WCT Atlanta Championships

The WCT Atlanta Championships ^[1]was a men's tennis tournament played in Atlanta, Georgia founded in 1969 as the Atlanta Tennis Classic.^[2] It ran annually with breaks until 1986.^[3] The event was first part of the WCT Circuit from 1970 to 1976, then part of the ITF Grand Prix Circuit from 1978 to 1981, 1985 to 1986. It was played on outdoor hard courts in 1969 and 1970, and on indoor carpet courts at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in 1973–76.

WCT Atlanta Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	World Championship Tennis
Founded	1969
Abolished	1986
Editions	12
Location	Atlanta, Georgia, US
Venue	DeKalb Tennis Center (1969-70) Alexander Memorial Coliseum (1973-75) Omni Coliseum (1976)
Surface	Hard / outdoors (1970) Carpet / indoors (1973–1976)

This tournament was replaced in the tour calendar by the Atlanta Tennis Challenge (1992-2001), that was later succeeded by the Atlanta Open (2010-2024).

Past finals

Singles

Included:^[4]

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1969	Butch Buchholz	John Newcombe	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1970	Tom Okker[5]	Dennis Ralston	6–4, 10–8, 6–2
1971–72	Not held
1973	Stan Smith[6]	Rod Laver	6–3, 6–4
1974	Dick Stockton[7]	Jiří Hřebec	6–2, 6–1
1975	Mark Cox[8]	John Alexander	6–3, 7–6
1976	Ilie Năstase[9]	Jeff Borowiak	6–2, 6–4
1977	Not held
1978	Stan Smith	Eliot Teltscher	4–6, 6–1, 2–1, ret
1979	Eliot Teltscher	John Alexander	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1980	Eliot Teltscher	Terry Moor	6–2, 6–2
1981	Mel Purcell	Gilles Moretton	6–4, 6–2
1982-84	Not held
1985	John McEnroe	Paul Annacone	7–6, 7–6, 6–2
1986	Kevin Curren	Tim Wilkison	7–6, 7–6

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1973	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	Robert Maud Andrew Pattison	7–6, 6–3
1974	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1975	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	Mark Cox Cliff Drysdale	6–3, 6–2
1976	John Alexander Phil Dent	Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler	6–3, 6–4

Event Names

Official

• Atlanta Tennis Classic (1970-1976)
• Atlanta Open (1978-1981)
• WCT Atlanta Championships (1985-1986)

Tour

• WCT Atlanta (1970-1976)

Sponsored

• Peachtree Corners Classic (1973-1974)
• First National Bank Classic (Atlanta) (1975)
• Phoenix Cup (1976)
• Atlanta Journal Constitution Open (1978-1981)
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution Championships (1981)

See also

• Atlanta Open - men's tournament (since 2010)
• WTA Atlanta – women's tournament (1975–1983)