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Catania International Open Open Internazionale di Catania
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Circuit
Founded	1959 (1959)
Abolished	1978 (1978)
Location	Catania, Sicily, Italy
Surface	Clay

The Catania International Open or Open Internazionale di Catania was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1959 as the Catania International or Internazionale di Catania and was played on outdoor clay courts in Catania, Sicily, Italy. The tournament was only held until 1978.

History

The Catania International Open was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1959 as the Catania International and was played on outdoor clay courts in Catania, Sicily, Italy. The tournament was only held until 1978.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1959	Nicola Pietrangeli	Giuseppe Merlo	6–4, 6–2, 6–0
1964	Fred Stolle	Bob Hewitt	6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 8–6
1965	Martin Mulligan	José Edison Mandarino	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1966	Marty Riessen	Ion Țiriac	6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6-4
1967	Martin Mulligan (2)	Nicola Pietrangeli	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
Open era
1968	Martin Mulligan (3)	Ion Țiriac	8–6, 6–4, 6–3
1969	Graham Stilwell	István Gulyás	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6-3
1970	Ion Țiriac	István Gulyás	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1971	Jan Kodeš	Georges Goven	6–3, 6–0, 6–2
1972	Paolo Bertolucci	Martin Mulligan	6–4, 6–4, 7–6

Men's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1971	Pierre Barthès François Jauffret	Jan Kodeš Jan Kukal	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1959	Sandra Reynolds	Yola Ramírez	6–1, 8–6
1964	Madonna Schacht	Vlasta Kodesova	6–3, 6–4
1965	Helga Niessen	Madonna Schacht	6–1, 7–5
1966	Helga Niessen (2)	Ulla Sandulf	6–1, 6–1
1967	Lesley Turner	Galina Baksheeva	6–4, 6–4
Open era
1968	Helen Gourlay	Judith Dibar	6–3, 6–3
1969	Maria Nasuelli	Maria Guzmán	6–1, 6–2
1970	Christina Sandberg	Pam Austin	6–3, 6–0
1971	Virginia Wade	Gail Sherriff Chanfreau	1–6, 7–6, 6–2
1972	Evelyne Terras Papale	Rosalba Vido	6–2, 6–1
1978	Elisabeth Ekblom	Dianne Evers	5–7, 6–2, 6–1

Women's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1971	Gail Sherriff Chanfreau Helga Schultze	Pam Teeguarden Virginia Wade	6-4, 6-4