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Dixie International Championships

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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

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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

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Men's Singles

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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

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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

References

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  2. ^ Current Biography Yearbook. New York: H. W. Wilson Company. 1968. p. 373.
  3. ^ "Roger Taylor wins: Yorkshire left-hander Roger Taylor beat Brazilian Roberto Marcher 6-0, 6-1 in the men's singles first round of the Dixie international tennis tournament at Tampa. Florida". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. Northumberland, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 February 1966. p. 18. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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  19. ^ DRYSDALE ILL; LOSES TO GULYAS". Pacific Stars And Stripes. Washington, DC: Newspaper Archives. 2 March 1967. p. 21.
  20. ^ Cedar Rapids Gazette (1968)