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Dixie International Championships

{{Infobox tennis tournament

| name =Dixie International Championships

| type = defunct

| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1925}}

| ended = {{end date and age|df=yes|1968}}

| editions =

| event name =

| location = Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida, United States

| venue = Davis Islands Courts

| tour = ILTF Circuit

| surface = Clay

}}

The Dixie International Championships{{cite news |title=Liz in semi-finals: Liz Starkie beat Roberta Alison, of the United States, 7-5. 6-0 in the quarter-finals of the women's singles of the Dixie International tennis championships at Tampa, Florida|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19620224/092/0006 |access-date=6 March 2023 |work=Aberdeen Evening Express |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |date=24 February 1962 |location=Aberdeenshire, Scotland |page=6|url-access=subscription}} or the Dixie Championships{{cite book |title=Current Biography Yearbook |date=1968 |publisher=H. W. Wilson Company |location=New York |page=373 |language=en}} or the Dixie International{{cite news |title=Roger Taylor wins: Yorkshire left-hander Roger Taylor beat Brazilian Roberto Marcher 6-0, 6-1 in the men's singles first round of the Dixie international tennis tournament at Tampa. Florida |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000726/19660223/651/0018 |access-date=6 March 2023 |work=Newcastle Evening Chronicle |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |date=23 February 1966 |location=Northumberland, England |page=18|url-access=subscription}} 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,{{cite news |title=Sports |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/ohio/findlay/findlay-republican-courier/1959/01-15/page-13/ |access-date=7 March 2023 |work=Findlay Republican Courier |publisher=Newspaper Archives |date=15 January 1959 |location=Findlay, Ohio, United States |page=13|url-access=subscription}} Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida, United States until 1968. It was part of the South Florida-Caribbean tennis circuit during the 1960s.

History

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."Sports". Findlay Republican Courier. Findlay, Ohio, United States: Newspaper Archives. 15 January 1959. p. 13. 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.

Finals

=Men's Singles=

:Incomplete roll

Results included:{{cite web |title=Tournament – Dixie Championships |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=149&n=Dixie%20Championships |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=7 March 2023}}

