Mountain View Open | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour | ILTF World Circuit |
Founded | 1965 |
Abolished | 2019 |
Location | San Jose (1965) Mountain View (1966–2020) |
Venue | San Jose State College Courts (1965) Rengstorff Park Tennis Courts (1966–1971) Cuesta Tennis Center (1972–1994) |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
The Mountain View Open [1] was a men's and women's hard court international tennis tournament founded in 1965. Also known as the Mountain View Tennis Tournament it was played at the Cuesta Tennis Center, Cuesta Park, Mountain View, California, United States until 2019.[2]
Founded in 1964 as the Mountain View Tennis Tournament the event was organized by the Mountain View Tennis in association with the Mountain View Parks and Recreation Department,[3] and was played at the Cuesta Tennis Center,[4] Cuesta Park, Mountain View, California, United States.[3] The event was sanctioned by both the United States Tennis Association and the Northern California Tennis Association.[3] The tournament was played as part of the ILTF World Circuit until 1969 for men and 1972 for women when it became part of the ILTF Independent Circuit until 1977 when it was downgraded to local USTA event.[5] In 1992 the tournament lost its sponsorship arrangement with the City of Mountview,[2] and its Parks and Recreation Department and as such was no longer sanctioned by the USTA.[2] It did however continued to be held independently until 1994 when it was discontinued.[2] In 1999 the event was revived as a local USTA tournament until 2019 but due the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 it was cancelled and has not been revived as of 2024.[2]
(Incomplete roll)
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
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1965 | Don Gale[6] | Butch Krikorian[7] | 6–1, 6–4 .[8] |
1966 | Garth O'Maley | Gene Ward | 7–5, 6–4.[8] |
1967 | Whitney Reed | Tom Brown | 6–4, 6–4.[8] |
1968 | Robert Potthast[9] | Whitney Reed | 6–1, 5–7, 9–7.[8] |
↓ Open era ↓ | |||
1969 | Zdravko Mincek | Rich Anderson[10] | 8–6, 6–2.[8] |
1970 | Tom Brown | Robert Potthast | 7–6, 7–6.[8] |
1971 | Roscoe Tanner | Chuck Darley | 6–3, 6–2.[8] |
1972 | Sandy Mayer | Roscoe Tanner | 6–1, 6–7, 6–3.[8] |
1973 | Nick Saviano | Dick R. Bohrnstedt | 6-0, 3–6, 6–3.[8] |
1974 | Bob Siska | Nick Saviano | 0–6, 6–2, 6–4.[8] |
1975[11] | João Soares | Scott Carnahan | 4–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
1976[12] | Craig Johnson | Richard Andrews | 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
(Incomplete roll)
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
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1969[2] | Tina Lyman | Marlene Muench | 6–1, 6–2 |
1970[13] | Ann Kiyomura | Kate Latham | 7–5, 4–6, 6–0 |
1971[2] | Ann Kiyomura (2) | Barbara Downs | 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
1972[2] | Kate Latham | Marcy O'Keefe | 1–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
1973[2] | Kate Latham (2) | Marcy O'Keefe | 6–4, 6–3 |
1974[14] | Sue Mehmedbasich | Peanut Louie | 6–4, 6–3 |
1975[14] | Sue Mehmedbasich (2) | Peanut Louie | 6–3, 7–6 |
1976[15] | Peanut Louie | Denise Carter-Triolo | 7–6, 6–1 |