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{{Infobox tennis tournament
|name = Tennis South Invitational
|event name  = Mississippi Indoors (1973–74) <br> {{nowrap|Tennis South Invitational (1975–77)}}
|type = defunct
|tour = USLTA Indoor Circuit (1973–75) <br> [[World Championship Tennis|WCT]] (1976) <br> Independent (1977)
|founded = 1973
|ended = 1977
|editions = 5
|location = [[Jackson, Mississippi]], U.S.
|venue = [[Mississippi Coliseum]]
|surface = [[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor
|website =
}}
The '''Tennis South Invitational''', was a men's [[tennis]] tournament founded in 1973 as the '''Mississippi International Indoor Tennis Championships'''. It was played at the [[Mississippi Coliseum]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]] in the United States until 1977. The event was played as part of the USLTA Indoor Circuit from 1973 through 1975<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ponto Downing |title=Pro tennis play opens Thursday in Coliseum |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/180373611/ |work=The Clarion-Ledger |date=March 22, 1973 |page=E1 |quote=The Mississippi International Indoor Tennis Championships makes its debut Thursday at noon in the Coliseum as 16 top professional netters will be seeking first prize of $3,000 in the $12,500 purse. [...] Aside from the $3,000 top prize, there's also an added incentive for the tourney as Jackson has been designated as an official tour stop of the Winter Indoor Circuit [...] |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=limited}}</ref> and became a [[World Championship Tennis]] event in 1976. In its final year, 1977, it was an independent event, i.e. not part of a tennis tour or circuit.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tennis South in fifth year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/267100726/ |work=The Magee Courier |date=March 3, 1977 |page=1,Section 2 |quote=Tennis South Invitational'77 is an independent tournament. sponsored by the Junior League of Jackson |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=limited}}</ref> The tournament was played on indoor [[carpet court]]s. [[Ken Rosewall]] was the only multiple singles champion, winning the title in 1975 and 1976.

==Finals==
===Singles===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|1973 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Dibbs]] || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]] || 5–7, 6–1, 7–5
|-
|1974 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sandy Mayer]] || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Meiler]] || 7–6<sup>(5–2)</sup>, 7–5
|-
|1975 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ken Rosewall]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Butch Buchholz]] || 7–5, 4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>
|-
|1976 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ken Rosewall]] || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Ramírez]] || 6–3, 6–3
|-
|1977 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Teacher]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Scanlon]] || 6–3, 6–3
|}

===Doubles===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|1973 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zan Guerry]]<br />{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]] || {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Jaime Pinto-Bravo]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Tito Vázquez]] || 6–2, 6–4
|-
|1974 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred McNair]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Grover Raz Reid]] || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Byron Bertram]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Feaver]] || 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
|-
|1975 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ken Rosewall]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Fred Stolle]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Martin (tennis)|Billy Martin]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] || 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
|-
|1976 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Gottfried]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Ramírez]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ross Case]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Masters]] || 7–5, 4–6, 6–0
|-
|1977 || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Bob Hewitt]]<br />{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Phil Dent]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ken Rosewall]] || 6–2, 7–6
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/results-archive ATP results archive]

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[[Category:1977 disestablishments in Mississippi]]
[[Category:20th century in Jackson, Mississippi]]