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The City of Miami Championships[1] was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1917 as the Miami City Tennis Championships.[2] The tournament was first played at the Henderson Park Tennis Club, Miami, Florida, United States. Also known as the City of Miami Invitation Championships[3] or simply the City of Miami Invitation the tournament ran until 1976 when it was discontinued.[1] The tournament was part of the Caribbean Circuit,[4] a regional sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit.

TourILTF World Circuit
(1937–1969) men
(1937–1972) women
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1970–76) men
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1973–76) women
Founded1917; 109 years ago (1917)
Abolished1976; 50 years ago (1976)
LocationMiami, United States
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City of Miami Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
(1937–1969) men
(1937–1972) women
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1970–76) men
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1973–76) women
Founded1917; 109 years ago (1917)
Abolished1976; 50 years ago (1976)
LocationMiami, United States
VenueHenderson Park Tennis Club
SurfaceClay / outdoor
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Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

More information Year, Winners ...
Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1917United States Craig BiddleUnited States Fred H. Harris6–4, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
1918United States Fred H. HarrisUnited States Ralph E. Racey6–2, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1936United States Julius SeligsonCuba Gustavo Vollmer3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1937United States Don BudgeUnited States Bryan Grant Sr.6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1938United States Bobby RiggsUnited States Frank Kovacs3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2.[1]
1940United States Bobby Riggs (2)United States Gardnar Mulloy6–0, 7–5, 6–2.[1]
1943Ecuador Pancho SeguraUnited States William Gillespie[5]6–0, 7–5, 6–2.[1]
1944United States Harris Everett[6]United StatesHerbert Behrens[7]6–4, 7–5, 6–1.[1]
1945United States Robert Stubbs[8]United States Frank Kovacs3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2.[1]
1951United States Bill Tully[9]United States Charles King Jr.6–0, 6–2.[1]
1953United States Ed RubinoffUnited States Michael Green6–2, 6–4.[1]
1954United States Gardnar MulloyUnited States Art Larsen6–2, 5–7, 6–4.[1]
1957United States Dave Harum[10]Brazil Carlos Fernandes6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2.[1]
1958United States Budge PattyUnited States Gardnar Mulloy6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
1959United States Ed Rubinoff (2)United States John Skogstead[11]7–5, 0–2, ret.[1]
1960United States Don Kierbow[12]Brazil José Edison Mandarino7–9, 6–4 9–7, 6–2.[1]
1961United States Gardnar Mulloy (2)Ecuador Miguel Olvera3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1962United States Gardnar Mulloy (3)United States John Joseph Karabasz[13]3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1963United States Ed Rubinoff (3)United States Gardnar Mulloy10–8, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4.[1]
1964Brazil Thomaz KochEcuador Eduardo Zuleta6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 7–5.[1]
1965Greece Nicholas KalogeropoulosUnited States Billy Higgins6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3.[1]
1966Ecuador Eduardo ZuletaCanada Harry Fauquier6–4, 6–1, 6–1.[1]
1967Greece Nicholas Kalogeropoulos (2)Canada Frank Tutvin6–1, 9–7.[1]
1968Chile Jaime FillolEcuador Pancho Guzmán6–8, 4–6, 10–8, 6–1, 4–1, retd.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969Chile Jaime Fillol (2)Ecuador Pancho Guzmán13–11, 5–7, 9–7.[1]
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1970Chile Jaime Fillol (3)South Africa Pat Cramer1–6, 6–3, 6–4.[1]
1971United States Eddie DibbsUnited States Dan Bleckinger6–1, 6–4.[1]
1972United States Mike EstepUnited States Raz Reid1–6, 6–3, 6–4.[1]
1973South Africa Bernie MittonSweden Björn Borg6–2, 6–2.[1]
1974United States Fred McNairUnited States Gery Groslimond[14]6–3, 6–1.[1]
1976Canada Greg HalderUnited States Jim Breech6–4, 7–6.[1]
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Women's singles

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More information Year, Winners ...
Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1922United States Clare CassellCuba Gisela Comallonga6–4, 6–2
1940United Kingdom Mary HardwickUnited States Pauline Betz6–2, 2–6, 6–1
1946United States Betty HulbertUnited States Eleanor Purdy Cushingham6–2, 6–0
1948United States Shirley FryUnited States Dorothy Bundy9–7, 6–1
1952Romania Magda RuracUnited States Betty Hulbert James6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1953Australia Thelma Coyne LongUnited States Joan Merciadis6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1954United States Doris HartMexico Marta Hernandez6–4, 6–4
1955United States Doris Hart (2)United States Joan Merciadis6–2, 6–2
1957Mexico Marta HernandezUnited States Marilyn Stock6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1958United States Karol FagerosUnited States Barbara Scofield Davidson6–2, 7–5
1959Australia Marie MartinUnited States Barbara Scofield Davidson6–3, 6–1
1960United States Marilyn StockUnited States Margaret Demogenes0–6, 6–4, 6–4
1961Brazil Mary HabichtCanada Ann Barclay2–6, 6–1, 6–3
1962Australia Margaret HellyerUnited States Stephanie DeFina6–3, 6–1
1963United States Stephanie DeFinaUnited States Carol-Ann Prosen6–3, 6–3
1964United States Stephanie DeFina (2)United States Margarita Bender6–1, 6–4
1965Netherlands Betty StöveNetherlands Trudy Groenman6–3, 6–2
1966United States Stephanie DeFina (3)United States Nancy Corse Reed2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1967United States Alice TymMexico Elena Subirats6–3, 8–6
1968Canada Faye UrbanBrazil Vera Cleto6–2, 6–0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969United States Stephanie DeFina (4)Brazil Suzana Petersen6–1, 6–2
1972United States Pam AustinArgentina Anna Maria Cavadini8–6, 6–2
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