Mountain View Open (tennis)

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Mountain View Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF World Circuit
Founded1965;59 years ago (1965)
Abolished2019;5 years ago (2019)
Location San Jose (1965)
Mountain View (1966–2020)
VenueSan Jose State College Courts
(1965)
Rengstorff Park Tennis Courts
(1966–1971)
Cuesta Tennis Center
(1972–1994)
Surface Hard / outdoor

The Mountain View Open [1] was a men's and women's hard court international tennis tournament founded in 1965. Also known as the Mountain View Tennis Tournament it was played at the Cuesta Tennis Center, Cuesta Park, Mountain View, California, United States until 2019. [2]

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History

Founded in 1964 as the Mountain View Tennis Tournament the event was organized by the Mountain View Tennis in association with the Mountain View Parks and Recreation Department, [3] and was played at the Cuesta Tennis Center, [4] Cuesta Park, Mountain View, California, United States. [3] The event was sanctioned by both the United States Tennis Association and the Northern California Tennis Association. [3] The tournament was played as part of the ILTF World Circuit until 1969 for men and 1972 for women when it became part of the ILTF Independent Circuit until 1977 when it was downgraded to local USTA event. [5] In 1992 the tournament lost its sponsorship arrangement with the City of Mountview, [2] and its Parks and Recreation Department and as such was no longer sanctioned by the USTA. [2] It did however continued to be held independently until 1994 when it was discontinued. [2] In 1999 the event was revived as a local USTA tournament until 2019 but due the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 it was cancelled and has not been revived as of 2024. [2]

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

YearWinnersRunners-upScore
1965 Flag of the United States.svg Don Gale [6] Flag of the United States.svg Butch Krikorian [7] 6–1, 6–4 . [8]
1966 Flag of the United States.svg Garth O'Maley Flag of the United States.svg Gene Ward7–5, 6–4. [8]
1967 Flag of the United States.svg Whitney Reed Flag of the United States.svg Tom Brown 6–4, 6–4. [8]
1968 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Potthast [9] Flag of the United States.svg Whitney Reed 6–1, 5–7, 9–7. [8]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zdravko Mincek Flag of the United States.svg Rich Anderson [10] 8–6, 6–2. [8]
1970 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Brown Flag of the United States.svg Robert Potthast7–6, 7–6. [8]
1971 Flag of the United States.svg Roscoe Tanner Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Darley6–3, 6–2. [8]
1972 Flag of the United States.svg Sandy Mayer Flag of the United States.svg Roscoe Tanner 6–1, 6–7, 6–3. [8]
1973 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Saviano Flag of the United States.svg Dick R. Bohrnstedt 6-0, 3–6, 6–3. [8]
1974 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Siska Flag of the United States.svg Nick Saviano 0–6, 6–2, 6–4. [8]
1975 [11] Flag of Brazil.svg João Soares Flag of the United States.svg Scott Carnahan4–6, 7–6, 6–3
1976 [12] Flag of the United States.svg Craig Johnson Flag of the United States.svg Richard Andrews5–7, 6–1, 6–2

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

YearWinnersRunners-upScore
1969 [2] Flag of the United States.svg Tina Lyman Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Muench6–1, 6–2
1970 [13] Flag of the United States.svg Ann Kiyomura Flag of the United States.svg Kate Latham 7–5, 4–6, 6–0
1971 [2] Flag of the United States.svg Ann Kiyomura (2) Flag of the United States.svg Barbara Downs 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1972 [2] Flag of the United States.svg Kate Latham Flag of the United States.svg Marcy O'Keefe 1–6, 6–1, 6–1
1973 [2] Flag of the United States.svg Kate Latham (2) Flag of the United States.svg Marcy O'Keefe 6–4, 6–3
1974 [14] Flag of the United States.svg Sue Mehmedbasich Flag of the United States.svg Peanut Louie 6–4, 6–3
1975 [14] Flag of the United States.svg Sue Mehmedbasich (2) Flag of the United States.svg Peanut Louie 6–3, 7–6
1976 [15] Flag of the United States.svg Peanut Louie Flag of the United States.svg Denise Carter-Triolo 7–6, 6–1

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