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Stowe Open

Stowe Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameEnglish Leather Grand Prix
Head Classic
TourGrand Prix circuit
Founded1978
Abolished1983
Editions6
LocationStowe, Vermont, U.S.
SurfaceHard

The Stowe Open, also known in 1978 and 1979 by its sponsored name English Leather Grand Prix and from 1983 onward as the Head Classic, was a Grand Prix affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1978 to 1983. It was held in Stowe, Vermont in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts. In 2017, it has been replaced by the Stowe Mountain Lodge Classic, an exhibition event which serves as a warm up event for the US Open which takes place every August 22nd–24th.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978 United States Jimmy Connors United States Tim Gullikson 6–2, 6–3
1979 United States Jimmy Connors United States Mike Cahill 6–0, 6–1
1980 United States Robert Lutz South Africa Johan Kriek 6–3, 6–1
1981 United States Brian Gottfried United States Tony Graham 6–3, 6–3
1982 United States Jay Lapidus United States Eric Fromm 6–4, 6–2
1983 Australia John Fitzgerald India Vijay Amritraj 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
↓  Exhibition tournament  ↓
1984 Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd United States Mel Purcell 6–3, 6–2
1985 United States Jimmy Connors United States Gene Mayer 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1986 United States Eliot Teltscher Ecuador Andrés Gómez 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–2
1987 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl United States Jimmy Arias 6–3, 6–3
1988 Ecuador Andrés Gómez United States Dan Goldie 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978 United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson
Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Kim Warwick
3–6, 7–6, 6–3
1979 United States Mike Cahill
United States Steve Krulevitz
India Anand Amritraj
Australia Colin Dibley
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1980 United States Robert Lutz
South Africa Bernard Mitton
Romania Ilie Năstase
United States Ferdi Taygan
6–4, 6–3
1981 South Africa Johan Kriek
United States Larry Stefanki
United States Brian Gottfried
United States Robert Lutz
2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1982 United States Andy Andrews
United States John Sadri
United States Mike Fishbach
United States Eric Fromm
6–3, 6–4
1983 Australia Brad Drewett
Australia Kim Warwick
United States Fritz Buehning
United States Tom Gullikson
4–6, 7–5, 6–2

See also