WCT Miami Open

The Miami Open is a defunct tennis tournament that was played on the WCT circuit from 1968, 1971–1974 and the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1977–1978. The event was played on outdoor hard courts in 1968, 1971–1974 [1], outdoor clay courts in 1977, and indoor carpet courts in 1978. The event was held in Miami, Florida.

Did you mean the ATP Masters tournament, then see the Miami Masters article
Miami Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourWCT circuit
Grand Prix circuit
Founded1968
Abolished1978
Editions7
LocationMiami, USA
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Clay / outdoor
Carpet / indoor

Past finals

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1968 [2] Butch Buchholz Tony Roche31–22, 31–26 [3]
1969–70Not held
1971 Cliff Drysdale Rod Laver6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1972 Ken Rosewall Cliff Drysdale3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1973 Rod Laver Dick Stockton7–6, 6–3, 7–5
1974 Cliff Drysdale Tom Gorman6–4, 7–5
1975–76Not held
1977 Eddie Dibbs Raúl Ramírez6–0, 6–3
1978 Ilie Năstase Tom Gullikson6–3, 7–5

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1971 John Newcombe
Tony Roche		 Roy Emerson
Rod Laver		7–6, 7–6
1972 Tom Okker
Marty Riessen		 Roy Emerson
Rod Laver		7–5, 6–4
1973 Roy Emerson
Rod Laver		 Terry Addison
Colin Dibley		6–4, 6–4
1974 John Alexander
Phil Dent		 Tom Okker
Marty Riessen		4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1975–76Not held
1977 Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 Paul Kronk
Cliff Letcher		7–5, 6–4
1978 Tom Gullikson
Gene Mayer		 Bob Carmichael
Brian Teacher		7–6, 6–3
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References
  1. "World Cup Tennis to get overhaul". The Miami News. 12 February 1968. pp. 4C.
  2. "WCT Miami: Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. The Tennis Base. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. "Buchholz over Roche". South Bend Tribune. 12 February 1968. p. 16.


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