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.
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.
- Incomplete roll
Results included:[6]
| Year
|
Champion
|
Runner-up
|
Score
|
| 1925 |
United States Robert Kinsey |
United States Douglas Watters |
6-4, 7–5, 6-2
|
| 1926 |
United States Vinnie Richards |
United States Frank Froehling |
6-1, 9–11, 6-4
|
| 1935 |
United States Arthur Hendrix |
United States Carroll Turner |
6-3, 6–2, 6-4
|
| 1936 |
United States Bryan Grant |
United States Martin Buxby |
6-2, 6–2, 7-5
|
| 1937 |
United States Bryan Grant (2) |
United States Don Budge |
4-6, 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6-2
|
| 1938[7] |
United States Bobby Riggs |
United States Wayne Sabin |
6-3, 6–0, 7-5
|
| 1939 |
United States Wayne Sabin |
United States Bryan Grant |
6-3, 6–3, 6-1
|
| 1940 |
United States Bryan Grant (3) |
United States Bobby Riggs |
1-6, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6-3
|
| 1941 |
United States Frank Kovacs |
United States Edward Alloo[8] |
6-0, 6–3, 6-2
|
| 1942 |
United States Jack Kramer |
United States Wayne Sabin |
6-0, 6–0, 6-3
|
| 1946 |
United States Bill Talbert |
United States Bryan Grant |
6-3, 6–2, 6-1
|
| 1947 |
United States Bryan Grant (4) |
United States Frank Guernsey |
6-4, 6–3, 7-5
|
| 1948 |
United States Pancho Gonzales |
United States Gardner Larned[9] |
2-6 3-6 6-2 7-5 6-2
|
| 1949 |
United States Gardnar Mulloy |
United States Gardner Larned |
1-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6-2
|
| 1950 |
United States Gardnar Mulloy (2) |
United States Bryan Grant |
6-1, 6–4, 6-2
|
| 1951 |
United States Gardnar Mulloy (3) |
United States Ham Richardson |
6-3, 9–7, 10–12, 3–2, ret.
|
| 1952 |
United States Tony Vincent |
United States Grant Golden |
6-4, 6–4, 7-5
|
| 1953 |
United States Gardnar Mulloy (4) |
United States Bernard Bartzen |
6-1, 3–6, 6–0, 6-1
|
| 1954 |
United States Gardnar Mulloy (5) |
United States Tony Vincent |
11-9, 8–6, 6-4
|
| 1955[10] |
United States Eddie Moylan |
United States Bernard Bartzen |
10-8, 6–4, 6-3
|
| 1956 |
Brazil Armando Vieira |
United States Allen Morris |
6-3, 6–3, 6–8, 14-12
|
| 1957[11] |
Australia Mervyn Rose |
Australia Don Candy |
6-3, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
|
| 1958 |
United States Bernard Bartzen |
United States Tony Vincent |
6-0, 12–10, 6-1
|
| 1959 |
United States Eddie Moylan (2) |
Japan Kosei Kamo |
6-4, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
|
| 1960[12] |
United Kingdom Mike Davies |
United States Gardnar Mulloy |
6-1, 0–6, 6–1, 6-4
|
| 1961 |
United States Whitney Reed |
United States Gardnar Mulloy |
4-6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–1, 9-7
|
| 1962 |
Spain Manuel Santana |
Brazil Carlos Fernandes |
3-6, 6–1, 8–6, 6-2
|
| 1963 |
Spain Manuel Santana (2) |
Australia Fred Stolle |
6-3, 21-19
|
| 1964[13] |
Australia Roy Emerson |
Spain Manuel Santana |
9-7, 6–2, 6-4
|
| 1965 |
Spain Manuel Santana (3) |
Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist |
6-3, 8–6, 6-0
|
| 1966 |
South Africa Cliff Drysdale |
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović |
6-2, 6–4, 6-4
|
| 1967[14] |
Hungary István Gulyás |
South Africa Cliff Drysdale |
3-6, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5, ret.
