Reggio Calabria International
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Tennis tournament
| Reggio Calabria International Internazionale di Reggio Calabria | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Founded | 1959; 66 years ago (1959) |
| Abolished | 1970; 55 years ago (1970) |
| Location | Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy. |
| Surface | Clay |
The Reggio Calabria International [1] or Internazionale di Reggio Calabria was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1959. It was played at the ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy.[2] The tournament ran until 1970.[3]
History
[edit ]In April 1959 ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club in Regio Calabria established an open international tennis tournament for men and women.[4] The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts at Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy through till 1970.[5] It would be another twenty one years until 1991 before another international tournament was staged at the same venue, the Reggio Calabria Challenger tournament that ran till 1992.[6]
Finals
[edit ]Men's singles
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Italy Giuseppe Merlo | Italy Nicola Pietrangeli | 2-6, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5, 6-1 |
| 1960 | Italy Giuseppe Merlo (2) | West Germany Peter Scholl | 5-7, 9–7, 6–4, 6-4 |
| 1961 | Italy Fausto Gardini | Italy Sergio Tacchini | 6-2, 6–1, 6-1 |
| 1962[7] | Australia Neale Fraser | Italy Fausto Gardini | 6-3, 6–3, 4–6, 6-3 |
| 1963 | Italy Giuseppe Merlo (3) | Australia Ken Fletcher | 6-4, 6–4, 7-5 |
| 1964 | South Africa Bob Hewitt | Australia Tony Roche | 7–5, 8–6, 6-2 |
| 1965 | United States Donald Dell | Romania Ion Țiriac | 6-3, 6–3, 6-2 |
| 1966 | Australia Tony Roche | United States Clark Graebner | 7-5, 6–2, 6-3 |
| 1967[8] | Italy Giuseppe Merlo (4) | Australia Owen Davidson | 4-6, 6–1, 6–4, 6-1 |
| 1968 | United States Marty Riessen | Romania Ilie Năstase | 3-6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6-2 |
| 1969 | Australia Martin Mulligan | Romania Ion Țiriac | 6-2, 4–6, 6–3, 6-1 |
| 1970 | Australia Martin Mulligan (2) | Italy Adriano Panatta | 8-6, 6–4, 6-4 |
Women's singles
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Mexico Yola Ramírez | South Africa Sandra Reynolds | 6–2, 6–8, 6-3 |
| 1960 | Mexico Yola Ramírez (2) | Italy Silvana Lazzarino | 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1961 | Italy Maria Teresa Riedl | Australia Margaret Hellyer | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1962 | Italy Lea Pericoli | Australia Judy Tegart | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1963 | Australia Lesley Turner | Australia Jan Lehane | 4–6, 12–10, 6-1 |
| 1964 | Australia Margaret Smith | Australia Robyn Ebbern | 6–0, 6-4 |
| 1965 | United States Julie Heldman | Australia Madonna Schacht | 2-4, retired |
| 1966 | United States Julie Heldman (2) | West Germany Helga Niessen | 6-4, 1–6, 6-2 |
| 1967 | Australia Lesley Turner (2) | Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopickova | 8-6, 6-4 |
| 1968 | Australia Helen Gourlay | United States Alice Tym | 6–4, 8-6 |
| 1969 | Czechoslovakia Marie Neumannová | Italy Maria Nasuelli | 6-4, 2-6 6-4 |
| 1970 | Czechoslovakia Marie Neumannová (2) | Italy Monica Giorgi | 6-3, 6-1 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "LAWN TENNIS INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (Reggio Calabria, Italy).— Men's singles—Final: G. Merlo defeated O. Davidson" (Subscription). Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 8 May 1967. p. 22. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Storia". www.ctpolimeni.eu. Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy: ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
- ^ ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
- ^ ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
- ^ ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
- ^ "Title For Fraser: REGGIO CALABRIA (South Italy), April 12.—Australian Neale Fraser, the former Wimbledon champion, won the men's singles title in the international lawn tennis tournament here yesterday. In the final, he defeated Fausto Gardini, the Italian" (Subscription). Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore, Pakistan: British Newspaper Archive. 13 April 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ Daily Mirror (1967)