Arkansas International Tennis Tournament

The Arkansas International Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played at Burns Park in North Little Rock, Arkansas in the United States from 1974 to 1979. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1977 through 1979 and was played on indoor carpet courts. From 1977 onward the tournament was also known under its sponsored name Fairfield Bay Classic.

Arkansas International Tennis Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameFairfield Bay Classic
Little Rock Open
TourUSLTA Indoor Circuit (1974–1976)
Grand Prix (1977–1979)
Founded1974 (1974)
Abolished1979 (1979)
Editions6
LocationNorth Little Rock, Arkansas
United States
VenueBurns Park
SurfaceCarpet (indoor)
Hard (indoor)

Past finals

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1974United States Jimmy ConnorsWest Germany Karl Meiler6–2, 6–1
1975United States Billy MartinUnited States George Hardie6–2, 7–6(5–4)
1976Pakistan Haroon RahimAustralia Colin Dibley6–4, 7–5
1977United States Sandy MayerPakistan Haroon Rahim6–2, 6–4
1978United States Dick StocktonUnited States Hank Pfister6–4, 3–5, ret. [lower-alpha 1]
1979United States Vitas GerulaitisUnited States Butch Walts6–2, 6–2

Doubles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1974West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Karl Meiler		United States Vitas Gerulaitis
South Africa Bob Hewitt		6–0, 6–2
1975Mexico Marcello Lara
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore		United States Jeff Austin
United States Charles Owens		6–4, 6–3
1976Australia Syd Ball
Australia Ray Ruffels		Paraguay Giuliano Pecci
Pakistan Haroon Rahim		6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1977Australia Colin Dibley
Pakistan Haroon Rahim		South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan		6–7, 6–3, 6–3
1978Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Geoff Masters		United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson		7–6, 6–3
1979United States Vitas Gerulaitis
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník		Australia Phil Dent
Australia Colin Dibley		5–7, 6–3, 7–5

Notes
  1. Pfister retired with a sprained ankle.[1]

References
  1. "Stockton Cops Little Rock Net Event". Schenectady Gazette. AP. February 4, 1978. p. 30 – via Google News Archive.
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