Columbus Open

Columbus Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Columbus Open
Tour	Grand Prix circuit
Founded	1970
Abolished	1984
Editions	15
Surface	Clay (1971–1979) Hard (1980–1984)

The Columbus Open, also known as the Buckeye Tennis Championships or Buckeye Open, is a defunct affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1984 in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States. The inaugural edition in 1970 was an invitational tournament with eight top independent professional players. It was played on synthetic hard court at the newly created 3,200-seat stadium at the Buckeye Boys Ranch in Grove City, a suburb of Columbus. From 1971 until 1984 the tournament was part of the Grand Prix circuit. The tournament was 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.

Finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	7–5, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1971	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
1972	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	7–5, 6–3, 7–5
1973	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1974	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1975	Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	6–4, 7–5
1976	Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–4, 7–6
1977	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–1
1978	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz	6–3, 6–4
1979	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	Template:Flagicon Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 6–0
1980	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	Template:Flagicon Terry Rocavert	6–4, 6–3
1981	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon John Austin	6–3, 6–2
1982	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–0
1983	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Bill Scanlon	7–6, 6–4
1984	Template:Flagicon Brad Gilbert	Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	6–2, 8–6
1971	Template:Flagicon Jim McManus Template:Flagicon Jim Osborne	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
1972	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Pancho Gonzales	Template:Flagicon Robert McKinley Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	6–3, 7–5
1973	Template:Flagicon Gerald Battrick Template:Flagicon Graham Stilwell	Template:Flagicon Colin Dibley Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	6–4, 7–6
1974	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	W/O
1975	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1976	Template:Flagicon William Brown Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Fred McNair Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–3
1977	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1978	Template:Flagicon Colin Dibley Template:Flagicon Bob Giltinan	Template:Flagicon Marcello Lara Template:Flagicon Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 6–3
1979	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	Template:Flagicon Tim Gullikson Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
1980	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
1981	Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	6–1, 6–1
1982	Template:Flagicon Tim Gullikson Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton	Template:Flagicon Victor Amaya Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1983	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
1984	Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Charles Bud Cox Template:Flagicon Terry Moor	6–4, 6–7, 7–5

See also

• Virginia Slims of Columbus – women's tournament
• Columbus Challenger – men's challenger tournament

External links

• ATP results archive

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