The Columbus Open, also known as the Buckeye Tennis Championships or Buckeye Open, is a defunct affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1984 in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States. The inaugural edition in 1970 was an invitational tournament with eight top independent professional players. It was played on synthetic hard court at the newly created 3,200-seat stadium at the Buckeye Boys Ranch in Grove City, a suburb of Columbus. From 1971 until 1984 the tournament was part of the Grand Prix circuit. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts from 1971 to 1979, and then played on outdoor hard courts from 1980 to 1984.

Brian Teacher was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition twice and the doubles competition three times with three different partners; once with American William Brown, once with American Bruce Manson and once with American Scott Davis.

Finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1970United States Bob LutzUnited States Tom Gorman7–5, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1971United States Tom GormanUnited States Jimmy Connors6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
1972United States Jimmy ConnorsRhodesia Andrew Pattison7–5, 6–3, 7–5
1973United States Jimmy ConnorsUnited States Charlie Pasarell3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1974Mexico Raúl RamírezUnited States Roscoe Tanner3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1975India Vijay AmritrajUnited States Bob Lutz6–4, 7–5
1976United States Roscoe TannerUnited States Stan Smith6–4, 7–6
1977Argentina Guillermo VilasUnited States Brian Gottfried6–2, 6–1
1978United States Arthur AsheUnited States Robert Lutz6–3, 6–4
1979United States Brian GottfriedUnited States Eddie Dibbs6–3, 6–0
1980United States Bob LutzAustralia Terry Rocavert6–4, 6–3
1981United States Brian TeacherUnited States John Austin6–3, 6–2
1982United States Jimmy ConnorsUnited States Brian Gottfried7–5, 6–0
1983United States Brian TeacherUnited States Bill Scanlon7–6, 6–4
1984United States Brad GilbertUnited States Hank Pfister6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1970United States Bob Lutz United States Stan SmithUnited States Tom Gorman Australia Ray Ruffels6–2, 8–6
1971United States Jim McManus United States Jim OsborneUnited States Jimmy Connors United States Roscoe Tanner6–7, 6–4, 6–2
1972United States Jimmy Connors United States Pancho GonzalesUnited States Robert McKinley United States Dick Stockton6–3, 7–5
1973United Kingdom Gerald Battrick United Kingdom Graham StilwellAustralia Colin Dibley United States Charlie Pasarell6–4, 7–6
1974India Anand Amritraj India Vijay AmritrajUnited States Tom Gorman United States Bob LutzW/O
1975United States Bob Lutz United States Stan SmithWest Germany Jürgen Fassbender West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1976United States William Brown United States Brian TeacherUnited States Fred McNair United States Sherwood Stewart6–4, 6–3
1977United States Bob Lutz United States Stan SmithUnited States Peter Fleming United States Gene Mayer4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1978Australia Colin Dibley Australia Bob GiltinanMexico Marcello Lara United States Eliot Teltscher6–2, 6–3
1979United States Brian Gottfried United States Bob LutzUnited States Tim Gullikson United States Tom Gullikson4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
1980United States Brian Gottfried United States Sandy MayerUnited States Peter Fleming United States Eliot Teltscher6–4, 6–2
1981United States Bruce Manson United States Brian TeacherIndia Anand Amritraj India Vijay Amritraj6–1, 6–1
1982United States Tim Gullikson South Africa Bernard MittonUnited States Victor Amaya United States Hank Pfister4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1983United States Scott Davis United States Brian TeacherIndia Vijay Amritraj Australia John Fitzgerald6–1, 4–6, 7–6
1984United States Sandy Mayer United States Stan SmithUnited States Charles Bud Cox United States Terry Moor6–4, 6–7, 7–5

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