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Turkey Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Asian Circuit (1942–73) Grand Prix tennis circuit(1975)
Founded	1942
Abolished	1975
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Surface	Clay

The Turkey Open originally known as the Turkey International Championships also known as the Istanbul International Championships is a defunct tennis tournament that was played on outdoor clay courts, Istanbul, Turkey. The event was part of the men's amateur tennis tour (1947–1967) with the advent of the Open Era it was part of the non-aligned tour circuit of the ITF, between 1968 and 1973. In 1975 the final year it was staged it became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit.

History

The Turkey Open was originally established on 10 July 1942 as the Turkey International Championships and also called the Istanbul International Championships until 1967. From 1942 until 1973 the event was part of the ILTF Asian Circuit, no event was staged in 1974 however in its final year 1975 it was very briefly a part of the men's Grand Prix tennis circuit. The event was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament featured both singles and doubles play.

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1942	Engelbert Koch	Kurt Egert	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 7–5
1947	Vojtech Vadika	Fehmi Kizil	2–6, 6–2, 0–6, 6–3, 6–4
1948	Heraldo Weiss	Hans Redl	1–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1949	Jack Harper	Gottfried von Cramm	6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 9–7, 6–2
1950	Gianni Cucelli	Fred Kovaleski	7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 2–1, ret.
1951	Felicisimo Ampon	Gianni Cucelli	6–2, 6–1, 9–7
1952	Budge Patty	Armando Vieira	8–6, 6–2, 6–3
1953	Paul Rémy	Giuseppe Merlo	6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4
1954	Władysław Skonecki	Orlando Sirola	1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–0
1955	Sven Davidson	Mervyn Rose	8–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–1
1956	Sven Davidson	Budge Patty	11–9, 8–6, 6–1
1957	Luis Ayala	Francisco Contreras	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1958	Luis Ayala	Francisco Contreras	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1959	Luis Ayala	Raymond Weedon	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1960	Ian Vermaak	Jørgen Ulrich	6–4, 6–1, 11-9
1961	Bob Hewitt	Ken Fletcher	6–3, 6–3, 9–7
1962	Roy Emerson	Neale Fraser	3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–3
1963	Roy Emerson	Mike Sangster	8–10, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1964	Ron Barnes	Allen Fox	7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1965	Ron Barnes	Cliff Drysdale	6–0, 6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 6–4
1966	Frew McMillan	Ron Barnes	7–5, 7–5, 6–2
1967	José Edison Mandarino	Thomaz Koch	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Open era
1968	Mark Cox	Patricio Rodríguez	6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1969	Bob Hewitt	Robert Maud	6-3 8-6 6-1
1970	Bob Hewitt	Željko Franulović	2–6, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
1971	Ilie Năstase	Andrew Pattison	6–4, 6–4, 11-9
1972	Juan Gisbert Sr.	Byron Bertram	6–1, 6–1, 7–5
1973	Ilie Năstase	Juan Gisbert Sr.	6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1974	Not held
1975	Colin Dowdeswell	Ferdi Taygan	6–1, 6–4, 6–2

v t e Men's tennis seasons
Seasons & ILTF Circuit	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
ILTF Independent Tour ITF Independent Tour	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
National Tennis League	1968 1969
World Championship Tennis	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978–81: not held 1982 1983 1984
ILTF Grand Prix ITF Grand Prix	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
ATP Tour	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

History

Past finals

Men's singles

Doubles

See also

References

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