Columbus Open

The Columbus Open, also known as the Buckeye Tennis Championships or Buckeye Open, is a defunct affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1984 in Columbus, Ohio in the United States. The inaugural edition in 1970 was an invitational tournament with eight top independent professional players.[1] It was played on synthetic hard court at the newly created 3,200 seat stadium at the Buckeye Boys Ranch in Grove City, a suburb of Columbus.[2] From 1971 until 1984 the tournament was part of the Grand Prix circuit. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts from 1971 to 1979, and then played on outdoor hard courts from 1980 to 1984.

For the LPGA golf tournament, see Royal Crown Open.

Columbus Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Columbus Open
Tour	Grand Prix circuit
Founded	1970
Abolished	1984
Editions	15
Surface	Clay (1971–79) Hard (1980–84)

Brian Teacher was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition twice and the doubles competition three times with three different partners; once with American William Brown, once with American Bruce Manson and once with American Scott Davis.

Finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970	Bob Lutz	Tom Gorman	7–5, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1971	Tom Gorman	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
1972	Jimmy Connors	Andrew Pattison	7–5, 6–3, 7–5
1973	Jimmy Connors	Charlie Pasarell	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1974	Raúl Ramírez	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1975	Vijay Amritraj	Bob Lutz	6–4, 7–5
1976	Roscoe Tanner	Stan Smith	6–4, 7–6
1977	Guillermo Vilas	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–1
1978	Arthur Ashe	Robert Lutz	7–6, 6–2
1979	Brian Gottfried	Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 6–0
1980	Bob Lutz	Terry Rocavert	6–4, 6–3
1981	Brian Teacher	John Austin	6–3, 6–2
1982	Jimmy Connors	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–0
1983	Brian Teacher	Bill Scanlon	7–6, 6–4
1984	Brad Gilbert	Hank Pfister	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	Tom Gorman Ray Ruffels	6–2, 8–6
1971	Jim McManus Jim Osborne	Jimmy Connors Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
1972	Jimmy Connors Pancho Gonzales	Robert McKinley Dick Stockton	6–3, 7–5
1973	Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell	Colin Dibley Charlie Pasarell	6–4, 7–6
1974	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	Tom Gorman Bob Lutz	W/O
1975	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1976	William Brown Brian Teacher	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–3
1977	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	Peter Fleming Gene Mayer	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1978	Colin Dibley Bob Giltinan	Marcello Lara Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 6–3
1979	Brian Gottfried Bob Lutz	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1980	Brian Gottfried Sandy Mayer	Peter Fleming Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
1981	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6–1, 6–1
1982	Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1983	Scott Davis Brian Teacher	Vijay Amritraj John Fitzgerald	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
1984	Sandy Mayer Stan Smith	Charles Bud Cox Terry Moor	6–4, 6–7, 7–5

See also

• Virginia Slims of Columbus – women's tournament
• Columbus Challenger – men's challenger tournament

References

1. Dick Kinney (August 14, 1970). "Pro tennis tourney opens on new Columbus courts". News Journal. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com. Tennis buffs from around Ohio moved in to the Columbus area today for the inaugural event of the Buckeye Cup Tennis Championships. The tournament, which includes eight of the top touring independent professional netters, is being held at Buckeye Boys Ranch in Grove City [...].
2. "Buckeye Tennis Championships headed for Columbus Aug. 14". Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. July 28, 1970. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com. The surface to be used in the stadium will be DYNATURF, the new synthetic tennis covering.

External links

• ATP results archive