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The ATP Birmingham, also known as the Birmingham International Indoor Championships, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, from 1973 until 1980. The tournament was a part of the USLTA Indoor Circuit from 1973 through 1975, of the World Championship Tennis series in 1977 and of the Grand Prix circuit from 1978 until the last edition in 1980. Jimmy Connors won the singles title six times out of the eight times the tournament was held.

ATP Birmingham
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSLTA Indoor Circuit
World Championship Tennis
Grand Prix
Founded1973
Abolished1980
Editions8
LocationBirmingham, Alabama, U.S.
SurfaceCarpet / indoor

Finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 United States  Sandy Mayer United States  Charles Owens 6–4, 7–6
1974 United States  Jimmy Connors United States  Sandy Mayer 7–5, 6–3
1975 United States  Jimmy Connors United States  Billy Martin 6–4, 6–3
1976 United States  Jimmy Connors United States  Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1977 United States  Jimmy Connors United States  Bill Scanlon 6–3, 6–3
1978 Sweden  Björn Borg United States  Dick Stockton 7–6, 7–5
1979 United States  Jimmy Connors United States  Eddie Dibbs 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1980 United States  Jimmy Connors United States  Eliot Teltscher 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 South Africa  Pat Cramer
West Germany  Jürgen Fassbender
United States  Clark Graebner
Romania  Ion Țiriac
6–4, 7–5
1974 Australia  Ian Fletcher
United States  Sandy Mayer
Greece  Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Colombia  Iván Molina
4–6, 7–6, 6–1
1975 West Germany  Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany  Karl Meiler
Rhodesia  Colin Dowdeswell
South Africa  John Yuill
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1976 United States  Jimmy Connors
United States  Erik van Dillen
United States  Hank Pfister
United States  Dennis Ralston
6–3, 6–2
1977 Poland  Wojciech Fibak
Netherlands  Tom Okker
United States  Billy Martin
United States  Bill Scanlon
6–3, 6–4
1978 United States  Vitas Gerulaitis
United States  Sandy Mayer
South Africa  Frew McMillan
United States  Dick Stockton
3–6, 6–1, 7–6
1979 United States  Stan Smith
United States  Dick Stockton
Romania  Ilie Năstase
Netherlands  Tom Okker
6–2, 6–3
1980 Poland  Wojciech Fibak
Netherlands  Tom Okker
Argentina  José Luis Clerc
Romania  Ilie Năstase
6–3, 6–3

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