Dixie International Championships

The Dixie International Championships^[1] or the Dixie Championships^[2] or the Dixie International^[3] or the Tampa Dixie International Invitation was a men's and women's international tennis tournament established in 1925 and was played on outdoor clay courts at the Davis Islands Tennis Club,^[4] Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida, United States until 1968. It was part of the South Florida-Caribbean tennis circuit during the 1960s.

History

The Dixie International Championshipswere founded in 1925. The championships were last played on clay courts at the Davis Tennis Club, Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida, United States.^[5] The tournament was part Caribbean Circuit during the 1960s, which was a major feature of the international tennis scene from the 1930s to early 1970s.

Finals

Men's Singles

Incomplete roll

Results included:^[6]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1925	Robert Kinsey	Douglas Watters	6-4, 7–5, 6-2
1926	Vinnie Richards	Frank Froehling	6-1, 9–11, 6-4
1935	Arthur Hendrix	Carroll Turner	6-3, 6–2, 6-4
1936	Bryan Grant	Martin Buxby	6-2, 6–2, 7-5
1937	Bryan Grant (2)	Don Budge	4-6, 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6-2
1938[7]	Bobby Riggs	Wayne Sabin	6-3, 6–0, 7-5
1939	Wayne Sabin	Bryan Grant	6-3, 6–3, 6-1
1940	Bryan Grant (3)	Bobby Riggs	1-6, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6-3
1941	Frank Kovacs	Edward Alloo[8]	6-0, 6–3, 6-2
1942	Jack Kramer	Wayne Sabin	6-0, 6–0, 6-3
1946	Bill Talbert	Bryan Grant	6-3, 6–2, 6-1
1947	Bryan Grant (4)	Frank Guernsey	6-4, 6–3, 7-5
1948	Pancho Gonzales	Gardner Larned[9]	2-6 3-6 6-2 7-5 6-2
1949	Gardnar Mulloy	Gardner Larned	1-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6-2
1950	Gardnar Mulloy (2)	Bryan Grant	6-1, 6–4, 6-2
1951	Gardnar Mulloy (3)	Ham Richardson	6-3, 9–7, 10–12, 3–2, ret.
1952	Tony Vincent	Grant Golden	6-4, 6–4, 7-5
1953	Gardnar Mulloy (4)	Bernard Bartzen	6-1, 3–6, 6–0, 6-1
1954	Gardnar Mulloy (5)	Tony Vincent	11-9, 8–6, 6-4
1955[10]	Eddie Moylan	Bernard Bartzen	10-8, 6–4, 6-3
1956	Armando Vieira	Allen Morris	6-3, 6–3, 6–8, 14-12
1957[11]	Mervyn Rose	Don Candy	6-3, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
1958	Bernard Bartzen	Tony Vincent	6-0, 12–10, 6-1
1959	Eddie Moylan (2)	Kosei Kamo	6-4, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4
1960[12]	Mike Davies	Gardnar Mulloy	6-1, 0–6, 6–1, 6-4
1961	Whitney Reed	Gardnar Mulloy	4-6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–1, 9-7
1962	Manuel Santana	Carlos Fernandes	3-6, 6–1, 8–6, 6-2
1963	Manuel Santana (2)	Fred Stolle	6-3, 21-19
1964[13]	Roy Emerson	Manuel Santana	9-7, 6–2, 6-4
1965	Manuel Santana (3)	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	6-3, 8–6, 6-0
1966	Cliff Drysdale	Boro Jovanović	6-2, 6–4, 6-4
1967[14]	István Gulyás	Cliff Drysdale	3-6, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5, ret.
↓  Open era  ↓
1968	Manuel Santana (4)	István Gulyás	6-4, 7-5, 6-4

Women's Singles

Incomplete roll(* Final held indoors)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1926	Elizabeth Ryan	Mary Browne	6-3, 8-6
1940	Pauline Betz	Marta Barnett Andrade	6-2, 6-1
1941	Pauline Betz (2)	Sarah Palfrey Cooke	6–4, 6-3
1942	Pauline Betz (3)	Doris Hart	3–6, 6–3, 6-3
1946	Baba Madden Lewis	Betty Hulbert	6–4, 6-3
1947	Doris Hart	Barbara Scofield	3-6, 6–3, 6-4
1948	Doris Hart (2)	Magda Berescu Rurac	6-1, 6-3
1949	Nancy Morrison	Marta Barnett Andrade	6-3, 6-4
1950	Laura Lou Jahn	Marta Barnett Andrade	9-7, 1–6, 6-1
1951	Beverly Baker	Shirley Fry	6-4, 6-3
1952	Magda Berescu Rurac	Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen[15]	7-5, 6-1
1953	Shirley Fry	Thelma Coyne Long	6-1, 6-3
1954	Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen	Evelyn Cowan	6-0, 6-3
1955	Shirley Fry (2)	Karol Fageros	9-7, 8-6
1956	Shirley Fry (3)	Dottie Head Knode	6-4, 3–6, 6-3
1957	Karol Fageros	Rosie Reyes	6-2, 6-2
1958	Maria Bueno	Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen	6-4, 6-1
1959[16]	Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen	Marie Martin	6-3, 8-6
1960[17]	Sandy Warshaw	Laura Lou Jahn	6-3, 4–6, 6-4
1961	Carole Ann Prosen	Judy Alvarez	2-6, 6–3, 6-1
1962	Edda Buding	Elizabeth Starkie	6-1, 6-3
1963 *	Darlene Hard	Lesley Turner	9-7, 1–6, 7-5
1964[18]	Karen Hantze Susman	Judy Alvarez	6-4, 2–6, 6-4
1965	Tory Ann Fretz	Judy Alvarez	6–2, 6-1
1966	Elena Subirats	Alice Luthy Tym	6-1, 8-6
1967[19]	Ann Haydon Jones	Françoise Dürr	6–4, 8-6
↓  Open era  ↓
1968[20]	Helga Niessen	Judy Tegart	2-6, 6–4, 6-1

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