The Kansas City Open was a defunct men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1951. The event was first staged at the Plaza Tennis Center. Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The tournament ran until 1978. ^[1]

History

The Kansas City Open is a defunct men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1951. The event was first staged at the Plaza Tennis Center. Kansas City, Missouri, United States and was played on outdoor hard courts until 1971. It then switched to indoor hard courts. The men's event was played on the 1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit for one year in 1972 and was played indoors. Tom Edlefsen won the singles event while Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac teamed-up to win the doubles event. The event was held until at least 1978. ^[2]

Venues

The tournament was originally held at the Plaza Tennis Center a tennis complex that was built in 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri. ^[3] The venue consisted of 14 outdoor hard courts. ^[4]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1954 [5]	Hal Surface	Ronnie Barnes	6–1, 6–3, 6–2. [1]
1955 [6]	Gene Land	Ed Doane	6–3, 6–3, 6–3. [1]
1959 [7]	Hal Surface	Gene Land	6–2, 3–6, 6–3. [1]
1960 [8]	Gene Land	Henry Jungle	6–4, 5–7, 6–3. [1]
1961	Henry Jungle	Hal Surface	6–3, 6–4. [1]
1967	Marty Riessen	Peter Curtis	6–2, 6–1, 6–2. [1]
1969	Ed Doane	Todd Ballinger	4–6, 6–1, retd. [1]
1970	Arthur Ashe	Clark Graebner	6–3, 6–2. [1]
1972	Tom Edlefsen	Erik van Dillen	6–3, 6–3
1976	David Parker	Kevin Hedberg	6–3, 6–2. [1]

Doubles

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1972	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes	6–7, 6–4, 7–6

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1955 [9]	Connie Cristler	Helen Ackerman	6–2, 6–3
1960 [10]	Lucille Davidson	Leonora Prosser	6–2, 6–3
1962 [11]	Lucille Davidson	Patti Doane	?
1961	Sally Rielly	Jean Mills	6–2, 6–3
1970	Kristy Pigeon	Denise Carter	6–1, 1–6, 6–1
1977	Lea Antonoplis	Sheila McInerney	6–3, 6–2

References

External links

• ATP results archive