class="wikitable"
style="width:40px"|Year

!style="width:200px"|Champion

!style="width:200px"|Runner-up

!style="width:160px"|Score

1925{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Kinsey{{flagicon|USA}} Douglas Watters6-4, 7–5, 6-2
1926{{flagicon|USA}} Vinnie Richards{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Froehling6-1, 9–11, 6-4
1935{{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Hendrix{{flagicon|USA}} Carroll Turner6-3, 6–2, 6-4
1936{{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Grant{{flagicon|USA}} Martin Buxby6-2, 6–2, 7-5
1937{{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Grant (2){{flagicon|USA}} Don Budge4-6, 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6-2
1938{{cite news |title=Riggs Defeats Sabin to win Nautilus Finals |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/california/modesto/modesto-bee-and-news-herald/1938/01-18/page-32/ |access-date=7 March 2023 |work=Modesto Bee And News Herald |publisher=Newspaper Archives |date=18 January 1938 |location=Modesto, Calif, USA. |page=32|url-access=subscription}}{{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Riggs{{flagicon|USA}} Wayne Sabin6-3, 6–0, 7-5
1939{{flagicon|USA}} Wayne Sabin{{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Grant6-3, 6–3, 6-1
1940{{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Grant (3){{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Riggs1-6, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6-3
1941{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Kovacs{{flagicon|USA}} Edward Alloo{{cite web |title=Edward Alloo |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/edward-alloo/ad87/overview |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=7 March 2023}}6-0, 6–3, 6-2
1942{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Kramer{{flagicon|USA}} Wayne Sabin6-0, 6–0, 6-3
1946{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Talbert{{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Grant6-3, 6–2, 6-1
1947{{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Grant (4){{flagicon|USA}} Frank Guernsey6-4, 6–3, 7-5
1948{{flagicon|USA}} Pancho Gonzales{{flagicon|USA}} Gardner Larned{{cite web |title=Gardner Larned (1979) - Hall of Fame |url=https://rollinssports.com/honors/hall-of-fame/gardner-larned/109 |website=Rollins College |access-date=7 March 2023 |language=en}}2-6 3-6 6-2 7-5 6-2
1949{{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy{{flagicon|USA}} Gardner Larned1-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6-2
1950{{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy (2){{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Grant6-1, 6–4, 6-2
1951{{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy (3){{flagicon|USA}} Ham Richardson6-3, 9–7, 10–12, 3–2, ret.
1952{{flagicon|USA}} Tony Vincent{{flagicon|USA}} Grant Golden6-4, 6–4, 7-5
1953{{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy (4){{flagicon|USA}} Bernard Bartzen6-1, 3–6, 6–0, 6-1
1954{{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy (5){{flagicon|USA}} Tony Vincent11-9, 8–6, 6-4
1955Nampa Idaho Free Press Newspaper Archives. Newspaper Archives. January 7, 1959 Page 6{{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Moylan{{flagicon|USA}} Bernard Bartzen10-8, 6–4, 6-3
1956{{flagicon|BRA}} Armando Vieira{{flagicon|USA}} Allen Morris6-3, 6–3, 6–8, 14-12
1957{{cite news |title=Win For Rose In Dixie Tourney |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/au/australian-capital-territory/canberra/canberra-times/1957/01-08/page-8/ |access-date=7 March 2023 |work=Canberra Times |publisher=Newspaper Archives |date=8 January 1957 |location=Canberra, Australia |page=8|url-access=subscription}}{{flagicon|AUS}} Mervyn Rose{{flagicon|AUS}} Don Candy6-3, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
1958{{flagicon|USA}} Bernard Bartzen{{flagicon|USA}} Tony Vincent6-0, 12–10, 6-1
1959{{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Moylan (2){{flagicon|JPN}} Kosei Kamo6-4, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
1960{{cite news |title=Davies Warshaw Score Victories |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/florida/sarasota/sarasota-herald-tribune/1960/01-11/page-13/ |access-date=7 March 2023 |work=Sarasota Herald Tribune |publisher=Newspaper Archives |date=11 January 1960 |location=Sarasota, Florida, United States |page=13|url-access=subscription}}{{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Davies{{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy6-1, 0–6, 6–1, 6-4
1961{{flagicon|USA}} Whitney Reed{{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy4-6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–1, 9-7
1962{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Santana{{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Fernandes3-6, 6–1, 8–6, 6-2
1963{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Santana (2){{flagicon|AUS}} Fred Stolle6-3, 21-19
1964{{cite news |title=Roy Emerson Wins Dix Net Tourney. |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/california/marysville/marysville-appeal-democrat/1964/03-02/page-16/ |access-date=7 March 2023 |work=Marysville Appeal Democrat |publisher=Newspaper Archives |date=2 March 1964 |page=16|url-access=subscription}}{{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Santana9-7, 6–2, 6-4
1965{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Santana (3){{flagicon|SWE}} Jan-Erik Lundqvist6-3, 8–6, 6-0
1966{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Cliff Drysdale{{flagicon|YUG}} Boro Jovanović6-2, 6–4, 6-4
1967{{cite news |title=DRYSDALE ILL; LOSES TO GULYAS |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/jp/t%C3%B4ky%C3%B4/tokyo/pacific-stars-and-stripes/1967/03-02/page-21/ |access-date=7 March 2023 |work=Pacific Stars And Stripes |publisher=Newspaper Archives |date=2 March 1967 |location=Washington, DC |page=21|url-access=subscription}}{{flagicon|HUN}} István Gulyás{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Cliff Drysdale3-6, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5, ret.
colspan="4" align="center" | ↓  Open era  ↓
1968{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Santana (4){{flagicon|HUN}} István Gulyás6-4, 7-5, 6-4

