City of Miami Championships

City of Miami Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF World Circuit (1937–1969) men (1937–1972) women ILTF Independent Circuit (1970–76) men ILTF Independent Circuit (1973–76) women
Founded	1917;108 years ago (1917)
Abolished	1976;49 years ago (1976)
Location	Miami, United States
Venue	Henderson Park Tennis Club
Surface	Clay / outdoor

The City of Miami Championships ^[1] was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1917 as the Miami City Tennis Championships. ^[2] The tournament was first played at the Henderson Park Tennis Club, Miami, Florida, United States. Also known as the City of Miami Invitation Championships ^[3] or simply the City of Miami Invitation the tournament ran until 1976 when it was discontinued. ^[1] The tournament was part of the Caribbean Circuit, ^[4] a regional sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1917	Craig Biddle	Fred H. Harris	6–4, 6–4, 6–1. [1]
1918	Fred H. Harris	Ralph E. Racey	6–2, 6–2, 6–3. [1]
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1936	Julius Seligson	Gustavo Vollmer	3–6, 6–3, 6–3. [1]
1937	Don Budge	Bryan Grant Sr.	6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4. [1]
1938	Bobby Riggs	Frank Kovacs	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2. [1]
1940	Bobby Riggs (2)	Gardnar Mulloy	6–0, 7–5, 6–2. [1]
1943	Pancho Segura	William Gillespie [5]	6–0, 7–5, 6–2. [1]
1944	Harris Everett [6]	Herbert Behrens [7]	6–4, 7–5, 6–1. [1]
1945	Robert Stubbs [8]	Frank Kovacs	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2. [1]
1951	Bill Tully [9]	Charles King Jr.	6–0, 6–2. [1]
1953	Ed Rubinoff	Michael Green	6–2, 6–4. [1]
1954	Gardnar Mulloy	Art Larsen	6–2, 5–7, 6–4. [1]
1957	Dave Harum [10]	Carlos Fernandes	6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2. [1]
1958	Budge Patty	Gardnar Mulloy	6–4, 6–2, 6–4. [1]
1959	Ed Rubinoff (2)	John Skogstead [11]	7–5, 0–2, ret. [1]
1960	Don Kierbow [12]	José Edison Mandarino	7–9, 6–4 9–7, 6–2. [1]
1961	Gardnar Mulloy (2)	Miguel Olvera	3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2. [1]
1962	Gardnar Mulloy (3)	John Joseph Karabasz [13]	3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2. [1]
1963	Ed Rubinoff (3)	Gardnar Mulloy	10–8, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4. [1]
1964	Thomaz Koch	Eduardo Zuleta	6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 7–5. [1]
1965	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	Billy Higgins	6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3. [1]
1966	Eduardo Zuleta	Harry Fauquier	6–4, 6–1, 6–1. [1]
1967	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos (2)	Frank Tutvin	6–1, 9–7. [1]
1968	Jaime Fillol	Pancho Guzmán	6–8, 4–6, 10–8, 6–1, 4–1, retd. [1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Jaime Fillol (2)	Pancho Guzmán	13–11, 5–7, 9–7. [1]
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1970	Jaime Fillol (3)	Pat Cramer	1–6, 6–3, 6–4. [1]
1971	Eddie Dibbs	Dan Bleckinger	6–1, 6–4. [1]
1972	Mike Estep	Raz Reid	1–6, 6–3, 6–4. [1]
1973	Bernie Mitton	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2. [1]
1974	Fred McNair	Gery Groslimond [14]	6–3, 6–1. [1]
1976	Greg Halder	Jim Breech	6–4, 7–6. [1]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1922	Clare Cassell	Gisela Comallonga	6–4, 6–2
1940	Mary Hardwick	Pauline Betz	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
1946	Betty Hulbert	Eleanor Purdy Cushingham	6–2, 6–0
1948	Shirley Fry	Dorothy Bundy	9–7, 6–1
1952	Magda Rurac	Betty Hulbert James	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1953	Thelma Coyne Long	Joan Merciadis	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1954	Doris Hart	Marta Hernandez	6–4, 6–4
1955	Doris Hart (2)	Joan Merciadis	6–2, 6–2
1957	Marta Hernandez	Marilyn Stock	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1958	Karol Fageros	Barbara Scofield Davidson	6–2, 7–5
1959	Marie Martin	Barbara Scofield Davidson	6–3, 6–1
1960	Marilyn Stock	Margaret Demogenes	0–6, 6–4, 6–4
1961	Mary Habicht	Ann Barclay	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
1962	Margaret Hellyer	Stephanie DeFina	6–3, 6–1
1963	Stephanie DeFina	Carol-Ann Prosen	6–3, 6–3
1964	Stephanie DeFina (2)	Margarita Bender	6–1, 6–4
1965	Betty Stöve	Trudy Groenman	6–3, 6–2
1966	Stephanie DeFina (3)	Nancy Corse Reed	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1967	Alice Tym	Elena Subirats	6–3, 8–6
1968	Faye Urban	Vera Cleto	6–2, 6–0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Stephanie DeFina (4)	Suzana Petersen	6–1, 6–2
1972	Pam Austin	Anna Maria Cavadini	8–6, 6–2

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