Phoenix Open (tennis)

Phoenix Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Phoenix Open
Tour Amateur tour (1953-67), Grand Prix circuit (1968-70)
Founded 1953
Abolished 1970
Editions 18
Location Phoenix, United States
Surface Hard

The Phoenix Open previously known as the Phoenix Thunderbird Championships or Thunderbird Classic is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament that originally started as an amateur event from 1953 to 1967, the tournament went open in 1968 and ended in 1970. It was held in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States and played on indoor hard courts from 1953 to 1965 and outdoor hard courts from 1966 to 1970.

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1970 United States Stan Smith United States Jim Osborne 6–3, 6–7, 6–1
1969 United States Cliff RicheySpain Manuel Santana 6-4, 6-4
1968 United States Stan Smith South Africa Bob Lutz 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
1967 United States Stan Smith United States Fox Allen 7-5, 6-3
1966 United States Arthur Ashe United States Jim Osborne 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1965 United States Chuck McKinley United States Arthur Ashe 8-10, 6-4, 10-8
1964 United States Charlie Pasarell United States Dennis Ralston 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
1963 United States Charlie Pasarell United States Fox Allen 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
1962 United States Tut Bartzen United States Fox Allen 6-4,6-4
1961 United States Whitney Reed United States Jon Douglas 6-4, 6-3
1960 United States Tom Brown United States Whitney Reed 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1959 United States Hugh StewartUnited States Tom Brown 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
1958 United States Gilbert Shea United States Myron Franks 7-5, 11-9
1957 Peru Alex Olmedo United States Noel Brown 6-3, 6-2
1956 United States Tom Brown United States Gardnar Mulloy 6-4, 8-6
1955 United States Arthur Larsen United States Herbert Flam 6-4, 6-1
1954 United States Arthur Larsen United States Tom Brown 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
1953 United States Tony Trabert United States Bob Perry 6-1 6-2 8-6

Doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1970 Australia Dick Crealy
Australia Ray Ruffels
Czech Republic Jan Kodeš
United States Charlie Pasarell
7–6, 6–3

References

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