Denver Open (tennis)

Denver Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Denver WCT (1972–76) Denver Open (1977–82)
Tour	WCT circuit (1972–76) Grand Prix circuit (1977–82)
Founded	1972
Abolished	1982
Location	Denver, Colorado, USA
Surface	Carpet (1972–1982)

The Denver Open is a defunct WCT and Grand Prix affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1982. It was held in Denver, Colorado in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts.

Jimmy Connors was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times.

Results

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1972	Rod Laver	Marty Riessen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1973	Mark Cox	Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–1
1974	Roscoe Tanner	Arthur Ashe	6–2, 6–4
1975	Jimmy Connors	Brian Gottfried	6–3, 6–4
1976	Jimmy Connors	Ross Case	7–6, 6–2
1977	Björn Borg	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–2
1978	Jimmy Connors	Stan Smith	6–2, 7–6
1979	Wojciech Fibak	Victor Amaya	6–4, 6–1
1980	Gene Mayer	Victor Amaya	6–2, 6–2
1981	Gene Mayer	John Sadri	6–4, 6–4
1982	John Sadri	Andrés Gómez	4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1972	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–2, 5–7, 7–6
1973	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
1974	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	Mark Cox Jun Kamiwazumi	6–3, 7–6
1975	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	Bob Carmichael Allan Stone	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1976	John Alexander Phil Dent	Jimmy Connors Billy Martin	6–7, 6–2, 7–5
1977	Colin Dibley Geoff Masters	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–3
1978	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 6–2
1979	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	7–6, 6–3
1980	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	Wojciech Fibak Heinz Günthardt	7–5, 6–2
1981	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	Mel Purcell Dick Stockton	6–3, 6–4
1982	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	Phil Dent Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4

• 1972 doubles results not included on ATP website

External links

• ATP results archive