Tennis South Invitational

Tennis South Invitational
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameMississippi Indoors (1973–74)
Tennis South Invitational (1975–77)
TourUSLTA Indoor Circuit (1973–75)
WCT (1976)
Independent (1977)
Founded1973
Abolished1977
Editions5
LocationJackson, Mississippi, U.S.
VenueMississippi Coliseum
SurfaceCarpet / indoor

The Tennis South Invitational, was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1973 as the Mississippi International Indoor Tennis Championships. It was played at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi in the United States until 1977. The event was played as part of the USLTA Indoor Circuit from 1973 through 1975[1] and became a World Championship Tennis event in 1976. In its final year, 1977, it was an independent event, i.e. not part of a tennis tour or circuit.[2] The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts. Ken Rosewall was the only multiple singles champion, winning the title in 1975 and 1976.

Finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 United States Eddie Dibbs South Africa Frew McMillan 5–7, 6–1, 7–5
1974 United States Sandy Mayer West Germany Karl Meiler 7–6(5–2), 7–5
1975 Australia Ken Rosewall United States Butch Buchholz 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
1976 Australia Ken Rosewall Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 6–3
1977 United States Brian Teacher United States Bill Scanlon 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 United States Zan Guerry
South Africa Frew McMillan
Chile Jaime Pinto-Bravo
Argentina Tito Vázquez
6–2, 6–4
1974 United States Fred McNair
United States Grover Raz Reid
South Africa Byron Bertram
United Kingdom John Feaver
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1975 Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle
United States Billy Martin
Australia John Newcombe
6–4, 2–6, 6–1
1976 United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
7–5, 4–6, 6–0
1977 South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
Australia Phil Dent
Australia Ken Rosewall
6–2, 7–6

References

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  1. ^ Ponto Downing (March 22, 1973). "Pro tennis play opens Thursday in Coliseum". The Clarion-Ledger. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com. The Mississippi International Indoor Tennis Championships makes its debut Thursday at noon in the Coliseum as 16 top professional netters will be seeking first prize of $3,000 in the $12,500 purse. [...] Aside from the $3,000 top prize, there's also an added incentive for the tourney as Jackson has been designated as an official tour stop of the Winter Indoor Circuit [...]
  2. ^ "Tennis South in fifth year". The Magee Courier. March 3, 1977. p. 1,Section 2 – via Newspapers.com. Tennis South Invitational'77 is an independent tournament. sponsored by the Junior League of Jackson
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