Mar del Plata Open (tennis)
Appearance
(Redirected from Mar del Plata Invitation)
Mar del Plata Open | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | Mar del Plata Open |
Tour | Grand Prix circuit |
Founded | 1979 |
Abolished | 1981 |
Editions | 3 |
Location | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
Surface | Clay / outdoor |
The Mar del Plata Open is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated men's tennis tournament founded in 1979 as the Mar del Plata Invitation. It was held at the Patinódromo Municipal, Mar del Plata in Argentina and played on outdoor clay courts.[1]
It was the successor tournament to the earlier Mar del Plata Championships (an open international event) that was staged at the Temperley Lawn Tennis Club, Temperley, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina from 1930 to 1966.
Results
[edit]Singles
[edit]Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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1979 | Guillermo Vilas | Ilie Năstase | 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 |
1980 | Björn Borg | Guillermo Vilas | 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 |
1981 | Guillermo Vilas (2) | Víctor Pecci | 2–6, 6–3, 2–1 RET. |
Doubles
[edit]Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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1981 | David Carter Paul Kronk |
Ángel Giménez Jairo Velasco Sr. |
6–7, 6–4, 6–0 |
References
[edit]- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780356085968.
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