title: Dixie International Championships
text: # Dixie International Championships
  
  The Dixie International Championships or the Dixie Championships or the Dixie International or the Tampa Dixie International Invitation was a men's and women's international tennis tournament established in 1925 and was played on outdoor clay courts at the Davis Islands Tennis Club, Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida, United States until 1968. It was part of the South Florida-Caribbean tennis circuit during the 1960s.
  
  ## History
  
  The Dixie International Championshipswere founded in 1925. The championships were last played on clay courts at the Davis Tennis Club, Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida, United States. The tournament was part Caribbean Circuit during the 1960s, which was a major feature of the international tennis scene from the 1930s to early 1970s.
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Men's Singles
  
      Incomplete roll
  
  Results included:
  
  | Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1925 | Robert Kinsey | Douglas Watters | 6-4, 7–5, 6-2 |
  | 1926 | Vinnie Richards | Frank Froehling | 6-1, 9–11, 6-4 |
  | 1935 | Arthur Hendrix | Carroll Turner | 6-3, 6–2, 6-4 |
  | 1936 | Bryan Grant | Martin Buxby | 6-2, 6–2, 7-5 |
  | 1937 | Bryan Grant (2) | Don Budge | 4-6, 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6-2 |
  | 1938 | Bobby Riggs | Wayne Sabin | 6-3, 6–0, 7-5 |
  | 1939 | Wayne Sabin | Bryan Grant | 6-3, 6–3, 6-1 |
  | 1940 | Bryan Grant (3) | Bobby Riggs | 1-6, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6-3 |
  | 1941 | Frank Kovacs | Edward Alloo | 6-0, 6–3, 6-2 |
  | 1942 | Jack Kramer | Wayne Sabin | 6-0, 6–0, 6-3 |
  | 1946 | Bill Talbert | Bryan Grant | 6-3, 6–2, 6-1 |
  | 1947 | Bryan Grant (4) | Frank Guernsey | 6-4, 6–3, 7-5 |
  | 1948 | Pancho Gonzales | Gardner Larned | 2-6 3-6 6-2 7-5 6-2 |
  | 1949 | Gardnar Mulloy | Gardner Larned | 1-6, 6–2, 6–3, 6-2 |
  | 1950 | Gardnar Mulloy (2) | Bryan Grant | 6-1, 6–4, 6-2 |
  | 1951 | Gardnar Mulloy (3) | Ham Richardson | 6-3, 9–7, 10–12, 3–2, ret. |
  | 1952 | Tony Vincent | Grant Golden | 6-4, 6–4, 7-5 |
  | 1953 | Gardnar Mulloy (4) | Bernard Bartzen | 6-1, 3–6, 6–0, 6-1 |
  | 1954 | Gardnar Mulloy (5) | Tony Vincent | 11-9, 8–6, 6-4 |
  | 1955 | Eddie Moylan | Bernard Bartzen | 10-8, 6–4, 6-3 |
  | 1956 | Armando Vieira | Allen Morris | 6-3, 6–3, 6–8, 14-12 |
  | 1957 | Mervyn Rose | Don Candy | 6-3, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4 |
  | 1958 | Bernard Bartzen | Tony Vincent | 6-0, 12–10, 6-1 |
  | 1959 | Eddie Moylan (2) | Kosei Kamo | 6-4, 6–4, 3–6, 6-4 |
  | 1960 | Mike Davies | Gardnar Mulloy | 6-1, 0–6, 6–1, 6-4 |
  | 1961 | Whitney Reed | Gardnar Mulloy | 4-6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–1, 9-7 |
  | 1962 | Manuel Santana | Carlos Fernandes | 3-6, 6–1, 8–6, 6-2 |
  | 1963 | Manuel Santana (2) | Fred Stolle | 6-3, 21-19 |
  | 1964 | Roy Emerson | Manuel Santana | 9-7, 6–2, 6-4 |
  | 1965 | Manuel Santana (3) | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | 6-3, 8–6, 6-0 |
  | 1966 | Cliff Drysdale | Boro Jovanović | 6-2, 6–4, 6-4 |
  | 1967 | István Gulyás | Cliff Drysdale | 3-6, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5, ret. |
  | ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
  | 1968 | Manuel Santana (4) | István Gulyás | 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 |
  
  ### Women's Singles
  
      Incomplete roll(* Final held indoors)
  
  | Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1926 | Elizabeth Ryan | Mary Browne | 6-3, 8-6 |
  | 1940 | Pauline Betz | Marta Barnett Andrade | 6-2, 6-1 |
  | 1941 | Pauline Betz (2) | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 6–4, 6-3 |
  | 1942 | Pauline Betz (3) | Doris Hart | 3–6, 6–3, 6-3 |
  | 1946 | Baba Madden Lewis | Betty Hulbert | 6–4, 6-3 |
  | 1947 | Doris Hart | Barbara Scofield | 3-6, 6–3, 6-4 |
  | 1948 | Doris Hart (2) | Magda Berescu Rurac | 6-1, 6-3 |
  | 1949 | Nancy Morrison | Marta Barnett Andrade | 6-3, 6-4 |
  | 1950 | Laura Lou Jahn | Marta Barnett Andrade | 9-7, 1–6, 6-1 |
  | 1951 | Beverly Baker | Shirley Fry | 6-4, 6-3 |
  | 1952 | Magda Berescu Rurac | Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen | 7-5, 6-1 |
  | 1953 | Shirley Fry | Thelma Coyne Long | 6-1, 6-3 |
  | 1954 | Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen | Evelyn Cowan | 6-0, 6-3 |
  | 1955 | Shirley Fry (2) | Karol Fageros | 9-7, 8-6 |
  | 1956 | Shirley Fry (3) | Dottie Head Knode | 6-4, 3–6, 6-3 |
  | 1957 | Karol Fageros | Rosie Reyes | 6-2, 6-2 |
  | 1958 | Maria Bueno | Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen | 6-4, 6-1 |
  | 1959 | Laura Lou Jahn Kunnen | Marie Martin | 6-3, 8-6 |
  | 1960 | Sandy Warshaw | Laura Lou Jahn | 6-3, 4–6, 6-4 |
  | 1961 | Carole Ann Prosen | Judy Alvarez | 2-6, 6–3, 6-1 |
  | 1962 | Edda Buding | Elizabeth Starkie | 6-1, 6-3 |
  | 1963 * | Darlene Hard | Lesley Turner | 9-7, 1–6, 7-5 |
  | 1964 | Karen Hantze Susman | Judy Alvarez | 6-4, 2–6, 6-4 |
  | 1965 | Tory Ann Fretz | Judy Alvarez | 6–2, 6-1 |
  | 1966 | Elena Subirats | Alice Luthy Tym | 6-1, 8-6 |
  | 1967 | Ann Haydon Jones | Françoise Dürr | 6–4, 8-6 |
  | ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
  | 1968 | Helga Niessen | Judy Tegart | 2-6, 6–4, 6-1 |
  