Manila International Championships

Manila International Championships Manila Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF World Circuit (1968–69) ITF Independent Tour (1970–72, 81) Grand Prix circuit (1973–78)
Founded	1968
Abolished	1981
Editions	12
Location	Manila, Philippines
Venue	Rizal Memorial Tennis Center
Surface	Clay Hard

The Manila International Championships also known as the Manila Open was a men's tennis tournament played at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Manila, Philippines from 1973-1978 and again in 1981. The event was originally part of the ILTF World Circuit then later Grand Prix tennis circuit and was played on outdoor clay courts 1968 to 1972, 1974 to 1978, and again in 1981 and on hard courts in 1973.

History

In 1968 the Manila International Championships were established and the tournament was usually played in November. For the years 1973 to 1978 this tournament was also co valid, as the Philippines Open International Championships also called the Philippines Championships or Philippine Open that event was organised by the Philippine Tennis Association (PHILTA) and was established in 1918 that event ran till 1978 when it was discontinued. That event was usually played in February then switched to November in 1971. In 1981 this tournament was revived for one edition only as the Manila Open, also called the Philippines Masters.

Finals

File:Rizal Memorial Sports Complex birdseye.jpg

The Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila. Center left and below the baseball field is the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center with the Rizal Memorial Coliseum indoor venue adjacent to the outside tennis courts this was the location of this tournament.

Singles

Manila International Championships/Manila Open
Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1968	Thomaz Koch	Bob Carmichael	6–4, 6–2.
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Giuseppe Merlo	Koji Watanabe	6–3, 4–6, 6–4.
↓  ITF Independent Tour  ↓
1970	Raymundo Deyro	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–3, 7–5, 8–6.
1971	Gerhard Wimmer	Raymundo Deyro	6–4, 6–3, 6–1.
1972	Raymundo Deyro (2)	Syd Ball	6–2, 2–6, 6–4.
↓  Grand Prix Circuit  ↓
1973	Ross Case	Geoff Masters	6–1, 6–0.
1974	Ismail El Shafei	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7–6, 6–1.
1975	Ross Case (2)	Corrado Barazzutti	6–2, 6–1.
1976	Brian Fairlie	Ray Ruffels	7–5, 6–7, 7–6.
1977	Karl Meiler	Manuel Orantes	w.o.
1978	Yannick Noah	Peter Feigl	7–6, 6–0.
↓  ITF Independent Tour  ↓
1981	Romeo Rafon	Yustedjo Tarik	6–4, 6–2.

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1973	Marcello Lara Sherwood Stewart	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–2, 6–0
1974	Syd Ball Ross Case	Mike Estep Marcello Lara	6–3, 7–6, 9–7
1975	Ross Case Geoff Masters	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–1, 6–2
1976	Ross Case Geoff Masters	Anand Amritraj Corrado Barazzutti	6–0, 6–1
1977	Chris Kachel John Marks	Mike Cahill Terry Moor	4–6, 6–0, 7–6
1978	Sherwood Stewart Brian Teacher	Ross Case Chris Kachel	6–3, 7–6

External links

• ATP archive
• ITF archive