Kingston International Championships

Kingston International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Circuit
Founded	1932 (1932)
Abolished	1970 (1970)
Location	Kingston, St. Andrews Parish, Jamaica
Venue	The Liguanea Club Sabina Park St. Andrews Club
Surface	Clay Hard

The Kingston International Championships also known as the Kingston International Invitation and the St. Andrew International Invitation was a men's and women's clay court then later hard court tennis tournament established in 1932 as the Kingston International Tournament and first played at St. Andrews Club, then later Sabina Park, then at the Liguanea Club, Kingston, St. Andrews Parish, Jamaica until 1970.

History

The Kingston International tournament was established in 1932 and first played at the St. Andrews Club, Kingston, Jamaica. It later moved to Sabina Park, Kingston, then later at the Liguanea Club, Kingston. In the 1960s the tournament was known as the St. Andrew International Invitation. In 1966 the first and only Jamaican tennis player to win the men's event was Richard Russell when he defeated Arthur Ashe in three sets. The tournament was part Caribbean Circuit which was a major feature of the international tennis scene in from the 1930s to early 1970s. The tournament was staged annually until 1970 when it was discontinued. In 1971 left with the lack of an international tournament in Kingston the Jamaica LTA in cooperation with Rothmans Pall Mall (Jamaica) Ltd launched a replacement event for this one. It was called the Rothmans of Jamaica Tennis Spectacular and was first played in December 1971 on indoor courts at the National Arena.

Finals

Men's Singles

Incomplete roll

Results included:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1932	Fred Perry	Pat Hughes	6-2, 6-4
1934	George Martin Lott	Marcel Rainville	6-2, 6–1, 6-2
1938	Fred Perry	Ellsworth Vines	6-4, 6–4, 6-4
1951	Straight Clark	Jacques Grigry	6-0, 6–4, 6-1
1952	Dick Savitt	Budge Patty	9-7, 8-6
1953	Edward Moylan	Noel Brown	?
1954	Art Larsen	Gardnar Mulloy	4-6, 6–1, 6-2
1955	Art Larsen (2)	Herb Flam	6-2, 6-4
1956	Herb Flam	Vic Seixas	6-1, 7-5
1957	Mervyn Rose	Don Candy	2-6, 9–7, 6-2
1959	Jaroslav Drobný	Jon Douglas	8-6, 5–7, 6-3
1960	Roy Emerson	Neale Fraser	6-4, 6-2
1961	Rod Laver	Roy Emerson	4-6, 6–3, 6-4
1963	Patricio Rodríguez	Michael Sangster	4-6, 7–5, 6-3
1966	Richard Russell	Arthur Ashe	6-4 2-6 6-4
1967	Tony Roche	Nikola Pilić	6-4, 6-4
Open era
1968	Tom Okker	Manuel Orantes	6-2, 6-4
1969	Thomaz Koch	Milan Holecek	6-2, 6-3
1970	Christian Kuhnke	Gerald Battrick	6-4, 6-0

Women's Singles

Incomplete roll

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1952	Betty Rosenquest Pratt	Althea Gibson	6-2 6-4
1953	Shirley Fry	Doris Hart	3-6, 6–3, 6-3
1954	Helen Fletcher	Shirley Fry	6-1, 6-1
1955	Darlene Hard	Dottie Head Knode	6-1, 1–6, 6-3
1956	Shirley Fry (2)	Darlene Hard	5-7, 6–0, 7-5
1957	Darlene Hard (2)	Betty Rosenquest Pratt	6-2, 6-2
1959	Dottie Head Knode	Christine Truman	6-1, 4–6, 6-3
1960	Ann Haydon	Darlene Hard	6-2, 6-3
1961	Sally Moore	Christine Truman	1-0 retired
1963	Lesley Turner	Deidre Catt	6-3, 6-1
1967	Françoise Dürr	Ann Haydon Jones	6-3, 6–1.
Open era