New Orleans Grand Prix
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameNew Orleans Grand Prix
Hibernia Interfest Tennis Classic
New Orleans Tennis Festival
Gulf States Tennis Classic
TourGrand Prix circuit
Founded1978
Abolished1980
Editions3
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
VenueLouisiana Superdome
New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
SurfaceCarpet / indoor

The New Orleans Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament played in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States from 1978 to 1980. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The 1979 edition was part of the World Championship Tennis series which was incorporated into the Grand Prix circuit from 1978 through 1981. The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts in the Louisiana Superdome in 1978 and in the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium in 1979 and 1980.[1][2][3]

Past finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978United States Roscoe TannerUnited States Victor Amaya6–3, 7–5
1979United States John McEnroeUnited States Roscoe Tanner6–4, 6–2
1980Poland Wojciech FibakUnited States Eliot Teltscher6–4, 7–5

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978United States Erik van Dillen
United States Dick Stockton		Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie		7–6, 6–3
1979United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe		United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith		6–1, 6–3
1980United States Terry Moor
United States Eliot Teltscher		South Africa Raymond Moore
South Africa Robert Trogolo		7–6, 6–1

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1978 New Orleans results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ↑ "1979 New Orleans results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. ↑ "1980 New Orleans results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).


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