# Florida State Open Championships

The Florida State Open Championships also known as the Florida State Championships or Florida Open was an open international men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1910 as the Winter Championships of Florida. It was first organised by the Palm Beach Tennis Club and first played on clay courts adjacent to the Royal Poinciana Hotel, Palm Beach Florida, United States. The international tournament was played at other locations throughout its run until September 1972 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Independent Tour.

## History

In 1910 the open Winter Championships of Florida organised by the Palm Beach Tennis Club was inaugurated on clay courts adjacent to the Royal Poinciana Hotel, Palm Beach Florida, United States. In 1922 the edition of the tournament was also valid as the Palm Beach Championships.
The championships were held in the following locations throughout its run in Delray Beach, Jacksonville, Palm Beach, Orlando, Sarasota and Winter Park. The ILTF Independent Tour, a series of worldwide tournaments not part of the men's Grand Prix Circuit or women's the WTA Tour. The tournament has continued until the 2020s where it is now a closed tournament (Florida players only) known as the USTA Florida Adult State Championships.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(incomplete roll)
Winter Championships of Florida :
| Year | Location | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1912 | Palm Beach | Theodore Pell | Percy D. Siverd | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 6–1. |
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| 1919 | Palm Beach | Fred H. Harris | Craig Biddle | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–1. |
| 1920 | Palm Beach | Ichiya Kumagae | Craig Biddle | 6–1, 6–3. |
| 1921 | Palm Beach | R. Norris Williams | Ichiya Kumagae | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1. |
| 1922 | Palm Beach | Fritz Bastian | G. Carlton Shafer | 6–1, 6–2, 6–3. |
| 1923 | Palm Beach | Frank Hunter | Philip B. Hawk | 6–2, 6–3, 6–2. |
| 1924 | Palm Beach | Vinnie Richards | Gustave Feuer | 6–1, 6–1. |
| 1925 | Palm Beach | Bill Tilden II | Manuel Alonso Areizaga | 6–3, 7–9, 6–1, 6–4. |
| 1926 | Palm Beach | Vinnie Richards (2) | Takeichi Harada | 4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3. |
| 1927 | Palm Beach | Bill Tilden II (2) | Manuel Alonso Areizaga | 7–5, 6–8, 3–6, 6–0, 6–4. |
| 1928 | Palm Beach | Frank Hunter (2) | John F. Hennessey | 6–4, 15–13 6–2. |
| 1929 | Palm Beach | Frank Hunter (3) | John F. Hennessey | 1–6, 6–1, 9–7 7–5. |
| 1930 | Palm Beach | J. Gilbert Hall | R. Norris Williams | 6–4, 8–6, 6–4. |
| 1931 | Palm Beach | J. Gilbert Hall (2) | Phil Neer | 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1. |
| 1936 | Orlando | Charles Harris | Gardnar Mulloy | 7–5, 6–4, 4–6 6–0. |
| 1937 | Orlando | Wayne Sabin | Elwood Cooke | 6–1, 6–3, 6–4. |
| 1938 | Orlando | Elwood Cooke | Frank Kovacs | 8–6, 6–4, 6–0. |
| 1939 | Orlando | Wayne Sabin (2) | Gene Mako | 8–6, 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1. |
| 1940 | Orlando | Elwood Cooke (2) | Henry Prusoff | 6–4, 6–1, 6–4. |
| 1941 | Orlando | Frank Kovacs | Don McNeill | 6–2, 6–4, 6–0. |
| 1946 | Orlando | Frank Guernsey | Alejo Russell | 6–3, 11–9, 6–1. |
| 1947 | Orlando | Jack Tuero | Frank Guernsey | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4. |
| 1948 | Orlando | Pancho Gonzales | Enrique Buse | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. |
| 1949 | Orlando | Gardner 'Gardy' Larned | Herbert 'Buddy' Behrens | 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–0. |
| 1950 | Orlando | Ricardo Balbiers | Tony Vincent | 8–6, 6–4, 6–4. |
| 1951 | Orlando | Tony Vincent | Henri Rochon | 6–0, 6–3, 6–1. |
| 1954 | Orlando | Malcolm Fox | Tony Vincent | 6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3. |
| 1955 | Winter Park | Eddie Moylan | Jean-Noël Grinda | 6–0, 6–2, 6–1. |
| 1956 | Winter Park | Armando Vieira | Ben Sobieraj | 6–0, 6–2, 6–1. |
| 1957 | Sarasota | Ben Sobieraj | Peter Scholl | 5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3. |
| 1958 | Orlando | Jack Frost | Tony Vincent | 6–0, 6–4. |
| 1959 | Orlando | William Álvarez | Birger Folke | 6–0, 6–4, 6–1. |
| 1960 | Winter Park | Mike Davies | Don Candy | 6–2, 6–0, 6–4. |
| 1961 | Orlando | Whitney Reed | Miguel Olvera | 7–5, 6–4, 8–10, 5–7, 6–3. |
| 1963 | Winter Park | Miguel Olvera | Eduardo Zuleta | 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2. |
| 1964 | Winter Park | Thomaz Koch | Pancho Guzmán | 6–2, 6–0, 6–0. |
| 1965 | Orlando | Nicky Kalogeropoulos | Manuel Gallardo | 8–10, 8–6, 6–3, 8–6. |
| 1966 | Winter Park | Jamie Presslie | Eduardo Zuleta | 6–4, 6–2. |
| 1967 | Orlando | Eduardo Zuleta | Keith Carpenter | 6–4, 6–4. |
| 1968 | Orlando | Gene Scott | Ron Holmberg | 6–4, 6–3. |
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| 1969 | Orlando | Eduardo Zuleta (2) | Allan McDonald | 6–4, 6–2. |
| 1970 | Orlando | Miguel Olvera | Mike Belkin | 6–2, 7–5. |
| 1971 | Orlando | Frank Froehling III | Mike Belkin | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4. |
| 1972 | Orlando | Nikola Špear | Mike Belkin | 6–1, 6–4. |

