ATP Birmingham

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The ATP Birmingham was a men's tennis tournament played in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, from 1973 until 1980. The inaugural event was held on outdoor hard courts, and all the other editions were played on indoor carpet. The tournament was a part of the World Championship Tennis series in 1977 & 1978. Jimmy Connors won the singles title six times out of the eight times the tournament was held.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Singles 1.2 Doubles 2 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Alex Mayer	Charles Owens	6-4, 7-6
1974	Jimmy Connors	Sandy Mayer	7-5, 6-3
1975	Jimmy Connors	Billy Martin	6-4, 6-3
1976	Jimmy Connors	Roscoe Tanner	6-4, 3-6, 6-1
1977	Jimmy Connors	Bill Scanlon	6-3, 6-3
1978	Björn Borg	Dick Stockton	7-6, 7-5
1979	Jimmy Connors	Eddie Dibbs	6-2, 3-6, 7-5
1980	Jimmy Connors	Eliot Teltscher	6-3, 6-2

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1973	Pat Cramer Jürgen Fassbender	Clark Graebner Ion Ţiriac	6-4, 7-5
1974	Ian Fletcher Sandy Mayer	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Iván Molina	4-6, 7-6, 6-1
1975	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	Colin Dowdeswell John Yuill	4-6, 6-3, 7-6
1976	Jimmy Connors Erik van Dillen	Hank Pfister Dennis Ralston	6-3, 6-2
1977	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	Billy Martin Bill Scanlon	6-3, 6-4
1978	Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer	Frew McMillan Dick Stockton	3-6, 6-1, 7-6
1979	Stan Smith Dick Stockton	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	6-2, 6-3
1980	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase	6-3, 6-3

[edit] External links

• ATP Vault