|
| ↓ Open era ↓
|
| 1968 |
Spain Manuel Santana (4) |
Hungary István Gulyás |
6-4, 7-5, 6-4
|
- Incomplete roll(* Final held indoors)
| Year
|
Champion
|
Runner-up
|
Score
|
| 1926 |
United States Elizabeth Ryan |
United States Mary Browne |
6-3, 8-6
|
| 1940 |
United States Pauline Betz |
United States Marta Barnett Andrade |
6-2, 6-1
|
| 1941 |
United States Pauline Betz (2) |
United States Sarah Palfrey Cooke |
6–4, 6-3
|
| 1942 |
United States Pauline Betz (3) |
United States Doris Hart |
3–6, 6–3, 6-3
|
| 1946 |
United States Baba Madden Lewis |
United States Betty Hulbert |
6–4, 6-3
|
| 1947 |
United States Doris Hart |
United States Barbara Scofield |
3-6, 6–3, 6-4
|
| 1948 |
United States Doris Hart (2) |
United States Magda Berescu Rurac |
6-1, 6-3
|
| 1949 |
United States Nancy Morrison |
United States Marta Barnett Andrade |
6-3, 6-4
|
| 1950 |
United States Laura Lou Jahn |
United States Marta Barnett Andrade |
9-7, 1–6, 6-1
|
| 1951 |
United States Beverly Baker |
United States Shirley Fry |
6-4, 6-3
|
| 1952 |
Romania Magda Berescu Rurac |
United States Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen[15] |
7-5, 6-1
|
| 1953 |
United States Shirley Fry |
Australia Thelma Coyne Long |
6-1, 6-3
|
| 1954 |
United States Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen |
United States Evelyn Cowan |
6-0, 6-3
|
| 1955 |
United States Shirley Fry (2) |
United States Karol Fageros |
9-7, 8-6
|
| 1956 |
United States Shirley Fry (3) |
United States Dottie Head Knode |
6-4, 3–6, 6-3
|
| 1957 |
United States Karol Fageros |
Mexico Rosie Reyes |
6-2, 6-2
|
| 1958 |
Brazil Maria Bueno |
United States Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen |
6-4, 6-1
|
| 1959[16] |
United States Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen |
Australia Marie Martin |
6-3, 8-6
|
| 1960[17] |
United States Sandy Warshaw |
United States Laura Lou Jahn |
6-3, 4–6, 6-4
|
| 1961 |
United States Carole Ann Prosen |
United States Judy Alvarez |
2-6, 6–3, 6-1
|
| 1962 |
West Germany Edda Buding |
United Kingdom Elizabeth Starkie |
6-1, 6-3
|
| 1963 * |
United States Darlene Hard |
Australia Lesley Turner |
9-7, 1–6, 7-5
|
| 1964[18] |
United States Karen Hantze Susman |
United States Judy Alvarez |
6-4, 2–6, 6-4
|
| 1965 |
United States Tory Ann Fretz |
United States Judy Alvarez |
6–2, 6-1
|
| 1966 |
Mexico Elena Subirats |
United States Alice Luthy Tym |
6-1, 8-6
|
| 1967[19] |
United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones |
France Françoise Dürr |
6–4, 8-6
|
| ↓ Open era ↓
|
| 1968[20] |
United States Helga Niessen |
Australia Judy Tegart |
2-6, 6–4, 6-1
|
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- ^ "Davies Warshaw Score Victories". Sarasota Herald Tribune. Sarasota, Florida, United States: Newspaper Archives. 11 January 1960. p. 13
- ^ "Roy Emerson Wins Dix Net Tourney". Marysville Appeal Democrat. Newspaper Archives. 2 March 1964. p. 16.
- ^ DRYSDALE ILL; LOSES TO GULYAS". Pacific Stars And Stripes. Washington, DC: Newspaper Archives. 2 March 1967. p. 21.
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