Pan American Championships (tennis)

Campeonatos Panamericanos
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Circuit
Founded	1943 (1943)
Abolished	1969 (1969)
Location	Mexico City, Mexico
Venue	Centro Deportivo Chapultepec
Surface	Clay

The Pan-American Championships 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. The championships were staged annually until 1969 when they were discontinued.

Finals

Men's Singles

Incomplete roll

Results included:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1943	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	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	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	Tony Roche	Rafael Osuna	7-5, 4–6, 7–5, 6-3
1967	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	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	Ann Haydon Jones (3)	Elena Subirats	6-3, 6-4
↓  Open era  ↓
1968	Julie Heldman	Ann Haydon Jones	default
1969	Valerie Ziegenfuss	Lulu Gongorga	1-6, 7–5, 6-2

See also

• Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments