Tampa Open

Tampa Open
Tampa Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Tampa Open
Tour	Grand Prix circuit
Founded	1980
Abolished	1983
Editions	4
Location	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Surface	Hard (1980–82); Carpet (1983)

The Tampa Open is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1980 to 1983. It was held in the Tampa Bay area, Florida in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts from 1980 to 1982 and on indoor carpet courts in 1983. The first three editions were played at the East Lake Woodlands Golf and Country Club while the last edition was held at the USF Sun Dome.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1980	Paul McNamee	Stan Smith	6–4, 6–3
1981	Mel Purcell	Jeff Borowiak	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1982	Brian Gottfried	Mike Estep	6–7^(6–8), 6–2, 6–4
1983	Johan Kriek	Robert Lutz	6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1980	Paul Kronk Paul McNamee	Steve Docherty John James	6–4, 7–5
1981	Bernard Mitton Butch Walts	David Carter Paul Kronk	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1982	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	Brian Gottfried Hank Pfister	6–2, 6–3
1983	Tony Giammalva Steve Meister	Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin	3–6, 6–1, 7–5

References

↑ Mark Leary (January 29, 1980). "Grand Slam will feature tennis' best – almost". Fort-Meyers News Press. p. 3C. The Robinson's Men's Tennis Open (March 31-April 6 at East Lake Woodlands), a $50,000 Volvo Grand Prix event (...).
↑ Greg Gordon (April 25, 1982). "Tennis anyone? area fans have pick of pros". The Tampa Tribune. p. 9-D. Where: East Lake Woodlands Golf and Country Club, Oldsmar.
↑ Greg Gordon (May 14, 1984). "Tampa may get major tennis event". The Tampa Tribune. p. 7-C. The $75,000 Robinson's Men's Tennis Open lasted four years in Tampa, three at the East Lake Woodlands Golf and Country Club in Oldsmar and one at the Sun Dome in the University of South Florida campus.

External links

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[1] Mark Leary (January 29, 1980). "Grand Slam will feature tennis' best – almost". Fort-Meyers News Press. p. 3C. The Robinson's Men's Tennis Open (March 31-April 6 at East Lake Woodlands), a $50,000 Volvo Grand Prix event (...).

[2] Greg Gordon (April 25, 1982). "Tennis anyone? area fans have pick of pros". The Tampa Tribune. p. 9-D. Where: East Lake Woodlands Golf and Country Club, Oldsmar.

[3] Greg Gordon (May 14, 1984). "Tampa may get major tennis event". The Tampa Tribune. p. 7-C. The $75,000 Robinson's Men's Tennis Open lasted four years in Tampa, three at the East Lake Woodlands Golf and Country Club in Oldsmar and one at the Sun Dome in the University of South Florida campus.

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