The San Jose State All-Comers Championship and also known as the California State All-Comers Championship and later known as the Monarch Matches Open (for sponsorship reasons) was a combined men's and women's hard court tennis tournament founded in 1956 as the San Jose All-Comers Tennis Tournament.
The tournament was first played at the Spartan Tennis Complex, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States and ran annually until 1976 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Independent Circuit.
History In 1956 the first San Jose All-Comers Tennis Tournament was held. The event was played annually on outdoor hard courts at the Spartan Tennis Complex San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States. It initially ran annually as part of the ILTF North American Circuit, a global regional sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit from 1956 to 1969 for men, then 1972 for women before it then became part of the ILTF Independent Circuit (those events not part of the men's ILTF Grand Prix Circuit or women's Virginia Slims Circuit in 1973 the year the tournament was moved to the Blossom Hill Tennis Club in Los Gatos. In 1975 the Monarch Match Co of San Jose, California (a subsidiary of Gulf and Western Industries, Inc.) undertook a two-year sponsorship deal of the tournament and it was rebranded as the Monarch Matches Open offering $3,600 prize money. In 1976 the tournament was discontinued when it failed to find a new sponsor.
Finals Men's singles (incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓1956 Cliff Vickery Chet Bulwa10–8, 6–2.1959 Conway Catton Chet Bulwa6–3, 6–21966 Don Gale Whitney Reed6–2, 6–31967Oakland Tribune (1967) Greg Shephard Rich Anderson6–4, 6–3.1968 Greg Shephard Rich Anderson6–1, 8–6↓ Open Era ↓1969 Erik van Dillen Robert Potthast 6–1, 8–61970 Barry MacKay Rich Anderson12–10, 8–61971 Dan Bleckinger Charles Hoeveler6–4, 6–7, 7–61972 William (Bill) Brown Dan Bleckinger 4–6, 6–4, 6–41973The San Francisco Examiner (1973) Butch Walts Bob Siska7–5, 7–61974 Matt Mitchell Steve Cornell6–4, 6–4
Women's singles (incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ 1966 Pixie Lamm Toni Alford6–0, 6–1` 1967 Tina Lyman Denise Carter 2–6, 8–6, 7–51968 Gail Hansen Denise Carter6–4, 7–5↓ Open Era ↓ 1970 Barbara Downs Farel Footman6–2, 8–6 1971 Eliza Pande Barbara Downs6–2, 8–6 1972 Kate Latham Marcie O'Keffe 6–4, 6–1 1973The San Francisco Examiner (1973) Kate Latham Marcie O'Keffe6–1, 6–1 1974San Mateo County Times (1974) Denise Triola Susan Mehmedbasich6–4, 6–4 1976 Peanut Louie Harper Helle Sparre6–4, 2–6, 6–3
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