South American Championships (tennis)

South American Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Circuit (1913-1939)
Founded	1921 (1921)
Abolished	1982 (1982)
Location	Argentina Brazil Chile Ecuador
Venue	Buenos Aires LTC
Surface	Grass - outdoors

The South American Championships for tennis consist of two versions the first is the team event tournaments for men and women organised by the South America Tennis Confederation. The team version for men is known as the Mitre Cup (f.1921). and the team version for women is known as the Osario Cup (f.1957).

The second version is a singles and doubles championship tournament sanctioned by the South American Tennis Confederation but organised by the individual South American Tennis Associations when played in those countries. This tournament was first held in 1927. This event has not always been staged continually until 1946.

History

South American Championships (teams)

Seniors

The South American Championships organised by the South American Tennis Confederation is made up of all ten South American Tennis Associations. The senior men's team event is called the Mitre Cup that was founded in 1921 and was held in Argentine Tennis Team and won by Argentina. The senior women's team event known as Osario Cup was first held in 1957 in Santiago, Chile and was won by Chilean Tennis Team.

Juniors

The South American Championships for junior boys consists of two team tournaments the first is for boys age 18 years old who compete for the Bolivia Cup first held in 1953 that was won by Brazil. The second is the tournament for boys age 15 years old who compete for the Harten Cup first played in 1963 and won by Brazil.

The South American Championships for junior girls consists of two team tournaments the first is for girls age 18 years old who compete for the Colombia Cup first held in 1963 that was won by Argentina. The second is the tournament for girls age 15 years old who compete for the Chile Cup first played in 1965 and won by Chile.

All of the team competitions a organised and run similar way to the Davis Cup.

South American Championships (individual)

The early editions South American Championships for individual players was organised by the Argentina Tennis Association (ATA) for men and women was held in 1927 at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club. In 1928 and 1929 the tournament was held at the Tennis Club Argentino (f.1913), that was also valid as the Argentine Championships, also known as the Championship of the Argentine Republic. At this time there was no continental wide tennis organisation for South America and the event was not held again. In 1946 the tournament revived by the Argentina Tennis Association with the Argentina International Championships also carrying the denomination South American Championships. In 1947 the South American Tennis Confederation was established and formally incorporated in 1948.

In 1952 the tournament was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with the event also being valid as the Rio de Janeiro International Championships. In 1953 and 1956 the tournaments were held in Santiago, Chile with the events also being valid as the Chilean National Championships. In 1972 the tournament was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador with that event also being valid as the Ecuadorian National Championships.

In April 1968 the open era began and in November 1968 this tournament was renamed as the South American Open Championships. From 1947 to 1969 it was part of the ILTF South American Circuit. In 1970 it became part of the ILTF Grand Prix Circuit.

The tournament for the majority of its duration has been staged in Argentina.

South American Championships (individual)

Notes: These rolls included content from the Argentina International Championships, later ATP Argentina Open and WTA Argentine Open, since 1946, when both tournaments were also valid as the South American Championships or South American Open.

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

South American Championships
Year	Location	Champion	Runner Up	Score
↓  ILTF South American Circuit  ↓
1927	Buenos Aires	Ronaldo Boyd	Guillermo Robson	9–7, 7–5, 7–5.
1928	Buenos Aires	Manuel Alonso Areizaga	Francisco Bryans	8–6, 6–3, 6–1.
1929	Buenos Aires	Carlos Morea	Lucilo del Castillo	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 7–5.
1946	Buenos Aires	Bob Falkenburg	Enrique Morea	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
1947	Buenos Aires	Frank Parker	Enrique Morea	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1948	Buenos Aires	Eric Sturgess	Vic Seixas	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1949	Buenos Aires	Enrique Morea	Tom Brown	7–5, 6–3, 6–3.
1950	Buenos Aires	Enrique Morea(2)	Ricardo Balbiers	4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–2.
1951	Buenos Aires	Enrique Morea (3)	Fausto Gardini	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1952	Rio de Janeiro	Jaroslav Drobný	Ricardo Balbiers	6–4, 6–4, 6–1.
1953	Santiago	Enrique Morea (4)	Jaroslav Drobný	3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
1954	Buenos Aires	Enrique Morea (5)	Jaroslav Drobný	2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–0
1955	Buenos Aires	Luis Ayala	Art Larsen	6–2, 6–4, 0–6, 6–0
1956	Santiago	Luis Ayala (2)	Mervyn Rose	6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 9-7
1957	Buenos Aires	Luis Ayala (3)	Enrique Morea	6–8, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1958	Buenos Aires	Mario Llamas	Enrique Morea	6–4, 9–7, 1–6, 2–6, ?
1959	Buenos Aires	Manuel Santana	Luis Ayala	6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 9–7
1960	Buenos Aires	Luis Ayala (4)	Manuel Santana	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 8–6
1961	Buenos Aires	Pierre Darmon	Enrique Morea	6–1, 6–1, 6–1
1962	Buenos Aires	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	Patricio Rodríguez	2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
1963	Buenos Aires	Nicola Pietrangeli	Ronald Barnes	6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1964	Buenos Aires	Chuck McKinley	Manuel Santana	6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 6–3, 4–5, retired
1965	Buenos Aires	Nicola Pietrangeli (2)	Cliff Drysdale	6–8, 6–4, 6–0, 1–6, 7–5
1966	Buenos Aires	Cliff Richey	Thomaz Koch	6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–0
1967	Buenos Aires	Cliff Richey (2)	José Edison Mandarino	7–5, 6–8, 6–3, 6–3
South American Open Championships / South American Open
1968	Buenos Aires	Roy Emerson	Rod Laver	9–7, 6–4, 6–4.
↓  Open era  ↓
↓  ILTF Grand Prix Circuit  ↓
1970	Buenos Aires	Željko Franulović	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–2, 6–0.
1971	Buenos Aires	Željko Franulović (2)	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 7–6, 6–1.
1972	Guayaquil	Iván Molina	Julian Ganzabal	w.o.
1973	Buenos Aires	Guillermo Vilas	Björn Borg	3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–6(5–5) retd.
1974	Buenos Aires	Guillermo Vilas(2)	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 0–6, 7–5, 6–2.
1975	Buenos Aires	Guillermo Vilas (3)	Adriano Panatta	6–1, 6–4, 6–4.
1976	Buenos Aires	Guillermo Vilas (4)	Jaime Fillol	6–2, 6–2, 6–3.
1978	Buenos Aires	José Luis Clerc	Víctor Pecci	6–4, 6–4.
1979	Buenos Aires	Guillermo Vilas (5)	José Luis Clerc	6–1, 6–2, 6–2 .
1980	Buenos Aires	José Luis Clerc	Rolf Gehring	6–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–0, 6–3.
1981	Buenos Aires	Ivan Lendl	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–2.
1982	Sao Paulo	José Luis Clerc (2)	Marcos Hocevar	6–2, 6–7, 6–3.

