Columbus Open

Columbus Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Columbus Open (1971–84)
Tour	Grand Prix circuit (1971–84)
Founded	1971
Abolished	1984
Surface	Clay (1971–79) Hard (1980–84)

The Columbus Open is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1984. It was held in Columbus, Ohio in the United States and played on outdoor clay courts from 1971 to 1979, and then played on outdoor hard courts from 1980 to 1984.

Brian Teacher was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition twice and the doubles competition three times with three different partners; once with American William Brown, once with American Bruce Manson and once with American Scott Davis.

Results

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1971	Tom Gorman	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
1972	Jimmy Connors	Andrew Pattison	7–5, 6–3, 7–5
1973	Jimmy Connors	Charlie Pasarell	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1974	Raúl Ramírez	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1975	Vijay Amritraj	Robert Lutz	6–4, 7–5
1976	Roscoe Tanner	Stan Smith	6–4, 7–6
1977	Guillermo Vilas	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–1
1978	Arthur Ashe	Robert Lutz	7–6, 6–2
1979	Brian Gottfried	Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 6–0
1980	Robert Lutz	Terry Rocavert	6–4, 6–3
1981	Brian Teacher	John Austin	6–3, 6–2
1982	Jimmy Connors	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–0
1983	Brian Teacher	Bill Scanlon	7–6, 6–4
1984	Brad Gilbert	Hank Pfister	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1971	Jim McManus Jim Osborne	Jimmy Connors Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
1972	Jimmy Connors Pancho Gonzales	Robert McKinley Dick Stockton	6–3, 7–5
1973	Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell	Colin Dibley Charlie Pasarell	6–4, 7–6
1974	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	Tom Gorman Robert Lutz	W/O
1975	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1976	William Brown Brian Teacher	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–3
1977	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	Peter Fleming Gene Mayer	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1978	Colin Dibley Bob Giltinan	Marcello Lara Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 6–3
1979	Brian Gottfried Robert Lutz	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1980	Brian Gottfried Sandy Mayer	Peter Fleming Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
1981	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6–1, 6–1
1982	Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1983	Scott Davis Brian Teacher	Vijay Amritraj John Fitzgerald	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
1984	Sandy Mayer Stan Smith	Charles Bud Cox Terry Moor	6–4, 6–7, 7–5

References

• ATP Results Archive