Coral Beach Club Invitation Coral Beach Invitation | |
Type: | defunct |
Location: | Warwick, Bermuda. |
Venue: | Coral Beach Club |
Tour: | ILTF North American Circuit |
Surface: | Clay – outdoors |
The Coral Beach Invitation[1] also known as the Coral Beach Club Invitation was combined tennis tournament played on green clay courts at the Coral Beach Club resort, Warwick, Bermuda. It was founded in 1940 and ran annually until 1978 when it was discontinued.[1] The tournament was part of the ILTF North American Circuit.[1]
In 1939, the first two ‘Bermuda Clay’ courts were laid down (now Har-Tru).[2] A few months later in 1940 the invitation tournament was held.[3] The winner of the men's singles, W. Donald McNeill, the same year, won the United States Lawn Tennis Championship at Forest Hills.[3] The first lady champion, Miss Gracyn Wheeler, defeated Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke who later also at Forest Hills.[3] The tournament was part of the ILTF North American Circuit.
(incomplete roll)
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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1940 | Don McNeill | Elwood Thomas Cooke | 6–8, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4. |
1952 | Vic Seixas | Gustavo Palafox | 6–4, 9–7, 6–3. |
1953[4] | Don McNeill | Lorne Main | 7–5, 6–4, 6–2. |
1966 | Bill Tym | Ellis Slack | 6–4, 6–1. |
1979 | Stephen Alger | King Van Nostrand | 6–2, 6–1. |
(incomplete roll)
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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1940 | Gracyn Wheeler | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 10–8, 6–3 |
1953[5] | Louise Brough | Thelma Coyne Long | 6–3, 6–4 |
1961 | Dottie Head Knode | Barbara Scofield Davidson | 6–1, 7–5 |
1970 | Sally Fuller | Kay Hubbell | 6–2, 6–1 |