Brazilian International Championships

Brazilian International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Circuit (1932-1969)
Founded	1932;93 years ago (1932)
Abolished	1969;56 years ago (1969)
Location	Rio de Janeiro São Paulo
Venue	Various
Surface	Clay
Current champions
Men's singles	Jan Kodeš

The Brazilian International Championships was a tennis tournament held in Brazil sporadically from 1932 to 1969.

The tournament began in 1932 and was part of a South American circuit that included the Argentina International Championships and Chile International Championships. The event petered out in the late 1950s.

Among the winners of the event were Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Don McNeill, Budge Patty, Fausto Gardini, Luis Ayala and Jan Kodeš.

Later in the open era a new successor women's tournament was revived called the WTA Brasil Open, and in 2001 the successor men's event was re-established called the ATP Brasil Open.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1932 [1]	Guillermo Robson	Américo Cattaruzza	4-6, 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1933	Manuel Alonso Areizaga	John Olliff	6-2, 6–2, 6–0
1938 [2]	Franjo Punčec	Josip Palada	7-5, 6–3, 6–8, 6–3
1940 [3]	Don McNeill	Elwood Cooke	2-6, 8–6, 0–6, 6–1, 6–3
1941-45	No competition
1948	Jaroslav Drobný	Enrique Morea	6-4, 6–4, 6–4
1949 [4]	Armando Vieira	Manoel Fernandes	6-2, 6–2, 6–4
1950	Armando Vieira	Władysław Skonecki	7-5, 6–2, 6–2
1951	Art Larsen	Jaroslav Drobný	6-1, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1953 [5]	Budge Patty	Art Larsen	7-5, 6–1, 3–6, 7–5
1954 [6]	Fausto Gardini	Giuseppe Merlo	2-6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1955 [7]	Luis Ayala	Enrique Morea	6-3, 6–3, 8–6
1956 [8]	Nicola Pietrangeli	Sven Davidson	9-7, 6–2, 6–3
1969 [9]	Jan Kodeš	Milan Holeček	4-6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3

See also

• Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments

References

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