The Columbus Open, also known as the Buckeye Tennis Championships or Buckeye Open, is a defunct affiliated men's
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played from 1970 to 1984 in
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
, 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
Doubles
See also
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Virginia Slims of Columbus – women's tournament
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Columbus Challenger
The Columbus Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and WTA 125K series. The ATP event is held annually in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A, as it has been since 2015, the tournam ...
– men's challenger tournament
Notes
References
External links
ATP results archive
Hard court tennis tournaments in the United States
Clay court tennis tournaments
Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States
Grand Prix tennis circuit
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