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Mar del Plata Open (tennis)

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Mar del Plata Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameMar del Plata Open
TourGrand Prix circuit
Founded1979
Abolished1981
Editions3
LocationMar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Mar del Plata Open is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated men's tennis tournament founded in 1979 as the Mar del Plata Invitation. It was held at the Patinódromo Municipal, Mar del Plata in Argentina and played on outdoor clay courts.[1]

It was the successor tournament to the earlier Mar del Plata Championships (an open international event) that was staged at the Temperley Lawn Tennis Club, Temperley, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina from 1930 to 1966.

Results

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1979 Argentina Guillermo Vilas Romania Ilie Năstase 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1980 Sweden Björn Borg Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1981 Argentina Guillermo Vilas (2) Paraguay Víctor Pecci 2–6, 6–3, 2–1 RET.

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1981 Australia David Carter
Australia Paul Kronk
Spain Ángel Giménez
Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr.
6–7, 6–4, 6–0

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780356085968.
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