Jacksonville Open (tennis)

The Jacksonville Open also known as the Greater Jacksonville Invitation^[1] or Greater Jacksonville Open^[2] is a defunct men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1961 as the Jacksonville Invitation originally played on outdoor hard courts later switching to indoor courts. The tournament ran until 1977.

History

The Jacksonville Open tennis tournament was founded in 1961 as the Jacksonville Invitation. The tournament was part South Florida-Caribbean Circuit which was a major feature of the international tennis scene in from the 1930s to early 1970s. In 1972 it part of the 1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit. The event was held in Jacksonville, Florida and was played on indoor hard courts. Jimmy Connors won the singles title, defeating Clark Graebner in the final.

In 1970 a women's event was included in the schedule for one year only that was won by Nancy Richey.^[3] In 1972 a Jacksonsville Invitation tournament for women was established as an outdoor clay court event.^[4] It sponsorship name was the Virginia Slims of Jacksonville.

Finals

Men's singles

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1961	Bill Tym	Jack Bryan	6–0, 7–5, 11–9
1964	Paul Scarpa	Hank Veno	6–1, 6–1
1968	Clark Graebner	Ronald Holmberg	8–6, 6–2
1969[5]	Pancho Guzmán	Mike Belkin	6–4, 6–2
1970[6]	Arthur Ashe	Brian Fairlie	6–3, 4–6, 6–3[7]
1971[8]	Tom Edlefsen	Clark Graebner	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
1972[9]	Jimmy Connors	Clark Graebner	7–5, 6–4
1975	Danny Sullivan	Bill Cantrell	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
1977	Zdravko Mincek	Bill Cantrell	6–3, 6–0

Women's singles

Note: two editions were held in 1970 in March and May.

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Greater Jacksonville Invitation
1969[10]	Judy Alvarez	Wendy Overton	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Greater Jacksonville Open
1970[11]	Nancy Richey	Val Ziegenfuss	6–1, 6–3
Jacksonville Invitation
1970	Isabel Fernández de Soto	Toni Kramer	6–0, 6–2

References

External links

• Singles draw