Reggio Calabria International Explained

Reggio Calabria International
Internazionale di Reggio Calabria
Type:defunct
Location:Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy.
Surface:Clay

The Reggio Calabria International [1] or Internazionale di Reggio Calabria was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1959. It was played at the ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy.[2] The tournament ran until 1970.[3]

History

In April 1959 ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club in Regio Calabria established an open international tennis tournament for men and women.[4] The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts at Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy through till 1970.[5] It would be another twenty one years until 1991 before another international tournament was staged at the same venue, the Reggio Calabria Challenger tournament that ran till 1992.[6]

Finals

Men's singles

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1959 Giuseppe Merlo Nicola Pietrangeli2-6, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5, 6-1
1960 Giuseppe Merlo (2) Peter Scholl5-7, 9–7, 6–4, 6-4
1961 Fausto Gardini Sergio Tacchini6-2, 6–1, 6-1
1962[7] Neale Fraser Fausto Gardini6-3, 6–3, 4–6, 6-3
1963 Giuseppe Merlo (3) Ken Fletcher6-4, 6–4, 7-5
1964 Bob Hewitt Tony Roche7–5, 8–6, 6-2
1965 Donald Dell Ion Țiriac6-3, 6–3, 6-2
1966 Tony Roche Clark Graebner7-5, 6–2, 6-3
1967[8] Giuseppe Merlo (4)4-6, 6–1, 6–4, 6-1
1968 Marty Riessen Ilie Năstase3-6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6-2
1969 Martin Mulligan Ion Țiriac6-2, 4–6, 6–3, 6-1
1970 Martin Mulligan (2) Adriano Panatta8-6, 6–4, 6-4

Women's singles

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1959 Yola Ramírez Sandra Reynolds6–2, 6–8, 6-3
1960 Yola Ramírez (2)6-2, 6-1
1961 Margaret Hellyer6-1, 6-2
1962 Judy Tegart6-2, 6-2
1963 4–6, 12–10, 6-1
1964 6–0, 6-4
1965 2-4, retired
1966 Julie Heldman (2) Helga Niessen6-4, 1–6, 6-2
1967 Lesley Turner (2)8-6, 6-4
1968 Alice Tym6–4, 8-6
1969 6-4, 2-6 6-4
1970 Marie Neumannová (2)6-3, 6-1

Notes and References

  1. News: LAWN TENNIS INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (Reggio Calabria, Italy).— Men's singles—Final: G. Merlo defeated O. Davidson.. 27 February 2023 . Daily Mirror . British Newspaper Archive . 8 May 1967 . London, England . 22 . Subscription.
  2. Web site: Storia . www.ctpolimeni.eu . ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club . 27 February 2023 . Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy.
  3. ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
  4. ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
  5. ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
  6. ASD "Rocco Polimeni" Tennis Club
  7. News: Title For Fraser: REGGIO CALABRIA (South Italy), April 12.—Australian Neale Fraser, the former Wimbledon champion, won the men's singles title in the international lawn tennis tournament here yesterday. In the final, he defeated Fausto Gardini, the Italian . 27 February 2023 . Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) . British Newspaper Archive . 13 April 1962 . Lahore, Pakistan . 12 . Subscription.
  8. Daily Mirror (1967)