Des Moines Open

The Des Moines Open is a defunct USLTA Indoor Circuit affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1973. It was held at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts in February.[1][2][3]

Des Moines Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameDes Moines Open
TourUSLTA Indoor Circuit
Founded1971
Abolished1973
Editions3
LocationDes Moines, Iowa, US
VenueVeterans Memorial Auditorium
SurfaceCarpet

Past finals

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1971United States Cliff RicheyCzechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník6–1, 6–3
1972United States Pancho GonzalesFrance Georges Goven3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1973United States Clark GraebnerGreece Nicholas Kalogeropoulos7–5, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1971Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník		United States Tom Edlefsen
United States Frank Froehling		6–3, 7–5
1972United States Jim Osborne
United States Jim McManus		France Georges Goven
Brazil Thomaz Koch		6–2, 6–3
1973Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal		Spain Juan Gisbert, Sr.
Romania Ion Ţiriac		4–6, 7–6, 6–1

References
  1. Phil Maly (April 12, 1971). "Richey hates love — It's a big zero". Des Moines Tribune. p. 1-S – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Ron Maly (February 7, 1972). "2-set deficit, then Pancho wins". The Des Moines Register. pp. 1-S, 3-S – via Newspapers.com.
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 312–313. ISBN 9780671216238.
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