ATP Birmingham

The ATP Birmingham, also known as the Birmingham International Indoor Championships, was a men's tennis tournament played in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, from 1973 until 1980. The inaugural event was held on outdoor hard courts, all other editions were played on indoor carpet courts. The tournament was a part of the USLTA Indoor Circuit from 1973 through 1975, of the World Championship Tennis series in 1977 and of the Grand Prix circuit from 1978 until the last edition in 1980. Jimmy Connors won the singles title six times out of the eight times the tournament was held.

ATP Birmingham
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSLTA Indoor Circuit
World Championship Tennis
Grand Prix
Founded1973
Abolished1980
Editions8
LocationBirmingham, Alabama, U.S.
SurfaceHard / outdoor (1973)
Carpet / indoor (1974–1980)

Results

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 Sandy Mayer Charles Owens6–4, 7–6
1974 Jimmy Connors Sandy Mayer7–5, 6–3
1975 Jimmy Connors Billy Martin6–4, 6–3
1976 Jimmy Connors Roscoe Tanner6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1977 Jimmy Connors Bill Scanlon6–3, 6–3
1978 Björn Borg Dick Stockton7–6, 7–5
1979 Jimmy Connors Eddie Dibbs6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1980 Jimmy Connors Eliot Teltscher6–3, 6–2

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 Pat Cramer
Jürgen Fassbender		 Clark Graebner
Ion Ţiriac		6–4, 7–5
1974 Ian Fletcher
Sandy Mayer		 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Iván Molina		4–6, 7–6, 6–1
1975 Jürgen Fassbender
Karl Meiler		 Colin Dowdeswell
John Yuill		4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1976 Jimmy Connors
Erik van Dillen		 Hank Pfister
Dennis Ralston		6–3, 6–2
1977 Wojtek Fibak
Tom Okker		 Billy Martin
Bill Scanlon		6–3, 6–4
1978 Vitas Gerulaitis
Sandy Mayer		 Frew McMillan
Dick Stockton		3–6, 6–1, 7–6
1979 Stan Smith
Dick Stockton		 Ilie Năstase
Tom Okker		6–2, 6–3
1980 Wojtek Fibak
Tom Okker		 José Luis Clerc
Ilie Năstase		6–3, 6–3
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