City of Miami Championships

The City of Miami Championships[1] was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1917 as the Miami City Tennis Championships.[2] The tournament was first played at the Henderson Park Tennis Club, Miami Florida, United States. Also known as the City of Miami Invitation Championships[3] or simply the City of Miami Invitation the tournament ran until 1976 when it was discontinued.[1] The tournament was part of the Caribbean Circuit,[4] a regional sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit.

City of Miami Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
(1937–1969) men
(1937–1972) women
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1970–76) men
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1973–76) women
Founded1917 (1917)
Abolished1976 (1976)
LocationMiami, United States
VenueHenderson Park Tennis Club
SurfaceClay / outdoor

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1917 Craig Biddle Fred H. Harris6–4, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
1918 Fred H. Harris Ralph E. Racey6–2, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1936 Julius Seligson Gustavo Vollmer3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1937 Don Budge Bryan Grant Sr.6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1938 Bobby Riggs Frank Kovacs3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2.[1]
1940 Bobby Riggs (2) Gardnar Mulloy6–0, 7–5, 6–2.[1]
1943 Pancho Segura William Gillespie[5]6–0, 7–5, 6–2.[1]
1944 Harris Everett[6]Herbert Behrens[7]6–4, 7–5, 6–1.[1]
1945 Robert Stubbs[8] Frank Kovacs3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2.[1]
1951 Bill Tully[9] Charles King Jr.6–0, 6–2.[1]
1953 Ed Rubinoff Michael Green6–2, 6–4.[1]
1954 Gardnar Mulloy Art Larsen6–2, 5–7, 6–4.[1]
1957 Dave Harum[10] Carlos Fernandes6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2.[1]
1958 Budge Patty Gardnar Mulloy6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
1959 Ed Rubinoff (2) John Skogstead[11]7–5, 0–2, ret.[1]
1960 Don Kierbow[12] José Edison Mandarino7–9, 6–4 9–7, 6–2.[1]
1961 Gardnar Mulloy (2) Miguel Olvera3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1962 Gardnar Mulloy (3) John Joseph Karabasz[13]3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1963 Ed Rubinoff (3) Gardnar Mulloy10–8, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4.[1]
1964 Thomaz Koch Eduardo Zuleta6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 7–5.[1]
1965 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Billy Higgins6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3.[1]
1966 Eduardo Zuleta Harry Fauquier6–4, 6–1, 6–1.[1]
1967 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos (2) Frank Tutvin6-1, 9–7.[1]
1968 Jaime Fillol Pancho Guzmán6–8, 4–6, 10–8, 6–1, 4–1, retd.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Jaime Fillol (2) Pancho Guzmán13–11, 5–7, 9–7.[1]
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1970 Jaime Fillol (3) Pat Cramer1–6, 6–3, 6–4.[1]
1971 Eddie Dibbs Dan Bleckinger6–1, 6–4.[1]
1972 Mike Estep Raz Reid1–6, 6–3, 6–4.[1]
1973 Bernie Mitton Björn Borg6–2, 6–2.[1]
1974 Fred McNair Gery Groslimond[14]6–3, 6–1.[1]
1976 Greg Halder Jim Breech6–4, 7–6.[1]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1922 Clare Cassell Gisela Comallonga6–4, 6–2
1940 Mary Hardwick Pauline Betz6–2, 2–6, 6–1
1946 Betty Hulbert Eleanor Purdy Cushingham6–2, 6–0
1948 Shirley Fry Dorothy Bundy9-7, 6–1
1952 Magda Rurac Betty Hulbert James6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1953 Thelma Coyne Long Joan Merciadis6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1954 Doris Hart Marta Hernandez6–4, 6–4
1955 Doris Hart (2) Joan Merciadis6–2, 6–2
1957 Marta Hernandez Marilyn Stock6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1958 Karol Fageros Barbara Scofield Davidson6–2, 7–5
1959 Marie Martin Barbara Scofield Davidson6–3, 6–1
1960 Marilyn Stock Margaret Demogenes0–6, 6–4, 6–4
1961 Mary Habicht Ann Barclay2–6, 6–1, 6–3
1962 Margaret Hellyer Stephanie DeFina6–3, 6–1
1963 Stephanie DeFina Carol-Ann Prosen6–3, 6–3
1964 Stephanie DeFina (2) Margarita Bender6–1, 6–4
1965 Betty Stöve Trudy Groenman6–3, 6–2
1966 Stephanie DeFina (3) Nancy Corse Reed2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1967 Alice Tym Elena Subirats6–3, 8–6
1968 Faye Urban Vera Cleto6–2, 6–0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Stephanie DeFina (4) Suzana Petersen6–1, 6–2
1972 Pam Austin Anna Maria Cavadini8–6, 6–2

References
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