeff Austin
United States Charles Owens
6–4, 6–3
1976 Australia Syd Ball
Australia Ray Ruffels
Paraguay Giuliano Pecci
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1977 Australia Colin Dibley
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
6–7, 6–3, 6–3
1978 Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Geoff Masters
United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson
7–6, 6–3
1979 United States Vitas Gerulaitis
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
Australia Phil Dent
Australia Colin Dibley
5–7, 6–3, 7–5

Notes

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  1. ^ Pfister retired with a sprained ankle.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Stockton Cops Little Rock Net Event". Schenectady Gazette. AP. February 4, 1978. p. 30 – via Google News Archive.
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