Dallas Invitational (tennis)

The Dallas Invitational was a combined men's and women's international hard court, ILTF affiliated tennis tournament founded in 1943.^[1] It was organized by the Dallas Tennis Association and first played at the Dallas Country Club, Dallas, Texas in the United States.^[2] In 1966 the venue refused to let Arthur Ashe play because he was black, the event was withdrawn from the Dallas Country Club and moved to Samuell Grand Tennis Center for the duration of its run.^[3] The event was part of the ILTF World Circuit. ^[4] The tournament ran annually until 1971 then was discontinued.^[5]

(incomplete roll) Included:^[6]

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1949	Art Larsen	Earl Cochell	6–2, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1954	Vic Seixas	Tony Trabert	1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4
1955	Tony Trabert	Vic Seixas	6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1956	Dick Savitt	Ham Richardson	6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3
1957[7]	Mervyn Rose	Vic Seixas	6–4, 8–6, 10–8
1958	Tut Bartzen	Dick Savitt	3–6, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1959	Jaroslav Drobný	Butch Buchholz	6–4, 6–1
1960[8]	Barry MacKay	Tut Bartzen	7–5, 6–8, 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
1961[9]	Tut Bartzen (2)	Ham Richardson	3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–0
1962[10]	Ham Richardson	Chuck McKinley	6–4, 6–2
1963	Fred Stolle	Ham Richardson	6–4, 7–5
1964 [11]	Frank Froehling	Ham Richardson	6–4, 6–4
1965[12]	Cliff Richey	Ham Richardson	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1966	Arthur Ashe	Charlie Pasarell	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1967[13]	Tony Roche	Ron Holmberg	4–6, 10–8, 6–2, 14–12
1968	Ray Moore	Allan Stone	4–6, 12–10, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[14]	Stan Smith	Thomaz Koch	6–3, 6–4
1971	Harald Elschenbroich	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 3–6, 6–3

(incomplete roll))

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1963	Nancy Richey	Victoria Palmer	6-3, 7-5
1964[15]	Nancy Richey (2)	Victoria Palmer	6-2, 13-11
1965[16]	Nancy Richey (3)	Margaret Smith	6-1, 6-4
1968	Maryna Godwin	Julie Heldman	7-9 6-3 6-4
↓  Open era  ↓
1971	Pat Walkden	Dianne Fromholtz	9-7, 6-3

• Dallas Indoor Invitational

• Dallas Country Club