The Kingston International Championships also known as the Kingston International Invitation and the St. Andrew International Invitation was a men's and women's clay court then later hard court tennis tournament established in 1932 as the Kingston International Tournament and first played at St. Andrews Club,Kingston Daily Gleaner (1932) then later Sabina Park, then at the Liguanea Club, Kingston, St. Andrews Parish, Jamaica until 1970.
History The Kingston International tournament was established in 1932 and first played at the St. Andrews Club, Kingston, Jamaica.Kingston Daily Gleaner (1932) It later moved to Sabina Park, Kingston, then later at the Liguanea Club, Kingston. In the 1960s the tournament was known as the St. Andrew International Invitation.Kingston Daily Gleaner (1961). In 1966 the first and only Jamaican tennis player to win the men's event was Richard Russell when he defeated Arthur Ashe in three sets. The tournament was part Caribbean Circuit which was a major feature of the international tennis scene in from the 1930s to early 1970s. The tournament was staged annually until 1970 when it was discontinued. In 1971 left with the lack of an international tournament in Kingston the Jamaica LTA in cooperation with Rothmans Pall Mall (Jamaica) Ltd launched a replacement event for this one. It was called the Rothmans of Jamaica Tennis Spectacular and was first played in December 1971 on indoor courts at the National Arena.
Finals Men's Singles Incomplete roll Results included: YearChampionRunner-upScore1932 Fred Perry Pat Hughes6-2, 6-41934 George Martin Lott Marcel Rainville6-2, 6–1, 6-21938 Fred Perry (2) Ellsworth Vines6-4, 6–4, 6-41951 Straight Clark Jacques Grigry6-0, 6–4, 6-11952 Dick Savitt Budge Patty9-7, 8-61953 Edward Moylan Noel Brown ?1954 Art Larsen Gardnar Mulloy4-6, 6–1, 6-21955 Art Larsen (2) Herb Flam6-2, 6-41956 Herb Flam Vic Seixas6-1, 7-51957 Mervyn Rose Don Candy2-6, 9–7, 6-21959 Jaroslav Drobný Jon Douglas8-6, 5–7, 6-31960 Roy Emerson Neale Fraser6-4, 6-2 1961 Rod Laver Roy Emerson4-6, 6–3, 6-41963 Patricio Rodríguez Michael Sangster4-6, 7–5, 6-31966 Richard Russell Arthur Ashe6-4 2-6 6-4 1967 Tony Roche Nikola Pilić6-4, 6-4Open era 1968 Tom Okker Manuel Orantes6-2, 6-41969 Thomaz Koch Milan Holecek6-2, 6-31970 Christian Kuhnke Gerald Battrick6-4, 6-0Barrett, John. (1971)
Women's Singles Incomplete roll YearChampionRunner-upScore1952"Savitt Takes Singles Title" (Subscription). Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Canada: Newspaper Archives. 5 March 1952. p. 20. Betty Rosenquest Pratt Althea Gibson6-2 6-41953 Shirley Fry Doris Hart 3-6, 6–3, 6-31954 Helen Fletcher Shirley Fry6-1, 6-11955 Darlene Hard Dottie Head Knode6-1, 1–6, 6-31956 Shirley Fry (2) Darlene Hard5-7, 6–0, 7-51957 Darlene Hard (2) Betty Rosenquest Pratt6-2, 6-21959 Dottie Head Knode Christine Truman6-1, 4–6, 6-31960 Ann Haydon Darlene Hard6-2, 6-31961 Sally Moore Christine Truman1-0 retired1963 Lesley Turner Deidre Catt6-3, 6-11967 Françoise Dürr Ann Haydon Jones6-3, 6–1.Open era
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