South Florida Open Championships

The South Florida Open Championships also known as the South Florida Championships or South Florida Open[1] was an international men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1922.[2] The tournament was first played in Miami, Florida, United States. From 1946 this tournament also carried the joint denomination of West Palm Beach Open.[3] The tournament was played at other locations until 1977 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Independent Tour.[2]

South Florida Open Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit (1922–72)
ILTF Independent Tour (1973–77)
Founded1922 (1922)
Abolished1977 (1977)
LocationFort Lauderdale
Miami
Miami Beach
Punta Gorda
Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
VenueVarious
SurfaceClay

History

The South Florida Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tournament first established in February 1922 and played in Miami, Florida, United States. The inaugural singles winners were Fritz Bastian (men's)[2] and Martha Floyd (women's). The tournament was part regional USLTA Southern Circuit.[2] In 1954 a second edition of the men's event was held in Fort Lauderdale called the South Florida Fall Championships that was won by

The tournament was held in Miami, Miami Beach, Palm Beach Punta Gorda, West Palm Beach.[2] The fall championships were played in Fort Lauderdale.[2]

The championships ran annually until 1977 when they discontinued from the ILTF Independent Tour,[2] a series of worldwide tournaments not part of the men's Grand Prix Circuit or women's the WTA Tour. The final winners of the singles events were the Canadian player Harry Fritz (men's),[2] the American player Bunny Smith (women's)

Finals

Men's singles (Winter)

(incomplete roll)

Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
South Florida Championships
1922MiamiUnited States Fritz BastianNew Zealand James Calder6-2, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1924MiamiUnited States G. Carlton ShaferUnited States George Bart Pfingst[4]8-6, 6–4, 6–1.[2]
1926West Palm BeachUnited States Jerome (Jerry) LangUnited States John T. Graves jr.6-1, 8–6, 6–3.[2]
1927West Palm BeachUnited States Bill Tilden IISpain Manuel Alonso Areizaga6-3, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2.[2]
1928Miami BeachUnited States Frank HunterUnited States John F. Hennessey6-4, 6–4, 6–3.[2]
1929MiamiUnited States John F. HennesseyUnited States Frank Hunter2-6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3.[2]
1930MiamiUnited States George LottUnited States John Doeg2-6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 8–6.[2]
1931Punta GordaUnited States J. Gilbert HallCuba Gustavo Vollmer7-5, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5.[2]
1932Punta GordaUnited States Julius SeligsonCuba Gustavo Vollmer4-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1.[2]
1939West Palm BeachUnited States Wayne SabinUnited States Gene Mako7-9, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2.[2]
1940West Palm BeachUnited States Bobby RiggsUnited States Henry Prusoff6-1, 7–5, 6–2.[2]
1941Palm BeachUnited States Bobby Riggs (2)United States Jack Kramer6-3, 6–2, 6–3.[2]
1946West Palm BeachUnited States Gardnar MulloyEcuador Pancho Segura6–4, 6–3.[2]
1948West Palm BeachUnited States Bruce ThomasUnited States Sidney Schwartz6-4, 6–4.[2]
1950West Palm BeachUnited States Tony VincentUnited States Malcolm Fox7-5, 6–3.[2]
1951West Palm BeachUnited States Louis Straight ClarkUnited States Tony Vincent6-4, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3.[2]
1952West Palm BeachUnited States Gardnar Mulloy (2)United States Tony Vincent6-4, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3.[2]
1953West Palm BeachUnited States Malcolm FoxUnited States Charles Harris1-6, 6–2, 10–8.[2]
1954West Palm BeachUnited States Gardnar Mulloy (3)Canada Lorne Main6-1, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2.[2]
1955West Palm BeachUnited States Eddie MoylanFrance Jean-Noël Grinda9-7, 6–2.[2]
1956West Palm BeachUnited States Vic SeixasUnited States Eddie Moylan2-6, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1957West Palm BeachAustralia Don CandyBrazil Armando Vieira3-6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1.[2]
1958West Palm BeachUnited States Jack FrostJapan Kosei Kamo6-3, 6–2.[2]
1959West Palm BeachUnited States Jack Frost (2)United States John W. Frost6-2, 6–2.[2]
1960West Palm BeachUnited Kingdom Mike DaviesEcuador Eduardo Zuleta6-2, 6–0.[2]
1961West Palm BeachUnited States John C. Skogstad[5]Ecuador Eduardo Zuleta6-0, 6–0, 2–6, 2–6, 6–3.[2]
1962West Palm BeachUnited States Ed RubinoffBrazil Thomaz Koch8-6, 10–12, 9–7, 7–5.[2]
1963West Palm BeachEcuador Miguel OlveraEcuador Eduardo Zuleta6-1, 6–3, 6–1.[2]
1964West Palm BeachGreece Nicky KalogeropoulosEcuador Eduardo Zuleta7-5, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3.[2]
1965West Palm BeachUnited States Billy HigginsUnited States Lester M Sack[6]6-3, 6–1, 6–0.[2]
1966West Palm BeachEcuador Eduardo ZuletaCanada Harry Fauquier6-3, 6–1.[2]
1967West Palm BeachEcuador Eduardo Zuleta (2)Canada Keith Carpenter10-8, 6–2.[2]
1968West Palm BeachEcuador Eduardo Zuleta (3)Canada Frank Tutvin6-4, 6–3.[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969West Palm BeachEcuador Eduardo Zuleta (4)United States Jamie Pressly[7]8-6, 6–0.[2]
1970West Palm BeachUnited States Frank Froehling IIIEcuador Pancho Guzmán7-5, 5–7, 6–3.[2]
1971West Palm BeachUnited States Frank Froehling III (2)South Africa Pat Cramer6-3, 6–2.[2]
1972West Palm BeachUnited States Eddie DibbsEcuador Miguel Olvera5-7, 6–4, 7–5.[2]
South Florida Open Championships
1973West Palm BeachUnited States Eddie Dibbs (2)United States Norman Holmes6-0, 6–2.[2]
1974West Palm BeachUnited States Doug CrawfordUnited States Rick Fisher6-3, 7–5.[2]
1976West Palm BeachCanada Greg HalderFrance Clive Rothwell[8]6-2, 6–3.[2]
1977West Palm BeachCanada Harry FritzUnited States Larry Loeb[9]6-4, 7–6.[2]

