Des Moines Open

Tennis tournament in Iowa, U.S.

Tennis tournament

Des Moines Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Des Moines Open
Tour	USLTA Indoor Circuit
Founded	1971
Abolished	1973
Editions	3
Location	Des Moines, Iowa, US
Venue	Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Surface	Carpet

The Des Moines Open also known as the Des Moines International Indoors is a defunct USLTA Indoor Circuit affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1973. It was held at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts in February.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1971 ^[4]	Cliff Richey	Vladimír Zedník	6–1, 6–3
1972	Pancho Gonzales	Georges Goven	3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1973	Clark Graebner	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	7–5, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1971	Milan Holeček Vladimír Zedník	Tom Edlefsen Frank Froehling	6–3, 7–5
1972	Jim Osborne Jim McManus	Georges Goven Thomaz Koch	6–2, 6–3
1973	Jiří Hřebec Jan Kukal	Juan Gisbert Sr. Ion Țiriac	4–6, 7–6, 6–1

References

^ Phil Maly (April 12, 1971). "Richey hates love — It's a big zero". Des Moines Tribune. p. 1-S – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ron Maly (February 7, 1972). "2-set deficit, then Pancho wins". The Des Moines Register. pp. 1-S, 3-S – via Newspapers.com.
^ John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 312–313. ISBN 9780671216238.
^ Staff, S. I. (19 April 1971). "A roundup of the sports information of the week: TENNIS—CLIFF RICHEY defeated Vladimer Zednick of Czechoslovakia 6-1, 6-3 to win the Des Moines International singles". Sports Illustrated Vault. Sports Illustrated Inc. Retrieved 5 June 2023.