Sofia Grand Prix

Sofia Grand Prix
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSofia Grand Prix
TourGrand Prix circuit
Founded1978
Abolished1981
Editions3
LocationSofia, Bulgaria
SurfaceCarpet

The Sofia Grand Prix [1] was a men's indoor carpet court tennis tournament played in Sofia, Bulgaria as part of the ITF Grand Prix Circuit. It was first founded in 1978 as the Sofia International Indoor that event ran for one edition only. In 1980 it was revived as the Sofia Grand Prix which was staged until 1981. The successor indoor Bulgarian tournament to this is the current ATP Sofia Open

Results

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978 East Germany Thomas Emmrich Soviet Union Vadim Borisov 6–2, 6–4
1980 Sweden Per Hjertquist Soviet Union Vadim Borisov 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1981 United States Richard Meyer Finland Leo Palin 6–4, 7–6, 7–6

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1980 West Germany Hartmut Kirchhübel
Austria Robert Reininger		 Soviet Union Vadim Borisov
East Germany Thomas Emmrich		 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1981 East Germany Thomas Emmrich
Czechoslovakia Jiří Granát		 Egypt Ismail El Shafei
United States Richard Meyer		 7–6, 2–6, 6–4

See also

References

  1. ^ Barrett, John and Tingay, Lance. (1981) Slazengers World of Tennis. The official year book of the International Tennis Federation. Queen Press and Macdonald Futura. London. Page. 125. ISBN 0362020345.


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