Men's singles (Fall)
Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
South Florida Fall Championships/West Palm Beach Fall Open
1954Fort LauderdaleUnited States Allen Austin QuayUnited States James (Jim) Shakespeare[10]6-2, 6–2.[2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
South Florida Championships
1922MiamiUnited States Martha FloydUnited States Clare Cassell6-4, 6-4
1923MiamiUnited States Anna Townsend GodfreyUnited States Clare Cassell6-1, 6-1
1929MiamiUnited States Eleanor Brooks CottmanCuba Gisela Comallonga6-,2 6-4
1939West Palm BeachUnited States Pauline BetzUnited States Marta Barnett[11]6-3, 6-2
1940West Palm BeachUnited Kingdom Mary HardwickUnited States Sarah Palfrey Fabyan6-1, 6-3
1941Palm BeachUnited States Pauline Betz (2)United States Dorothy Bundy6-4, 6-1
1946West Palm BeachUnited States Shirley FryUnited States Eleanor Cushingham[12]6-2, 2-6 6-1
1948West Palm BeachRomania Magda Berescu RuracUnited States Laura Lou Jahn[13]6-4, 6-1
1949West Palm BeachUnited States Helen Pedersen RihbanyUnited States Virginia Lee Boyer6-0, 6-1
1950West Palm BeachUnited States Jean ClarkeUnited States Rhoda Hopkins[14]7-5, 6–8, 6-1
1951West Palm BeachUnited States Beverly BakerUnited States Shirley Fry6-4, 6-4
1953West Palm BeachAustralia Thelma Coyne LongUnited States Jean Clarke6-4, 6-4
1954West Palm BeachUnited States Laura Lou KunnenCanada Hana Sládková-Koželuhová9-7, 6-1
1955West Palm BeachUnited States Mildred Thornton[15]United StatesPat Stewart9-7, 6-4
1956West Palm BeachUnited States Shirley Fry (2)United States Nancy Morrison Montgomery6–1, 6-1
1957West Palm BeachUnited States Dottie Head KnodeUnited States Karol Fageros7–9, 7–5, 6-3
1958West Palm BeachUnited States Janet HoppsBrazil Maria Bueno6–3, 7-5
1959West Palm BeachUnited States Barbara Scofield DavidsonAustralia Marie Martin6–4, 2–6, 9-7
1960West Palm BeachCanada Ann BarclayUnited States Sandy Warshaw[16]7–5, 6-1
1961West Palm BeachCanada Ann Barclay (2)United States Nancy Morrison Montgomery6–1, 6-3
1962West Palm BeachUnited States Stephanie DeFinaUnited States Nancy Morrison Montgomery8–6, 6-2
1963West Palm BeachUnited States Stephanie DeFina (2)United States Nancy Morrison Orthwein6–1, 6-1
1964West Palm BeachUnited States Stephanie DeFina (3)United States Carol Ann Prosen1–6, 6–4, 6-2
1965West Palm BeachNetherlands Betty StöveNetherlands Trudy Groenman6–4, 6-4
1966West Palm BeachUnited States Stephanie DeFina (4)United States Alice Tym6–4, 6-0
1967West Palm BeachUnited States Stephanie DeFina (5)Brazil Vera Cleto6–3, 6-0
1968West Palm BeachJapan Kazuko SawamatsuBrazil Vera Cleto6–1, 6-3
↓  Open era  ↓
1969West Palm BeachUnited States Stephanie DeFina (6)Argentina Anna Maria Cavadini[17]6–1, 6-2
1970West Palm BeachUnited States Chris EvertUnited States Stephanie DeFina6–3, 6-2
1971West Palm BeachFrance Christiane SpinozaUnited States Bunny Smith6–1, 6-2
1972West Palm BeachUnited States Pam AustinUnited States Mary McLean[18]6–1, 6-1
South Florida Open Championships
1973West Palm BeachUnited States Bunny Smith[19]Austria Sabine Bernegger[20]6–4, 7-5

Tournament records

Men's singles

Included:[2]

Women's singles

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