Turkey Open

Turkey Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Asian Circuit (1942–73) Grand Prix tennis circuit(1975)
Founded	1942
Abolished	1975
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Surface	Clay

The Turkey Open originally known as the Turkey International Championships also known as the Istanbul International Championships is a defunct tennis tournament that was played on outdoor clay courts, Istanbul, Turkey. The event was part of the men's amateur tennis tour (1947–1967) with the advent of the Open Era it was part of the non-aligned tour circuit of the ITF, between 1968 and 1973. In 1975 the final year it was staged it became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit.

History

The Turkey Open was originally established on 10 July 1942 as the Turkey International Championships and also called the Istanbul International Championships until 1967. From 1942 until 1973 the event was part of the ILTF Asian Circuit, no event was staged in 1974 however in its final year 1975 it was very briefly a part of the men's Grand Prix tennis circuit. The event was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament featured both singles and doubles play.

Past finals

Past singles champions have included:

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1942	Engelbert Koch	Kurt Egert	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 7–5
1947	Vojtech Vadika	Fehmi Kizil	2–6, 6–2, 0–6, 6–3, 6–4
1948	Heraldo Weiss	Hans Redl	1–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1949	Jack Harper	Gottfried von Cramm	6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 9–7, 6–2
1950	Gianni Cucelli	Fred Kovaleski	7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 2–1, ret.
1951	Felicisimo Ampon	Gianni Cucelli	6–2, 6–1, 9–7
1952	Budge Patty	Armando Vieira	8–6, 6–2, 6–3
1953	Paul Rémy	Giuseppe Merlo	6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4
1954	Władysław Skonecki	Orlando Sirola	1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–0
1955	Sven Davidson	Mervyn Rose	8–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–1
1956	Sven Davidson	Budge Patty	11–9, 8–6, 6–1
1957	Luis Ayala	Francisco Contreras	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1958	Luis Ayala	Francisco Contreras	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1959	Luis Ayala	Raymond Weedon	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1960	Ian Vermaak	Jørgen Ulrich	6–4, 6–1, 11-9
1961	Bob Hewitt	Ken Fletcher	6–3, 6–3, 9–7
1962	Roy Emerson	Neale Fraser	3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–3
1963	Roy Emerson	Mike Sangster	8–10, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1964	Ron Barnes	Allen Fox	7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1965	Ron Barnes	Cliff Drysdale	6–0, 6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 6–4
1966	Frew McMillan	Ron Barnes	7–5, 7–5, 6–2
1967	José Edison Mandarino	Thomaz Koch	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Open era
1968	Mark Cox	Patricio Rodríguez	6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1969	Bob Hewitt	Robert Maud	6-3 8-6 6-1
1970	Bob Hewitt	Željko Franulović	2–6, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
1971	Ilie Năstase	Andrew Pattison	6–4, 6–4, 11-9
1972	Juan Gisbert Sr.	Byron Bertram	6–1, 6–1, 7–5
1973	Ilie Năstase	Juan Gisbert Sr.	6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1974	Not held
1975	Colin Dowdeswell	Ferdi Taygan	6–1, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1975	Colin Dibley Thomaz Koch	Colin Dowdeswell John Feaver	6–2, 6–2, 6–2

See also

• Istanbul Open
• Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments

Sources

• Tennis Base Turkey Open: Tournament Roll of Honour
• Singles draw
• Doubles draw
• ITF archives

Further reading

• Bud Collins, History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book, New Chapter Press, USA, 2nd Edition, 2010. . Accessed 10/11/2017.