Reggio Calabria International
Reggio Calabria International Internazionale di Reggio Calabria | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Founded | 1959; 65 years ago (1959) |
Abolished | 1970; 54 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
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
Men's singles
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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1959 | ![]() | ![]() | 2-6, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5, 6-1 |
1960 | ![]() | ![]() | 5-7, 9–7, 6–4, 6-4 |
1961 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2, 6–1, 6-1 |
1962[7] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3, 6–3, 4–6, 6-3 |
1963 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4, 6–4, 7-5 |
1964 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–5, 8–6, 6-2 |
1965 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3, 6–3, 6-2 |
1966 | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5, 6–2, 6-3 |
1967[8] | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6, 6–1, 6–4, 6-1 |
1968 | ![]() | ![]() | 3-6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6-2 |
1969 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2, 4–6, 6–3, 6-1 |
1970 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6, 6–4, 6-4 |
Women's singles
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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1959 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–8, 6-3 |
1960 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2, 6-1 |
1961 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2 |
1962 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2, 6-2 |
1963 | ![]() | ![]() | 4–6, 12–10, 6-1 |
1964 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–0, 6-4 |
1965 | ![]() | ![]() | 2-4, retired |
1966 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4, 1–6, 6-2 |
1967 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6, 6-4 |
1968 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 8-6 |
1969 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4, 2-6 6-4 |
1970 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3, 6-1 |
References
- ^ "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)