Reggio Calabria International

The Reggio Calabria International [1] or Internazionale di Reggio Calabria was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1959. It was played at the ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy.[2] The tournament ran until 1970.[3]

Reggio Calabria International
Internazionale di Reggio Calabria
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1959 (1959)
Abolished1970 (1970)
LocationReggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy.
SurfaceClay

History

In April 1959 ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club in Regio Calabria established an open international tennis tournament for men and women.[4] The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts at Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy through till 1970.[5] It would be another twenty one years until 1991 before another international tournament was staged at the same venue, the Reggio Calabria Challenger tournament that ran till 1992.[6]

Finals

Men's singles
Year Winner Runner-up Score
1959Italy Giuseppe MerloItaly Nicola Pietrangeli2-6, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5, 6-1
1960Italy Giuseppe Merlo (2)West Germany Peter Scholl5-7, 9–7, 6–4, 6-4
1961Italy Fausto GardiniItaly Sergio Tacchini6-2, 6–1, 6-1
1962[7]Australia Neale FraserItaly Fausto Gardini6-3, 6–3, 4–6, 6-3
1963Italy Giuseppe Merlo (3)Australia Ken Fletcher6-4, 6–4, 7-5
1964South Africa Bob HewittAustralia Tony Roche7–5, 8–6, 6-2
1965United States Donald DellRomania Ion Țiriac6-3, 6–3, 6-2
1966Australia Tony RocheUnited States Clark Graebner7-5, 6–2, 6-3
1967[8]Italy Giuseppe Merlo (4)Australia Owen Davidson4-6, 6–1, 6–4, 6-1
1968United States Marty RiessenRomania Ilie Năstase3-6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6-2
1969Australia Martin MulliganRomania Ion Țiriac6-2, 4–6, 6–3, 6-1
1970Australia Martin Mulligan (2)Italy Adriano Panatta8-6, 6–4, 6-4

Women's singles
Year Winner Runner-up Score
1959Mexico Yola RamírezSouth Africa Sandra Reynolds6–2, 6–8, 6-3
1960Mexico Yola Ramírez (2)Italy Silvana Lazzarino6-2, 6-1
1961Italy Maria Teresa RiedlAustralia Margaret Hellyer6-1, 6-2
1962Italy Lea PericoliAustralia Judy Tegart6-2, 6-2
1963Australia Lesley TurnerAustralia Jan Lehane4–6, 12–10, 6-1
1964Australia Margaret SmithAustralia Robyn Ebbern6–0, 6-4
1965United States Julie HeldmanAustralia Madonna Schacht2-4, retired
1966United States Julie Heldman (2)West Germany Helga Niessen6-4, 1–6, 6-2
1967Australia Lesley Turner (2)Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopickova8-6, 6-4
1968Australia Helen GourlayUnited States Alice Tym6–4, 8-6
1969Czechoslovakia Marie NeumannováItaly Maria Nasuelli6-4, 2-6 6-4
1970Czechoslovakia Marie Neumannová (2)Italy Monica Giorgi6-3, 6-1

References
  1. "LAWN TENNIS INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (Reggio Calabria, Italy).— Men's singles—Final: G. Merlo defeated O. Davidson" (Subscription). Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 8 May 1967. p. 22. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. "Storia". www.ctpolimeni.eu. Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy: ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  3. ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
  4. ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
  5. ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
  6. ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
  7. "Title For Fraser: REGGIO CALABRIA (South Italy), April 12.—Australian Neale Fraser, the former Wimbledon champion, won the men's singles title in the international lawn tennis tournament here yesterday. In the final, he defeated Fausto Gardini, the Italian" (Subscription). Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore, Pakistan: British Newspaper Archive. 13 April 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  8. Daily Mirror (1967)
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