The Mountain View Open was a men's and women's hard court international tennis tournament founded in 1965. Also known as the Mountain View Tennis Tournament it was played at the Cuesta Tennis Center, Cuesta Park, Mountain View, California, United States until 2019.
History Founded in 1964 as the Mountain View Tennis Tournament the event was organized by the Mountain View Tennis in association with the Mountain View Parks and Recreation Department, and was played at the Cuesta Tennis Center, Cuesta Park, Mountain View, California, United States. The event was sanctioned by both the United States Tennis Association and the Northern California Tennis Association. The tournament was played as part of the ILTF World Circuit until 1969 for men and 1972 for women when it became part of the ILTF Independent Circuit until 1977 when it was downgraded to local USTA event. In 1992 the tournament lost its sponsorship arrangement with the City of Mountview, and its Parks and Recreation Department and as such was no longer sanctioned by the USTA. It did however continued to be held independently until 1994 when it was discontinued. In 1999 the event was revived as a local USTA tournament until 2019 but due the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 it was cancelled and has not been revived as of 2024.
Finals Men's singles (Incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore1965 Don Gale Butch Krikorian 6–1, 6–4 .1966 Garth O'Maley Gene Ward7–5, 6–4.1967 Whitney Reed Tom Brown 6–4, 6–4.1968 Robert Potthast Whitney Reed6–1, 5–7, 9–7.↓ Open era ↓1969 Zdravko Mincek Rich Anderson8–6, 6–2.1970 Tom Brown Robert Potthast7–6, 7–6.1971 Roscoe Tanner Chuck Darley 6–3, 6–2.1972 Sandy Mayer Roscoe Tanner6–1, 6–7, 6–3.1973 Nick Saviano Dick R. Bohrnstedt6-0, 3–6, 6–3.1974 Bob Siska Nick Saviano 0–6, 6–2, 6–4.1975 João Soares Scott Carnahan4–6, 7–6, 6–3 1976 Craig Johnson Richard Andrews 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Women's singles (Incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore1969 Tina Lyman Marlene Muench6–1, 6–2 1970 Ann Kiyomura Kate Latham 7–5, 4–6, 6–0 1971 Ann Kiyomura (2) Barbara Downs 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 1972 Kate Latham Marcy O'Keefe 1–6, 6–1, 6–11973 Kate Latham (2) Marcy O'Keefe 6–4, 6–3 1974The Peninsula Times Tribune (1975) Sue Mehmedbasich Peanut Louie 6–4, 6–3 1975 Sue Mehmedbasich (2) Peanut Louie 6–3, 7–61976The Peninsula Times Tribune (1976) Peanut Louie Denise Carter-Triolo 7–6, 6–1
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