WCT Atlanta Championships

The WCT Atlanta Championships was a men's tennis tournament played in Atlanta, Georgia founded in 1969 as the Atlanta Tennis Classic. It ran annually with breaks until 1986. The event was first part of the WCT Circuit from 1970 to 1976, then part of the ITF Grand Prix Circuit from 1978 to 1981, 1985 to 1986. It was played on outdoor hard courts in 1969 and 1970, and on indoor carpet courts at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in 1973–76.

This tournament was replaced in the tour calendar by the Atlanta Tennis Challenge (1992-2001), that was later succeeded by the Atlanta Open (2010-2024).

Past finals

Singles

Included:

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1969	Template:Flagicon Butch Buchholz	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1970	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	Template:Flagicon Dennis Ralston	6–4, 10–8, 6–2
1971–72	Not held
1973	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	6–3, 6–4
1974	Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	Template:Flagicon Jiří Hřebec	6–2, 6–1
1975	Template:Flagicon Mark Cox	Template:Flagicon John Alexander	6–3, 7–6
1976	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Template:Flagicon Jeff Borowiak	6–2, 6–4
1977	Not held
1978	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Eliot Teltscher	4–6, 6–1, 2–1, ret
1979	Template:Flagicon Eliot Teltscher	Template:Flagicon John Alexander	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1980	Template:Flagicon Eliot Teltscher	Template:Flagicon Terry Moor	6–2, 6–2
1981	Template:Flagicon Mel Purcell	Template:Flagicon Gilles Moretton	6–4, 6–2
1982-84	Not held
1985	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon Paul Annacone	7–6, 7–6, 6–2
1986	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren	Template:Flagicon Tim Wilkison	7–6, 7–6

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1973	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	Template:Flagicon Robert Maud Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	7–6, 6–3
1974	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1975	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	Template:Flagicon Mark Cox Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale	6–3, 6–2
1976	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler	6–3, 6–4

Event Names

Official

• Atlanta Tennis Classic (1970-1976)
• Atlanta Open (1978-1981)
• WCT Atlanta Championships (1985-1986)

Tour

• WCT Atlanta (1970-1976)

Sponsored

• Peachtree Corners Classic (1973-1974)
• First National Bank Classic (Atlanta) (1975)
• Phoenix Cup (1976)
• Atlanta Journal Constitution Open (1978-1981)
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution Championships (1981)

See also

• Atlanta Open - men's tournament (since 2010)
• WTA Atlanta – women's tournament (1975–1983)

External links

• ATP World Tour archive