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The Dallas Invitational was a combined men's and women's international hard court, ILTF affiliated tennis tournament founded in 1943. It was organized by the Dallas Tennis Association and played at the Dallas Country Club, Dallas, Texas in the United States. The event was part of the ILTF World Circuit. The tournament ran annually until 1971 then was discontinued.

Finals

Men's Singles

(incomplete roll) Included:

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1949	Art Larsen	Earl Cochell	6–2, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1954	Vic Seixas	Tony Trabert	1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4
1955	Tony Trabert	Vic Seixas	6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1956	Dick Savitt	Ham Richardson	6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3
1957	Mervyn Rose	Vic Seixas	6–4, 8–6, 10–8
1958	Tut Bartzen	Dick Savitt	3–6, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1959	Jaroslav Drobný	Butch Buchholz	6–4, 6–1
1960	Barry MacKay	Tut Bartzen	7–5, 6–8, 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
1961	Tut Bartzen (2)	Ham Richardson	3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–0
1962	Ham Richardson	Chuck McKinley	6–4, 6–2
1963	Fred Stolle	Ham Richardson	6–4, 7–5
1964	Frank Froehling	Ham Richardson	6–4, 6–4
1965	Cliff Richey	Ham Richardson	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1966	Arthur Ashe	Charlie Pasarell	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1967	Tony Roche	Ron Holmberg	4–6, 10–8, 6–2, 14–12
1968	Ray Moore	Allan Stone	4–6, 12–10, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Stan Smith	Thomaz Koch	6–3, 6–4
1971	Harald Elschenbroich	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 3–6, 6–3

Women's Singles

(incomplete roll))

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1963	Nancy Richey	Victoria Palmer	6-3, 7-5
1964	Nancy Richey (2)	Victoria Palmer	6-2, 13-11
1965	Nancy Richey (3)	Margaret Smith	6-1, 6-4
1968	Maryna Godwin	Julie Heldman	7-9 6-3 6-4
↓  Open era  ↓
1971	Pat Walkden	Dianne Fromholtz	9-7, 6-3

References

1. "Classy Bartzen Captures Dallas Tennis Tourney". Victoria Advocate via Google News. Victoria, Texas, United States: Victoria Advocate Publishing Company. 24 April 1961. p. 5. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
2. "RECALLS A CROSS". Washington Afro American. 12 April 1966. p. 13.
3. Hobbs, Greg (22 March 1967). "LTAA VOTES FOR OPEN TENNIS". The Age. p. 1. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
4. "Week's Highlights Sport". Press Courier. 2 May 1971. p. 8. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
5. Nieuwland, Alex. "Dallas Invitation". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
6. TENNIS. (23 April 1957) Sydney Morning Herald via Google News. Sydney, Australia. p.5.
7. "MacKay Takes Dallas Tennis". The Pittsburgh Press. 2 May 1960. p. 15. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
8. Victoria Advocate via Google News (23 April 1961) p.5.
9. Sports in Brief by the Associated Press, TENNIS.(24 April 1962) The Reading Eagle via Google News p.18.
10. Froehling Winner of Dallas Tennis. (27 April 1964) Schenectady Gazette via Google News. Schenectady, New York. United States. p.13.
11. "Richeys Capture Dallas Tennis". The Montreal Gazette via Google News. 3 May 1965. p. 33. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
12. "Roche, Newcombe Win Net Titles". Port Arthur News. Port Arthur, Texas, USA: Newspaper Archive. 1 May 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
13. Clarke Wins Darien Net Singles Title - Texas AP. (27 April 1969) The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, WA. United States. via Google News. p.14.
14. Schenectady Gazette via Google News (27 April 1964) p.13.
15. The Montreal Gazette (3 May 1965) p.33.

External links

• Dallas Country Club

• Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States
• Hard court tennis tournaments