Hampton Grand Prix

The Hampton Grand Prix is a defunct men's tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1977. The first edition was held at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia in the United States and subsequent editions were held at the Hampton Coliseum. All editions were played on indoor carpet courts.

Hampton Grand Prix
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Hampton Grand Prix National Indoor Championships Coliseum Mall International
Tour	USLTA indoor circuit Grand Prix circuit
Founded	1970
Abolished	1977
Editions	8
Location	Hampton, Virginia, U.S.
Venue	Hampton Institute (1970) Hampton Coliseum (1971–1977)
Surface	Carpet (indoor)

The first seven editions were part of the USLTA Winter Indoor circuit, organized by Bill Riordan. The 1972 edition was also part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. When the USLTA circuit was abolished after 1976 the tournament became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit its final edition in 1977.

Jimmy Connors and Ilie Năstase were the most successful players at the tournament, with Connors winning the singles competition four times while Năstase won the singles title once and the doubles title three times, twice with compatriot Ion Țiriac and once with American Clark Graebner.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970	Stan Smith	Thomaz Koch	6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1971	Ilie Năstase	Clark Graebner	7–5, 6–4, 7–6
1972	Stan Smith	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
1973	Jimmy Connors	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
1974	Jimmy Connors	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–4
1975	Jimmy Connors	Jan Kodeš	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1976	Jimmy Connors	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1977	Sandy Mayer	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1971	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1972	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes	6–4, 7–6
1973	Clark Graebner Ilie Năstase	Jimmy Connors Ion Țiriac	6–2, 6–1
1974	Željko Franulović Nikola Pilić	Pat Cramer Mike Estep	6–3, 1–2, RET.
1975	Ian Crookenden Ian Fletcher	Karl Meiler Jan Písecký	6–2, 6–7(3–5), 6–4
1976	Not held
1977	Sandy Mayer Stan Smith	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–3

External links

• ATP results archive