The Manila International Championships also known as the Manila Open was a men's tennis tournament played at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Manila, Philippines from 1973 to 1978 and again in 1981.
The event was originally part of the ILTF World Circuit then later Grand Prix tennis circuit and was played on outdoor clay courts 1968 to 1972, 1974 to 1978, and again in 1981 and on hard courts in 1973.
History In 1968, the Manila International Championships were established and the tournament was usually played in November. For the years 1973 to 1978 this tournament was also co valid, as the Philippines Open International Championships also called the Philippines Championships or Philippine Open that event was organised by the Philippine Tennis Association (PHILTA) and was established in 1918. That event ran until 1978, when it was discontinued. That event was usually played in February then switched to November in 1971. In 1981, this tournament was revived for one edition only as the Manila Open, also called the Philippines Masters.
Finals
Singles Manila International Championships/Manila OpenYearChampionsRunners-upScore↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓1968 Thomaz Koch Bob Carmichael6–4, 6–2. ↓ Open era ↓1969 Giuseppe Merlo Koji Watanabe6–3, 4–6, 6–4. ↓ ITF Independent Tour ↓1970 Raymundo Deyro Ramanathan Krishnan6–3, 7–5, 8–6. 1971 Gerhard Wimmer Raymundo Deyro 6–4, 6–3, 6–1. 1972 Raymundo Deyro (2) Syd Ball6–2, 2–6, 6–4. ↓ Grand Prix Circuit ↓ 1973 Ross Case Geoff Masters 6–1, 6–0. 1974 Ismail El Shafei Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 7–6, 6–1. 1975 Ross Case (2) Corrado Barazzutti 6–2, 6–1. 1976 Brian Fairlie Ray Ruffels 7–5, 6–7, 7–6. 1977 Karl Meiler Manuel Orantes w.o. 1978 Yannick Noah Peter Feigl 7–6, 6–0. ↓ ITF Independent Tour ↓ 1981 Romeo Rafon Yustedjo Tarik6–4, 6–2.
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 1973 Marcello Lara Sherwood Stewart Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 6–2, 6–0 1974 Syd Ball Ross Case Mike Estep Marcello Lara 6–3, 7–6, 9–7 1975 Ross Case Geoff Masters Syd Ball Kim Warwick 6–1, 6–2 1976 Ross Case Geoff Masters Anand Amritraj Corrado Barazzutti 6–0, 6–1 1977 Chris Kachel John Marks Mike Cahill Terry Moor 4–6, 6–0, 7–6 1978 Sherwood Stewart Brian Teacher Ross Case Chris Kachel 6–3, 7–6
References
External links ATP archive ITF archive