=Women's Singles=

:Incomplete roll(* Final held indoors)

class="wikitable"
style="width:55px"|Year

!style="width:200px"|Champion

!style="width:200px"|Runner-up

!style="width:150px"|Score

1926{{flagicon|USA}} Elizabeth Ryan{{flagicon|USA}} Mary Browne6-3, 8-6
1940{{flagicon|USA}} Pauline Betz{{flagicon|USA}} Marta Barnett Andrade6-2, 6-1
1941{{flagicon|USA}} Pauline Betz (2){{flagicon|USA}} Sarah Palfrey Cooke6–4, 6-3
1942{{flagicon|USA}} Pauline Betz (3){{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart3–6, 6–3, 6-3
1946{{flagicon|USA}} Baba Madden Lewis{{flagicon|USA}} Betty Hulbert6–4, 6-3
1947{{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart{{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Scofield3-6, 6–3, 6-4
1948{{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart (2){{flagicon|USA}} Magda Berescu Rurac6-1, 6-3
1949{{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Morrison{{flagicon|USA}} Marta Barnett Andrade6-3, 6-4
1950{{flagicon|USA}} Laura Lou Jahn{{flagicon|USA}} Marta Barnett Andrade9-7, 1–6, 6-1
1951{{flagicon|USA}} Beverly Baker{{flagicon|USA}} Shirley Fry6-4, 6-3
1952{{flagicon|ROM}} Magda Berescu Rurac{{flagicon|USA}} Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen{{cite news |title=Laura Lou Kunnen, 68, '50s tennis icon |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2001/05/24/laura-lou-kunnen-68-50s-tennis-icon/ |access-date=6 March 2023 |work=Tampa Bay Times |publisher=Times Publishing Company |date=24 May 2001 |location=St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. |language=en}}7-5, 6-1
1953{{flagicon|USA}} Shirley Fry{{flagicon|AUS}} Thelma Coyne Long6-1, 6-3
1954{{flagicon|USA}} Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen{{flagicon|USA}} Evelyn Cowan6-0, 6-3
1955{{flagicon|USA}} Shirley Fry (2){{flagicon|USA}} Karol Fageros9-7, 8-6
1956{{flagicon|USA}} Shirley Fry (3){{flagicon|USA}} Dottie Head Knode6-4, 3–6, 6-3
1957{{flagicon|USA}} Karol Fageros{{flagicon|MEX}} Rosie Reyes6-2, 6-2
1958{{flagicon|BRA}} Maria Bueno{{flagicon|USA}} Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen6-4, 6-1
1959"Sports". Findlay Republican Courier. Findlay, Ohio, United States: Newspaper Archives. 15 January 1959. p. 13.{{flagicon|USA}} Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen{{flagicon|AUS}} Marie Martin6-3, 8-6
1960"Davies Warshaw Score Victories". Sarasota Herald Tribune. Sarasota, Florida, United States: Newspaper Archives. 11 January 1960. p. 13{{flagicon|USA}} Sandy Warshaw{{flagicon|USA}} Laura Lou Jahn6-3, 4–6, 6-4
1961{{flagicon|USA}} Carole Ann Prosen{{flagicon|USA}} Judy Alvarez2-6, 6–3, 6-1
1962{{flagicon|FRG}} Edda Buding{{flagicon|GBR}} Elizabeth Starkie6-1, 6-3
1963 *{{flagicon|USA}} Darlene Hard{{flagicon|AUS}} Lesley Turner9-7, 1–6, 7-5
1964"Roy Emerson Wins Dix Net Tourney". Marysville Appeal Democrat. Newspaper Archives. 2 March 1964. p. 16.{{flagicon|USA}} Karen Hantze Susman{{flagicon|USA}} Judy Alvarez6-4, 2–6, 6-4
1965{{flagicon|USA}} Tory Ann Fretz{{flagicon|USA}} Judy Alvarez6–2, 6-1
1966{{flagicon|MEX}} Elena Subirats{{flagicon|USA}} Alice Luthy Tym6-1, 8-6
1967DRYSDALE ILL; LOSES TO GULYAS". Pacific Stars And Stripes. Washington, DC: Newspaper Archives. 2 March 1967. p. 21.{{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon Jones{{flagicon|FRA}} Françoise Dürr6–4, 8-6
colspan="4" align="center" | ↓  Open era  ↓
1968Cedar Rapids Gazette (1968){{flagicon|USA}} Helga Niessen{{flagicon|AUS}} Judy Tegart2-6, 6–4, 6-1

References

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{{Caribbean Circuit}}

Category:Clay court tennis tournaments

Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States