Pan American Championships (tennis)

The Pan-American Championships^[1] also known as the Campeonatos Panamericanos was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament established in 1943 and played at the Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico until 1969.

History

The Pan-American Championships or Torneo Panamericano de Tenis was established in 1943, and played on clay courts at the Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico.^[2] The championships were staged annually until 1969 when they were discontinued.

Finals

Men's Singles

Incomplete roll

Results included:^[3]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1943[4]	Pancho Segura	Bill Talbert	4-6, 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6-3
1944	Pancho Segura (2)	Bill Talbert	1-6, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6-1
1945	Frank Parker	Pancho Segura	9-7, 3–6, 6–2, 8-6
1946	Frank Parker (2)	Pancho Segura	6-4, 6–8, 6–3, 5–7, 6-1
1947	Jaroslav Drobný	Pancho Segura	4-6, 7–9, 6–3, 6–4, 6-4
1948	Jaroslav Drobný (2)	Eric Sturgess	9-7, 6–2, 6-2
1949	Frank Parker (3)	Jaroslav Drobný	6-1, 2–6, 6–3, 6-4
1950	Felicisimo Ampon	Tom Brown	6-3, 6–8, 6–4, 6-3
1951	Grant Golden	Jerry De Witts[5]	6-3, 6-1, 6-2
1952	Gardnar Mulloy	Art Larsen	7-9, 8–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7-5
1953	Tony Trabert	Kurt Nielsen	6-2, 6–4, 6-1
1954	Tony Trabert (2)	Mario Llamas	2-6, 6–2, 6–2, 6-2
1955	Art Larsen	Mario Llamas	6-4, 8–6, 10–12, 6-4
1956[6]	Sven Viktor Davidson	Mario Llamas	6-4, 6–4, 6-2
1957	Luis Ayala	Bob Howe	6-4, 6–4, 6-4
1958	Mario Llamas	Francisco Contreras	1-6, 6–3, 6–4, 6-2
1959	Mario Llamas (2)	Antonio Palafox	6-4, 6–4, 6-1
1960	?	?	?
1961	Roy Emerson	Rod Laver	4-6, 6–4, 6–4, 6-2
1962	Manuel Santana	Rod Laver	6-3, 6–4, 5–7, 7-5
1963	Mario Llamas (3)	Roy Emerson	0-6, 6–4, 6–2, 10-8
1964	Ronald Barnes	Thomaz Koch	6-4, 6–3, 4–6, 6-3
1965	Manuel Santana (2)	Ramanathan Krishnan	6-3, 6–3, 4–6, 9-7
1966[7]	Tony Roche	Rafael Osuna	7-5, 4–6, 7–5, 6-3
1967[8]	Tony Roche (2)	John Newcombe	4-6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 8-6
↓  Open era  ↓
1968	Rafael Osuna	Joaquin Loyo Mayo	6-4, 6–4, 6-4
1969	Thomaz Koch	Rafael Osuna	6-3, 6–4, 10-8

Women's Singles

Incomplete roll

(two editions of event played January * & October **)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1943 *	Pauline Betz	Doris Hart	6-2, 6-3
1943 **	Pauline Betz (2)	Dorothy Bundy	7-5, 6-5
1944	Pauline Betz (3)	Margaret Osborne	6-1, 7-5
1945	Mary Arnold	Patricia Canning Todd	6-8, 6-3, 6-3
1946	Pauline Betz (4)	Margaret Osborne	6-4, 15-13
1947	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Mary Arnold Prentiss	6-2, 6-3
1948	Sheila Piercey Summers	Dottie Head	11-9, 6-2
1949	Doris Hart	Betty Clements Hilton	6-1, 2-6, 6-3
1950	Beverly Baker	Pat Canning Todd	6-1, 7-5
1951	Dottie Head	Anita Kanter	6-1, 6-3
1952	Shirley Fry	Thelma Coyne Long	6-4, 6-4
1953	Maureen Connolly	Shirley Fry	6-1, 6-1
1954	Beverly Baker Fleitz	Barbara Breit	7-5, 8-6
1955	Angela Mortimer	Mary Ann Mitchell	6-3, 6-3
1956[9]	Althea Gibson	Darlene Hard	8-6, 6-4
1957	Rosie Reyes	Yola Ramírez	6-3, 6-3
1958	Yola Ramírez	Rosie Reyes	6-0, 6-3
1959	Ann Haydon	Yola Ramírez	6-2, 7-5
1960	Ann Haydon (2)	Yola Ramírez	6-2, 6-4
1961	Yola Ramírez (3)	Ann Haydon	6-2, 6-3
1962	Yola Ramírez (4)	Elizabeth Starkie	6-3, 6-1
1963	Melita Ramírez	Olga de Palafox	6-4, 6-1
1964	Yola Ramirez Ochoa (5)	Françoise Dürr	6-4, 4–6, 6-3
1965	Margaret Smith	Monique Salfati	6-4, 6-2
1966	Norma Baylon	Gail Sherriff	default
1967[10]	Ann Haydon Jones (3)	Elena Subirats	6-3, 6-4
↓  Open era  ↓
1968[11]	Julie Heldman	Ann Haydon Jones	default
1969	Valerie Ziegenfuss	Lulu Gongorga	1-6, 7–5, 6-2

References

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