### Women' singles

(incomplete roll)
Winter Championships of Florida :
| Year | Location | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1912 | Palm Beach | Alice Cunningham | Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1913 | Palm Beach | Adelaide Browning | Mrs Haight | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 1914 | Palm Beach | Teresa Schwab Wood | Hilda Holmes | 6–2, 1–6, 8–6 |
| 1915 | Palm Beach | Maud Barger-Wallach | Mary Snyder | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1916 | Palm Beach | Mary Bigelow Bremer | Teresa Schwab Wood | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1917 | Palm Beach | Martha Guthrie | Margaret Taylor | 6–0, 6–3 |
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| 1919 | Palm Beach | Molla Bjurstedt | Teresa Schwab Wood | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1920 | Palm Beach | Phyllis Walsh | Teresa Schwab Wood | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1921 | Palm Beach | Phyllis Walsh (2) | Teresa Schwab Wood | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1922 | Palm Beach | Clare Cassell | Phyllis Walsh | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1923 | Palm Beach | Clare Cassell (2) | Anna Townsend Godfrey | 9–7, 6–2 |
| 1924 | Palm Beach | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (2) | Leslie Bancroft | 9–7, 9–7 |
| 1925 | Palm Beach | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3) | Julie Makin Stenz | 6–4, 7–5 |
| 1926 | Palm Beach | Elizabeth Ryan | Mary Browne | 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1927 | Palm Beach | Clare Cassell (3) | Julie Makin Stenz | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1928 | Palm Beach | Eleanor Goss | Clare Cassell | 6–1, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1929 | Palm Beach | Eleanor Goss (2) | Eleanor Cottman | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 1930 | Palm Beach | Julie Makin Stenz | Virginia Hilleary | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 1931 | Palm Beach | Eleanor Goss (3) | Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn | 6–1, 7–5 |
| 1934 | Orlando | Catherine Sample | Virginia Hilleary | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1935 | Orlando | Beth Lancaster | Catherine Sample | 8–6, 6–4 |
| 1937 | Orlando | Catherine Sample (2) | Eunice Evers | 6–2, 2–6, 8–6 |
| 1938 | Orlando | Marta Barnett | Lila Porter | 4–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
| 1939 | Orlando | Pauline Betz | Marta Barnett | 12–10, 6–1 |
| 1940 | Orlando | Pauline Betz (2) | Mary Hardwick | 6–2, 7–9, 6–4 |
| 1941 | Orlando | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | Doris Hart | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1942 | Orlando | Pauline Betz (3) | Dorothy Bundy | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1946 | Orlando | Shirley Fry | Eleanor P. Cushingham | 6–0, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 1947 | Orlando | Shirley Fry (2) | Doris Hart | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1948 | Orlando | Shirley Fry (3) | Magda Rurac | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1949 | Orlando | Shirley Fry (4) | Jean Clarke | 6–1, 8–6 |
| 1950 | Orlando | Doris Jensen | Laura Lou Jahn | 7–5, 7–9, 7–5 |
| 1952 | Orlando | Karol Fageros | Pat Stewart | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
| 1954 | Orlando | Laura Lou Kunnen | Connie Clifton Ball | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 1955 | Winter Park | Karol Fageros (2) | Connie Clifton Ball | 6–3, 9–7 |
| 1956 | Winter Park | Ann Bagge | Nancy Corse | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1958 | Orlando | Maria Bueno | Janet Hopps | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1959 | Orlando | Marie Martin | Laura Lou Kunnen | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1960 | Winter Park | Carol Ann Prosen | Owen McHaney | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1961 | Orlando | Carol Ann Prosen (2) | Belmar Gunderson | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1962 | Orlando | Judy Alvarez | Stephanie DeFina | 5–7, 6–1, 7–5 |
| 1963 | Winter Park | Stephanie DeFina | Connie Clifton Ball | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1964 | Winter Park | Elena Subirats | Connie Clifton Ball | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1965 | Orlando | Trudy Groenman | Nancy Corse Reed | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 1966 | Orlando | Alice Tym | Nancy Corse Reed | 6–8, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1967 | Orlando | Vera Cleto | Betty Rosenquest Pratt | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
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| 1968 | Orlando | Kazuko Sawamatsu | Vera Cleto | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1970 | Orlando | Stephanie DeFina (3) | Mona Schallau | 6–2, 6–1 |

## Tournament records
### Men's singles

Included:
* Most Titles: Frank Hunter (3)
* Most Finals: Tony Vincent (4)
* Most Consecutive Titles: Frank Hunter & J. Gilbert Hall (2)
* Most Consecutive Finals: Tony Vincent (3)

### Women's singles

* Most Titles: Shirley Fry (4)
* Most Finals: Teresa Schwab Wood (5)
* Most Consecutive Titles: Shirley Fry (4)
* Most Consecutive Finals: Shirley Fry (4)