Dixie International Championships

Dixie International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1925 (1925)
Abolished1968 (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

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

Men's Singles

Incomplete roll

Results included:[6]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1925 Robert Kinsey Douglas Watters 6-4, 7–5, 6-2
1926 Vinnie Richards Frank Froehling 6-1, 9–11, 6-4
1935 Arthur Hendrix Carroll Turner 6-3, 6–2, 6-4
1936 Bryan Grant Martin Buxby 6-2, 6–2, 7-5
1937 Bryan Grant (2) Don Budge 4-6, 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6-2
1938[7] Bobby Riggs Wayne Sabin 6-3, 6–0, 7-5
1939 Wayne Sabin Bryan Grant 6-3, 6–3, 6-1
1940 Bryan Grant (3) Bobby Riggs 1-6, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6-3
1941 Frank Kovacs Edward Alloo[8] 6-0, 6–3, 6-2
1942 Jack Kramer Wayne Sabin 6-0, 6–0, 6-3
1946 Bill Talbert Bryan Grant 6-3, 6–2, 6-1
1947 Bryan Grant (4) Frank Guernsey 6-4, 6–3, 7-5
1948 Pancho Gonzales Gardner Larned[9] 2-6 3-6 6-2 7-5 6-2
1949 Gardnar Mulloy Gardner Larned 1-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6-2
1950 Gardnar Mulloy (2) Bryan Grant 6-1, 6–4, 6-2
1951 Gardnar Mulloy (3) Ham Richardson 6-3, 9–7, 10–12, 3–2, ret.
1952 Tony Vincent Grant Golden 6-4, 6–4, 7-5
1953 Gardnar Mulloy (4) Bernard Bartzen 6-1, 3–6, 6–0, 6-1
1954 Gardnar Mulloy (5) Tony Vincent 11-9, 8–6, 6-4
1955[10] Eddie Moylan Bernard Bartzen 10-8, 6–4, 6-3
1956 Armando Vieira Allen Morris 6-3, 6–3, 6–8, 14-12
1957[11] Mervyn Rose Don Candy 6-3, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
1958 Bernard Bartzen Tony Vincent 6-0, 12–10, 6-1
1959 Eddie Moylan (2) Kosei Kamo 6-4, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
1960[12] Mike Davies Gardnar Mulloy 6-1, 0–6, 6–1, 6-4
1961 Whitney Reed Gardnar Mulloy 4-6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–1, 9-7
1962 Manuel Santana Carlos Fernandes 3-6, 6–1, 8–6, 6-2
1963 Manuel Santana (2) Fred Stolle 6-3, 21-19
1964[13] Roy Emerson Manuel Santana 9-7, 6–2, 6-4
1965 Manuel Santana (3) Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6-3, 8–6, 6-0
1966 Cliff Drysdale Boro Jovanović 6-2, 6–4, 6-4
1967[14] István Gulyás Cliff Drysdale 3-6, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5, ret.
↓  Open era  ↓
1968 Manuel Santana (4) István Gulyás 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

Women's Singles

Incomplete roll(* Final held indoors)
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1926 Elizabeth Ryan Mary Browne 6-3, 8-6
1940 Pauline Betz Marta Barnett Andrade 6-2, 6-1
1941 Pauline Betz (2) Sarah Palfrey Cooke 6–4, 6-3
1942 Pauline Betz (3) Doris Hart 3–6, 6–3, 6-3
1946 Baba Madden Lewis Betty Hulbert 6–4, 6-3
1947 Doris Hart Barbara Scofield 3-6, 6–3, 6-4
1948 Doris Hart (2) Magda Berescu Rurac 6-1, 6-3
1949 Nancy Morrison Marta Barnett Andrade 6-3, 6-4
1950 Laura Lou Jahn Marta Barnett Andrade 9-7, 1–6, 6-1
1951 Beverly Baker Shirley Fry 6-4, 6-3
1952 Magda Berescu Rurac Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen[15] 7-5, 6-1
1953 Shirley Fry Thelma Coyne Long 6-1, 6-3
1954 Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen Evelyn Cowan 6-0, 6-3
1955 Shirley Fry (2) Karol Fageros 9-7, 8-6
1956 Shirley Fry (3) Dottie Head Knode 6-4, 3–6, 6-3
1957 Karol Fageros Rosie Reyes 6-2, 6-2
1958 Maria Bueno Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen 6-4, 6-1
1959[16] Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen Marie Martin 6-3, 8-6
1960[17] Sandy Warshaw Laura Lou Jahn 6-3, 4–6, 6-4
1961 Carole Ann Prosen Judy Alvarez 2-6, 6–3, 6-1
1962 Edda Buding Elizabeth Starkie 6-1, 6-3
1963 * Darlene Hard Lesley Turner 9-7, 1–6, 7-5
1964[18] Karen Hantze Susman Judy Alvarez 6-4, 2–6, 6-4
1965 Tory Ann Fretz Judy Alvarez 6–2, 6-1
1966 Elena Subirats Alice Luthy Tym 6-1, 8-6
1967[19] Ann Haydon Jones Françoise Dürr 6–4, 8-6
↓  Open era  ↓
1968[20] Helga Niessen 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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  18. ^ "Roy Emerson Wins Dix Net Tourney". Marysville Appeal Democrat. Newspaper Archives. 2 March 1964. p. 16.
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  20. ^ Cedar Rapids Gazette (1968)
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