South Florida Open Championships

South Florida Open Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit (1922–72)
ILTF Independent Tour (1973–77)
Founded1922 (1922)
Abolished1977 (1977)
LocationFort Lauderdale
Miami
Miami Beach
Punta Gorda
Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
VenueVarious
SurfaceClay

The South Florida Open Championships also known as the South Florida Championships or South Florida Open[1] was an international men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1922.[2] The tournament was first played in Miami, Florida, United States. From 1946 this tournament also carried the joint denomination of West Palm Beach Open.[3] The tournament was played at other locations until 1977 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Independent Tour.[2]

History

The South Florida Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tournament first established in February 1922 and played in Miami, Florida, United States. The inaugural singles winners were Fritz Bastian (men's)[2] and Martha Floyd (women's). The tournament was part regional USLTA Southern Circuit.[2] In 1954 a second edition of the men's event was held in Fort Lauderdale called the South Florida Fall Championships that was won by

The tournament was held in Miami, Miami Beach, Palm Beach Punta Gorda, West Palm Beach.[2] The fall championships were played in Fort Lauderdale.[2]

The championships ran annually until 1977 when they discontinued from the ILTF Independent Tour,[2] a series of worldwide tournaments not part of the men's Grand Prix Circuit or women's the WTA Tour. The final winners of the singles events were the Canadian player Harry Fritz (men's),[2] the American player Bunny Smith (women's)

Finals

Men's singles (Winter)

(incomplete roll)

Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
South Florida Championships
1922 Miami Fritz Bastian James Calder 6-2, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1924 Miami G. Carlton Shafer George Bart Pfingst[4] 8-6, 6–4, 6–1.[2]
1926 West Palm Beach Jerome (Jerry) Lang John T. Graves jr. 6-1, 8–6, 6–3.[2]
1927 West Palm Beach Bill Tilden II Manuel Alonso Areizaga 6-3, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2.[2]
1928 Miami Beach Frank Hunter John F. Hennessey 6-4, 6–4, 6–3.[2]
1929 Miami John F. Hennessey Frank Hunter 2-6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3.[2]
1930 Miami George Lott John Doeg 2-6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 8–6.[2]
1931 Punta Gorda J. Gilbert Hall Gustavo Vollmer 7-5, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5.[2]
1932 Punta Gorda Julius Seligson Gustavo Vollmer 4-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1.[2]
1939 West Palm Beach Wayne Sabin Gene Mako 7-9, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2.[2]
1940 West Palm Beach Bobby Riggs Henry Prusoff 6-1, 7–5, 6–2.[2]
1941 Palm Beach Bobby Riggs (2) Jack Kramer 6-3, 6–2, 6–3.[2]
1946 West Palm Beach Gardnar Mulloy Pancho Segura 6–4, 6–3.[2]
1948 West Palm Beach Bruce Thomas Sidney Schwartz 6-4, 6–4.[2]
1950 West Palm Beach Tony Vincent Malcolm Fox 7-5, 6–3.[2]
1951 West Palm Beach Louis Straight Clark Tony Vincent 6-4, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3.[2]
1952 West Palm Beach Gardnar Mulloy (2) Tony Vincent 6-4, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3.[2]
1953 West Palm Beach Malcolm Fox Charles Harris 1-6, 6–2, 10–8.[2]
1954 West Palm Beach Gardnar Mulloy (3) Lorne Main 6-1, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2.[2]
1955 West Palm Beach Eddie Moylan Jean-Noël Grinda 9-7, 6–2.[2]
1956 West Palm Beach Vic Seixas Eddie Moylan 2-6, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1957 West Palm Beach Don Candy Armando Vieira 3-6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1.[2]
1958 West Palm Beach Jack Frost Kosei Kamo 6-3, 6–2.[2]
1959 West Palm Beach Jack Frost (2) John W. Frost 6-2, 6–2.[2]
1960 West Palm Beach Mike Davies Eduardo Zuleta 6-2, 6–0.[2]
1961 West Palm Beach John C. Skogstad[5] Eduardo Zuleta 6-0, 6–0, 2–6, 2–6, 6–3.[2]
1962 West Palm Beach Ed Rubinoff Thomaz Koch 8-6, 10–12, 9–7, 7–5.[2]
1963 West Palm Beach Miguel Olvera Eduardo Zuleta 6-1, 6–3, 6–1.[2]
1964 West Palm Beach Nicky Kalogeropoulos Eduardo Zuleta 7-5, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3.[2]
1965 West Palm Beach Billy Higgins Lester M Sack[6] 6-3, 6–1, 6–0.[2]
1966 West Palm Beach Eduardo Zuleta Harry Fauquier 6-3, 6–1.[2]
1967 West Palm Beach Eduardo Zuleta (2) Keith Carpenter 10-8, 6–2.[2]
1968 West Palm Beach Eduardo Zuleta (3) Frank Tutvin 6-4, 6–3.[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
South Florida Open Championships
1969 West Palm Beach Eduardo Zuleta (4) Jamie Pressly[7] 8-6, 6–0.[2]
South Florida Open
1970 West Palm Beach Frank Froehling III Pancho Guzmán 7-5, 5–7, 6–3.[2]
1971 West Palm Beach Frank Froehling III (2) Pat Cramer 6-3, 6–2.[2]
1972 West Palm Beach Eddie Dibbs Miguel Olvera 5-7, 6–4, 7–5.[2]
1973 West Palm Beach Eddie Dibbs (2) Norman Holmes 6-0, 6–2.[2]
1974 West Palm Beach Doug Crawford Rick Fisher 6-3, 7–5.[2]
1976 West Palm Beach Greg Halder Clive Rothwell[8] 6-2, 6–3.[2]
1977 West Palm Beach Harry Fritz Larry Loeb[9] 6-4, 7–6.[2]

