Dixie International Championships

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.

Dixie International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1925 (1925)
Abolished1968 (1968)
LocationDavis Islands, Tampa, Florida, United States
VenueDavis Islands Courts
SurfaceClay

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
1925United States Robert KinseyUnited States Douglas Watters6-4, 7–5, 6-2
1926United States Vinnie RichardsUnited States Frank Froehling6-1, 9–11, 6-4
1935United States Arthur HendrixUnited States Carroll Turner6-3, 6–2, 6-4
1936United States Bryan GrantUnited States Martin Buxby6-2, 6–2, 7-5
1937United States Bryan Grant (2)United States Don Budge4-6, 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6-2
1938[7]United States Bobby RiggsUnited States Wayne Sabin6-3, 6–0, 7-5
1939United States Wayne SabinUnited States Bryan Grant6-3, 6–3, 6-1
1940United States Bryan Grant (3)United States Bobby Riggs1-6, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6-3
1941United States Frank KovacsUnited States Edward Alloo[8]6-0, 6–3, 6-2
1942United States Jack KramerUnited States Wayne Sabin6-0, 6–0, 6-3
1946United States Bill TalbertUnited States Bryan Grant6-3, 6–2, 6-1
1947United States Bryan Grant (4)United States Frank Guernsey6-4, 6–3, 7-5
1948United States Pancho GonzalesUnited States Gardner Larned[9]2-6 3-6 6-2 7-5 6-2
1949United States Gardnar MulloyUnited States Gardner Larned1-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6-2
1950United States Gardnar Mulloy (2)United States Bryan Grant6-1, 6–4, 6-2
1951United States Gardnar Mulloy (3)United States Ham Richardson6-3, 9–7, 10–12, 3–2, ret.
1952United States Tony VincentUnited States Grant Golden6-4, 6–4, 7-5
1953United States Gardnar Mulloy (4)United States Bernard Bartzen6-1, 3–6, 6–0, 6-1
1954United States Gardnar Mulloy (5)United States Tony Vincent11-9, 8–6, 6-4
1955[10]United States Eddie MoylanUnited States Bernard Bartzen10-8, 6–4, 6-3
1956Brazil Armando VieiraUnited States Allen Morris6-3, 6–3, 6–8, 14-12
1957[11]Australia Mervyn RoseAustralia Don Candy6-3, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
1958United States Bernard BartzenUnited States Tony Vincent6-0, 12–10, 6-1
1959United States Eddie Moylan (2)Japan Kosei Kamo6-4, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
1960[12]United Kingdom Mike DaviesUnited States Gardnar Mulloy6-1, 0–6, 6–1, 6-4
1961United States Whitney ReedUnited States Gardnar Mulloy4-6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–1, 9-7
1962Spain Manuel SantanaBrazil Carlos Fernandes3-6, 6–1, 8–6, 6-2
1963Spain Manuel Santana (2)Australia Fred Stolle6-3, 21-19
1964[13]Australia Roy EmersonSpain Manuel Santana9-7, 6–2, 6-4
1965Spain Manuel Santana (3)Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist6-3, 8–6, 6-0
1966South Africa Cliff DrysdaleSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović6-2, 6–4, 6-4
1967[14]Hungary István GulyásSouth Africa Cliff Drysdale3-6, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5, ret.
↓  Open era  ↓
1968Spain Manuel Santana (4)Hungary István Gulyás6-4, 7-5, 6-4

Women's Singles
Incomplete roll(* Final held indoors)
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1926United States Elizabeth RyanUnited States Mary Browne6-3, 8-6
1940United States Pauline BetzUnited States Marta Barnett Andrade6-2, 6-1
1941United States Pauline Betz (2)United States Sarah Palfrey Cooke6–4, 6-3
1942United States Pauline Betz (3)United States Doris Hart3–6, 6–3, 6-3
1946United States Baba Madden LewisUnited States Betty Hulbert6–4, 6-3
1947United States Doris HartUnited States Barbara Scofield3-6, 6–3, 6-4
1948United States Doris Hart (2)United States Magda Berescu Rurac6-1, 6-3
1949United States Nancy MorrisonUnited States Marta Barnett Andrade6-3, 6-4
1950United States Laura Lou JahnUnited States Marta Barnett Andrade9-7, 1–6, 6-1
1951United States Beverly BakerUnited States Shirley Fry6-4, 6-3
1952Romania Magda Berescu RuracUnited States Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen[15]7-5, 6-1
1953United States Shirley FryAustralia Thelma Coyne Long6-1, 6-3
1954United States Laura Lou Jahn KunnenUnited States Evelyn Cowan6-0, 6-3
1955United States Shirley Fry (2)United States Karol Fageros9-7, 8-6
1956United States Shirley Fry (3)United States Dottie Head Knode6-4, 3–6, 6-3
1957United States Karol FagerosMexico Rosie Reyes6-2, 6-2
1958Brazil Maria BuenoUnited States Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen6-4, 6-1
1959[16]United States Laura Lou Jahn KunnenAustralia Marie Martin6-3, 8-6
1960[17]United States Sandy WarshawUnited States Laura Lou Jahn6-3, 4–6, 6-4
1961United States Carole Ann ProsenUnited States Judy Alvarez2-6, 6–3, 6-1
1962West Germany Edda BudingUnited Kingdom Elizabeth Starkie6-1, 6-3
1963 *United States Darlene HardAustralia Lesley Turner9-7, 1–6, 7-5
1964[18]United States Karen Hantze SusmanUnited States Judy Alvarez6-4, 2–6, 6-4
1965United States Tory Ann FretzUnited States Judy Alvarez6–2, 6-1
1966Mexico Elena SubiratsUnited States Alice Luthy Tym6-1, 8-6
1967[19]United Kingdom Ann Haydon JonesFrance Françoise Dürr6–4, 8-6
↓  Open era  ↓
1968[20]United States Helga NiessenAustralia Judy Tegart2-6, 6–4, 6-1

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