The San Jose State All-Comers Championship^[1] and also known as the California State All-Comers Championship and later known as the Monarch Matches Open (for sponsorship reasons) was a combined men's and women's hard court tennis tournament founded in 1956 as the San Jose All-Comers Tennis Tournament.^[2]

The tournament was first played at the Spartan Tennis Complex, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States and ran annually until 1976 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Independent Circuit.^[2]

History

In 1956 the first San Jose All-Comers Tennis Tournament was held.^[2] The event was played annually on outdoor hard courts at the Spartan Tennis Complex
San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States..^[2] It initially ran annually as part of the ILTF North American Circuit, a global regional sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit from 1956 to 1969 for men, then 1972 for women before it then became part of the ILTF Independent Circuit (those events not part of the men's ILTF Grand Prix Circuit or women's Virginia Slims Circuit in 1973 the year the tournament was moved to the Blossom Hill Tennis Club in Los Gatos.^[3] In 1975 the Monarch Match Co of San Jose, California (a subsidiary of Gulf and Western Industries, Inc.) undertook a two-year sponsorship deal of the tournament and it was rebranded as the Monarch Matches Open offering $3,600 prize money.^[4] In 1976 the tournament was discontinued when it failed to find a new sponsor.^[2]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1956	Cliff Vickery[5]	Chet Bulwa	10–8, 6–2.[2]
1959	Conway Catton[6]	Chet Bulwa	6–3, 6–2
1966	Don Gale	Whitney Reed	6–2, 6–3
1967[7]	Greg Shephard[8]	Rich Anderson	6–4, 6–3.[2]
1968	Greg Shephard	Rich Anderson[9]	6–1, 8–6
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969	Erik van Dillen	Robert Potthast[10]	6–1, 8–6
1970	Barry MacKay	Rich Anderson	12–10, 8–6
1971	Dan Bleckinger	Charles Hoeveler[11]	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
1972	William (Bill) Brown[12]	Dan Bleckinger	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1973[13]	Butch Walts	Bob Siska	7–5, 7–6
1974[14]	Matt Mitchell	Steve Cornell	6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1966[15]	Pixie Lamm	Toni Alford	6–0, 6–1`
1967[16]	Tina Lyman	Denise Carter	2–6, 8–6, 7–5
1968	Gail Hansen	Denise Carter	6–4, 7–5
↓  Open Era  ↓
1970	Barbara Downs	Farel Footman	6–2, 8–6
1971[17]	Eliza Pande	Barbara Downs	6–2, 8–6
1972[18]	Kate Latham	Marcie O'Keffe	6–4, 6–1
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1973[19]	Kate Latham	Marcie O'Keffe	6–1, 6–1
1974[20]	Denise Triola	Susan Mehmedbasich	6–4, 6–4
1976	Peanut Louie Harper	Helle Sparre	6–4, 2–6, 6–3

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