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Colombian International

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Colombian International
Colombiano Internacional
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Abolished1970; 54 years ago (1970)
LocationBarranquilla, Colombia
VenueCountry Club of Barranquilla
SurfaceClay

The Colombian International also known as the Colombiano Internacional also known as the International Championships of Colombia or Campeonatos Internacionales de Colombia[1] was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament established in 1951 and played at the Country Club of Barranquilla,[2] Barranquilla, Colombia, until 1970.

The tournament was known locally as the City of Barranquilla Championships or Campeonato Ciudad de Barranquilla.[3]

History

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The Colombian International (Colombiano Internacional) and known locally as the City of Barranquilla Championships (Campeonato Ciudad de Barranquilla) was established in 1951,[4] and played on clay courts initially in Bogotá,[5] before moving to the Country Club of Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Colombia.[6] The tournament was part ILTF Caribbean Circuit which was a sub circuit of the international tennis tour in from the 1950s to early 1970s. The tournament was staged annually until 1970 when it was discontinued.

In 1977 after a period of seven years a new men's only successor tournament was revived called the International Tennis Championships of Colombia. That event was staged in Bogotá, Colombia and it ran until 1980.

Finals

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Men's Singles

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Incomplete roll

Results included:[7]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1952 United States Gardnar Mulloy Mexico Gustavo Palafox 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1953 United States Art Larsen United States Budge Patty 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
1954 United States Art Larsen (2) Colombia Dario Behar[8] 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
1955 United States Tony Trabert United States Tom Brown 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1956 United States Tom Brown Mexico Mario Llamas 6–1, 6–0, 6–4
1957 Australia Mervyn Rose Australia Don Candy 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 8–6
1958 Chile Luis Ayala Australia Warren Woodcock 9–11, 6–3, 6–3, 11–9
1959 Chile Luis Ayala (2) United States Bernard Bartzen 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1960 Australia Neale Fraser Chile Luis Ayala 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1961 Spain Manuel Santana Australia Rod Laver 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1962 Australia Roy Emerson Spain Manuel Santana 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 8–6
1963 Spain Manuel Santana (2) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1964 Australia Roy Emerson (2) Spain Manuel Santana 8–10, 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1965 Spain Manuel Santana (3) India Ramanathan Krishnan 6–2, 9–7, 6–3
1966 Australia Martin Mulligan France François Jauffret 9–11, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 12–10
1967 Australia John Newcombe Australia Tony Roche 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Open era
1968[9] Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1969[10] Romania Ilie Năstase Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6–4, 6–4, 8–10, 2–6, 6–3
1970[11] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Špear 9–7, 6–3, 6–3
For the men's successor tournament see International Tennis Championships of Colombia

Women's Singles

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Incomplete roll
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1951 Ecuador Alicia Wright ? ?
1952 Mexico Melita Ramirez United States Betty Rosenquest Pratt 7–5, 6–5
1953 United States Shirley Fry United States Doris Hart 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1955 United States Doris Hart United States Dottie Head Knode 8–6, 7–5
1956 United States Shirley Fry (2) United States Dorothy Watman Levine 6–4, 6–2
1957 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer United Kingdom Angela Buxton 6–3, 6–3
1958 United States Janet Hopps Brazil Maria Bueno 6–3, 7–5
1959 United States Dottie Head Knode Brazil Maria Bueno 1–6, 6–2, 6–2
1960 Brazil Maria Bueno United Kingdom Ann Haydon 6–2, 6–2
1961 Brazil Maria Bueno (2) United States Darlene Hard 6–4, 6–3
1962 South Africa Renee Schuurman Mexico Yola Ramírez 6–2, 6–4
1963 Australia Lesley Turner Brazil Maria Bueno 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1964 France Françoise Dürr United States Judy Alvarez 6–0, 6–2
1965 Australia Lesley Turner (2) Australia Margaret Smith 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1966 Argentina Norma Baylon Netherlands Betty Stove 6–0, 6–1
1967 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones France Françoise Dürr 6–3, 6–4
1968 United States Nancy Richey Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey 6–3, 6–4
Open era
1969 United States Julie Heldman United States Peaches Bartkowicz 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
1970[12] United States Mary Ann Eisel Curtis United States Patti Hogan 6–3, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ Robertson, Max (1974). "Colombia". The encyclopedia of tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 217–218. ISBN 0047960426.
  2. ^ "Historia". Country Club of Barranquilla (in Spanish). Barranquilla, Colombia. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  3. ^ Posada, Dario Arizmendi (1977). Barranquilla, puerta de oro de Colombia (in Spanish). Bogota, Colombia: Interprint. p. 11.
  4. ^ Country Club of Barranquilla
  5. ^ Robertson (1974)
  6. ^ Robertson (1974)
  7. ^ "Tournament – Colombia International – Ciudad de Barranquilla". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Dario Behar". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Results Archive ATP Tour 1968 Barranquilla". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Results Archive ATP Tour 1969 Barranquilla". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Results Archive ATP Tour 1970 Barranquilla". ATP Tour. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  12. ^ Barrett, John (1971). "National Tournaments". World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7. Retrieved 3 March 2023.