Men's singles (Fall)

Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
South Florida Fall Championships/West Palm Beach Fall Open
1954 Fort Lauderdale Allen Austin Quay James (Jim) Shakespeare[10] 6-2, 6–2.[2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
South Florida Championships
1922 Miami Martha Floyd Clare Cassell 6-4, 6-4
1923 Miami Anna Townsend Godfrey Clare Cassell 6-1, 6-1
1929 Miami Eleanor Brooks Cottman Gisela Comallonga 6-,2 6-4
1939 West Palm Beach Pauline Betz Marta Barnett[11] 6-3, 6-2
1940 West Palm Beach Mary Hardwick Sarah Palfrey Fabyan 6-1, 6-3
1941 Palm Beach Pauline Betz (2) Dorothy Bundy 6-4, 6-1
1946 West Palm Beach Shirley Fry Eleanor Cushingham[12] 6-2, 2-6 6-1
1948 West Palm Beach Magda Berescu Rurac Laura Lou Jahn[13] 6-4, 6-1
1949 West Palm Beach Helen Pedersen Rihbany Virginia Lee Boyer 6-0, 6-1
1950 West Palm Beach Jean Clarke Rhoda Hopkins[14] 7-5, 6–8, 6-1
1951 West Palm Beach Beverly Baker Shirley Fry 6-4, 6-4
1953 West Palm Beach Thelma Coyne Long Jean Clarke 6-4, 6-4
1954 West Palm Beach Laura Lou Kunnen Hana Sládková-Koželuhová 9-7, 6-1
1955 West Palm Beach Mildred Thornton[15] Pat Stewart 9-7, 6-4
1956 West Palm Beach Shirley Fry (2) Nancy Morrison Montgomery 6–1, 6-1
1957 West Palm Beach Dottie Head Knode Karol Fageros 7–9, 7–5, 6-3
1958 West Palm Beach Janet Hopps Maria Bueno 6–3, 7-5
1959 West Palm Beach Barbara Scofield Davidson Marie Martin 6–4, 2–6, 9-7
1960 West Palm Beach Ann Barclay Sandy Warshaw[16] 7–5, 6-1
1961 West Palm Beach Ann Barclay (2) Nancy Morrison Montgomery 6–1, 6-3
1962 West Palm Beach Stephanie DeFina Nancy Morrison Montgomery 8–6, 6-2
1963 West Palm Beach Stephanie DeFina (2) Nancy Morrison Orthwein 6–1, 6-1
1964 West Palm Beach Stephanie DeFina (3) Carol Ann Prosen 1–6, 6–4, 6-2
1965 West Palm Beach Betty Stöve Trudy Groenman 6–4, 6-4
1966 West Palm Beach Stephanie DeFina (4) Alice Tym 6–4, 6-0
1967 West Palm Beach Stephanie DeFina (5) Vera Cleto 6–3, 6-0
1968 West Palm Beach Kazuko Sawamatsu Vera Cleto 6–1, 6-3
↓  Open era  ↓
South Florida Open Championships
1969 West Palm Beach Stephanie DeFina (6) Anna Maria Cavadini[17] 6–1, 6-2
South Florida Open
1970 West Palm Beach Chris Evert Stephanie DeFina 6–3, 6-2
1971 West Palm Beach Christiane Spinoza Bunny Smith 6–1, 6-2
1972 West Palm Beach Pam Austin Mary McLean[18] 6–1, 6-1
1973 West Palm Beach Bunny Smith[19] Sabine Bernegger[20] 6–4, 7-5

Tournament records

Men's singles

Included:[2]

Women's singles

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