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

South American Championships
Year	Location	Champion	Runner Up	Score
↓  ILTF South American Circuit  ↓
1928	Buenos Aires	Analia Obarrio de Aguirre	Maria Elena Bushell	6-0, 6-1
1929	Buenos Aires	Analia Obarrio de Aguirre (2)	Maria Elena Bushell	6-4, 6-1
1946	Buenos Aires	Margaret Osborne	Louise Brough	5-7, 6-4, 6-4
1947	Buenos Aires	Pat Canning Todd	Doris Hart	6-3, 6-4
1948	Buenos Aires	Pat Canning Todd (2)	Mary Terán de Weiss	7-5, 6-4
1949	Buenos Aires	Barbara Scofield	Nancy Chaffee	6-3, 6-2
1950	Buenos Aires	Felisa Piedrola de Zappa	Elena Lehmann	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1951	Buenos Aires	Elena Lehmann	Felisa Piedrola de Zappa	6-4, 3-6, 6-4
1952	women's event not held
1953	Santiago	Edda Buding	Julia Borzone	7-5, 6-3
1954	Buenos Aires	Silvana Lazzarino	Edda Buding	8-6, 6-2
1955	Buenos Aires	Ingrid Metzner	June Hanson	6-1, 6-4
1956	Santiago	Nora Bonifacino de Somoza	June Hanson	6-4, 6-0
1957	Buenos Aires	June Hanson	Nora Bonifacino de Somoza	6-1, 6-1
1958	Buenos Aires	Shirley Bloomer	Margaret Hellyer	2-6, 6-2, 12-10
1959	Buenos Aires	Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (2)	Norma Baylon	6-3, 5-7, divided
1960	Buenos Aires	Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (3)	Mabel Bove	7-5, 6-4
1961	Buenos Aires	Yola Ramírez	Darlene Hard	6-1, 6-2
1962	Buenos Aires	Norma Baylon	Vera Puzejova Sukova	5-7, 6-4, 6-3
1963	Buenos Aires	Vera Puzejova Sukova	Norma Baylon	6-2, 6-4
1964	Buenos Aires	Nancy Richey	Maria Bueno	4-6, 6-2, 6-4
1965	Buenos Aires	Nancy Richey (2)	Norma Baylon	6-2, 6-4
1966	Buenos Aires	Norma Baylon (3)	Nancy Richey	6-3, 7-9, 6-4
1967	Buenos Aires	Billie Jean Moffitt King	Rosie Casals	6-3, 3-6, 6-2
South American Open Championships / South American Open
1968	Buenos Aires	Ann Haydon Jones	Nancy Richey	walkover
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Buenos Aires	Helga Niessen	Rosie Casals	1-6, 6-4, 6-2
1970	Buenos Aires	Beatriz Araujo	Raquel Giscafré	6-4, 6-4
1971	Buenos Aires	Helga Niessen Masthoff (2)	Heide Orth	6-1, 7-5
1972	Guayaquil	Virginia Wade	Fiorella Bonicelli	6-4, 6-1
1973	Buenos Aires	Julie Heldman	Fiorella Bonicelli	6-3, 6-1
1974	Buenos Aires	Raquel Giscafré	Beatriz Araujo	7-6, 1-6, 6-2
1975	Buenos Aires	Raquel Giscafré (2)	Kristien Shaw	6-2, 6-4
1976	Buenos Aires	Laura duPont	Beatriz Araujo	6-1, 6-2
1977	Buenos Aires	Patricia Medrado	Ivanna Madruga	6-1, 3-6, 6-4
1978	women's event not held
1979	Buenos Aires	Ivanna Madruga	Hana Strachonova	6-1, 6-3
1980	Buenos Aires	Ivanna Madruga (2)	Liliana Giussani	6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1981	women's event not held