Dallas Invitational (tennis)

Dallas Invitational
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF World Circuit
Founded	1943;82 years ago (1943)
Abolished	1971;54 years ago (1971)
Location	Dallas, Texas, United States
Venue	Dallas Country Club (1943-1965) Samuell Grand Tennis Center (1966-1971)
Surface	Hard

The Dallas Invitational was a combined men's and women's international hard court, ILTF affiliated tennis tournament founded in 1943. ^[1] It was organized by the Dallas Tennis Association and first played at the Dallas Country Club, Dallas, Texas in the United States. ^[2] In 1966 the venue refused to let Arthur Ashe play because he was black, the event was withdrawn from the Dallas Country Club and moved to Samuell Grand Tennis Center for the duration of its run. ^[3] The event was part of the ILTF World Circuit. ^[4] The tournament ran annually until 1971 then was discontinued. ^[5]

Finals

Men's Singles

(incomplete roll) Included: ^[6]

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1949	Art Larsen	Earl Cochell	6–2, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1954	Vic Seixas	Tony Trabert	1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4
1955	Tony Trabert	Vic Seixas	6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1956	Dick Savitt	Ham Richardson	6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3
1957 [7]	Mervyn Rose	Vic Seixas	6–4, 8–6, 10–8
1958	Tut Bartzen	Dick Savitt	3–6, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1959	Jaroslav Drobný	Butch Buchholz	6–4, 6–1
1960 [8]	Barry MacKay	Tut Bartzen	7–5, 6–8, 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
1961 [9]	Tut Bartzen (2)	Ham Richardson	3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–0
1962 [10]	Ham Richardson	Chuck McKinley	6–4, 6–2
1963	Fred Stolle	Ham Richardson	6–4, 7–5
1964 [11]	Frank Froehling	Ham Richardson	6–4, 6–4
1965 [12]	Cliff Richey	Ham Richardson	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1966	Arthur Ashe	Charlie Pasarell	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1967 [13]	Tony Roche	Ron Holmberg	4–6, 10–8, 6–2, 14–12
1968	Ray Moore	Allan Stone	4–6, 12–10, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 [14]	Stan Smith	Thomaz Koch	6–3, 6–4
1971	Harald Elschenbroich	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 3–6, 6–3

Women's Singles

(incomplete roll))

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1963	Nancy Richey	Victoria Palmer	6-3, 7-5
1964 [15]	Nancy Richey (2)	Victoria Palmer	6-2, 13-11
1965 [16]	Nancy Richey (3)	Margaret Smith	6-1, 6-4
1968	Maryna Godwin	Julie Heldman	7-9 6-3 6-4
↓  Open era  ↓
1971	Pat Walkden	Dianne Fromholtz	9-7, 6-3

See also

• Dallas Indoor Invitational

References

1. "Classy Bartzen Captures Dallas Tennis Tourney". Victoria Advocate via Google News. Victoria, Texas, United States: Victoria Advocate Publishing Company. 24 April 1961. p. 5. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
2. "RECALLS A CROSS". Washington Afro American. 12 April 1966. p. 13.
3. "ATLANTA BASEBALL RECALLS A CROSS". Washington Afro-American via Google News Archive . 12 April 1966. p. 7.
4. Hobbs, Greg (22 March 1967). "LTAA VOTES FOR OPEN TENNIS". The Age. p. 1. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
5. "Week's Highlights Sport". Press Courier. 2 May 1971. p. 8. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
6. Nieuwland, Alex. "Dallas Invitation". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
7. TENNIS. (23 April 1957) Sydney Morning Herald via Google News. Sydney, Australia. p.5.
8. "MacKay Takes Dallas Tennis". The Pittsburgh Press. 2 May 1960. p. 15. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
9. Victoria Advocate via Google News (23 April 1961) p.5.
10. Sports in Brief by the Associated Press, TENNIS.(24 April 1962) The Reading Eagle via Google News p.18.
11. Froehling Winner of Dallas Tennis. (27 April 1964) Schenectady Gazette via Google News. Schenectady, New York. United States. p.13.
12. "Richeys Capture Dallas Tennis". The Montreal Gazette via Google News . 3 May 1965. p. 33. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
13. "Roche, Newcombe Win Net Titles". Port Arthur News . Port Arthur, Texas, USA: Newspaper Archive. 1 May 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
14. Clarke Wins Darien Net Singles Title - Texas AP. (27 April 1969) The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, WA. United States. via Google News. p.14.
15. Schenectady Gazette via Google News (27 April 1964) p.13.
16. The Montreal Gazette (3 May 1965) p.33.

External links

• Dallas Country Club