ATP Birmingham

ATP Birmingham
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour World Championship Tennis
Founded 1973
Abolished 1980
Editions 8
Location Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Surface Hard / outdoor (1973)
Carpet / indoor (1974–1980)

The ATP Birmingham was a men's tennis tournament played in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, from 1973 until 1980. The inaugural event was held on outdoor hard courts, and all the other editions were played on indoor carpet courts. The tournament was a part of the World Championship Tennis series in 1977 and 1978. Jimmy Connors won the singles title six times out of the eight times the tournament was held.

Results

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973United States Sandy MayerUnited States Charles Owens6–4, 7–6
1974United States Jimmy ConnorsUnited States Sandy Mayer7–5, 6–3
1975United States Jimmy ConnorsUnited States Billy Martin6–4, 6–3
1976United States Jimmy ConnorsUnited States Roscoe Tanner6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1977United States Jimmy ConnorsUnited States Bill Scanlon6–3, 6–3
1978Sweden Björn BorgUnited States Dick Stockton7–6, 7–5
1979United States Jimmy ConnorsUnited States Eddie Dibbs6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1980United States Jimmy ConnorsUnited States Eliot Teltscher6–3, 6–2

Doubles

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