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New Orleans Grand Prix
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameNew Orleans Grand Prix
Hibernia Interfest Tennis Classic
New Orleans Tennis Festival
Gulf States Tennis Classic
TourGrand Prix circuit
Founded1978
Abolished1980
Editions3
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
VenueLouisiana Superdome
New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
SurfaceCarpet / indoor

The New Orleans Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament played in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States from 1978 to 1980. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The 1979 edition was part of the World Championship Tennis series which was incorporated into the Grand Prix circuit from 1978 through 1981. The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts in the Louisiana Superdome in 1978 and in the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium in 1979 and 1980.[1][2][3]

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978 United States Roscoe Tanner United States Victor Amaya 6–3, 7–5
1979 United States John McEnroe United States Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–2
1980 Poland Wojciech Fibak United States Eliot Teltscher 6–4, 7–5

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978 United States Erik van Dillen
United States Dick Stockton
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
7–6, 6–3
1979 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith
6–1, 6–3
1980 United States Terry Moor
United States Eliot Teltscher
South Africa Raymond Moore
South Africa Robert Trogolo
7–6, 6–1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1978 New Orleans results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ^ "1979 New Orleans results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. ^ "1980 New Orleans results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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