ATP Birmingham

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ATP Birmingham
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSLTA Indoor Circuit
World Championship Tennis
Grand Prix
Founded1973
Abolished1980
Editions8
LocationBirmingham, Alabama, U.S.
SurfaceCarpet / indoor

The ATP Birmingham, also known as the Birmingham International Indoor Championships, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, from 1973 until 1980. The tournament was a part of the USLTA Indoor Circuit from 1973 through 1975, of the World Championship Tennis series in 1977 and of the Grand Prix circuit from 1978 until the last edition in 1980. Jimmy Connors won the singles title six times out of the eight times the tournament was held.

Results[edit]

Singles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 United States Sandy Mayer United States Charles Owens 6–4, 7–6
1974 United States Jimmy Connors United States Sandy Mayer 7–5, 6–3
1975 United States Jimmy Connors United States Billy Martin 6–4, 6–3
1976 United States Jimmy Connors United States Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1977 United States Jimmy Connors United States Bill Scanlon 6–3, 6–3
1978 Sweden Björn Borg United States Dick Stockton 7–6, 7–5
1979 United States Jimmy Connors United States Eddie Dibbs 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1980 United States Jimmy Connors United States Eliot Teltscher 6–3, 6–2

Doubles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 South Africa Pat Cramer
West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
United States Clark Graebner
Romania Ion Țiriac
6–4, 7–5
1974 Australia Ian Fletcher
United States Sandy Mayer
Greece Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Colombia Iván Molina
4–6, 7–6, 6–1
1975 West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Karl Meiler
Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell
South Africa John Yuill
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1976 United States Jimmy Connors
United States Erik van Dillen
United States Hank Pfister
United States Dennis Ralston
6–3, 6–2
1977 Poland Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Billy Martin
United States Bill Scanlon
6–3, 6–4
1978 United States Vitas Gerulaitis
United States Sandy Mayer
South Africa Frew McMillan
United States Dick Stockton
3–6, 6–1, 7–6
1979 United States Stan Smith
United States Dick Stockton
Romania Ilie Năstase
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–2, 6–3
1980 Poland Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
Argentina José Luis Clerc
Romania Ilie Năstase
6–3, 6–3

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