The Colombian International also known as the Colombiano Internacional also known as the International Championships of Colombia or Campeonatos Internacionales de Colombia^[1] was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament established in 1951 and played at the Country Club of Barranquilla,^[2] Barranquilla, Colombia, until 1970.

The tournament was known locally as the City of Barranquilla Championships or Campeonato Ciudad de Barranquilla.^[3]

History

The Colombian International (Colombiano Internacional) and known locally as the City of Barranquilla Championships (Campeonato Ciudad de Barranquilla) was established in 1951,^[4] and played on clay courts initially in Bogotá,^[5] before moving to the Country Club of Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Colombia.^[6] The tournament was part ILTF Caribbean Circuit which was a sub circuit of the international tennis tour in from the 1950s to early 1970s. The tournament was staged annually until 1970 when it was discontinued.

In 1977 after a period of seven years a new men's only successor tournament was revived called the International Tennis Championships of Colombia. That event was staged in Bogotá, Colombia and it ran until 1980.

Finals

Men's Singles

Incomplete roll

Results included:^[7]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1952	Gardnar Mulloy	Gustavo Palafox	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1953	Art Larsen	Budge Patty	6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
1954	Art Larsen (2)	Dario Behar[8]	6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
1955	Tony Trabert	Tom Brown	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1956	Tom Brown	Mario Llamas	6–1, 6–0, 6–4
1957	Mervyn Rose	Don Candy	6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 8–6
1958	Luis Ayala	Warren Woodcock	9–11, 6–3, 6–3, 11–9
1959	Luis Ayala (2)	Bernard Bartzen	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1960	Neale Fraser	Luis Ayala	5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1961	Manuel Santana	Rod Laver	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1962	Roy Emerson	Manuel Santana	6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 8–6
1963	Manuel Santana (2)	Boro Jovanović	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1964	Roy Emerson (2)	Manuel Santana	8–10, 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1965	Manuel Santana (3)	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–2, 9–7, 6–3
1966	Martin Mulligan	François Jauffret	9–11, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 12–10
1967	John Newcombe	Tony Roche	2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Open era
1968[9]	Tom Okker	Marty Riessen	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1969[10]	Ilie Năstase	Jan Kodeš	6–4, 6–4, 8–10, 2–6, 6–3
1970[11]	Željko Franulović	Nikola Špear	9–7, 6–3, 6–3
For the mens successor tournament see International Tennis Championships of Colombia

Women's Singles

Incomplete roll

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1951	Alicia Wright	?	?
1952	Melita Ramirez	Betty Rosenquest Pratt	7–5, 6–5
1953	Shirley Fry	Doris Hart	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1955	Doris Hart	Dottie Head Knode	8–6, 7–5
1956	Shirley Fry (2)	Dorothy Watman Levine	6–4, 6–2
1957	Shirley Bloomer	Angela Buxton	6–3, 6–3
1958	Janet Hopps	Maria Bueno	6–3, 7–5
1959	Dottie Head Knode	Maria Bueno	1–6, 6–2, 6–2
1960	Maria Bueno	Ann Haydon	6–2, 6–2
1961	Maria Bueno (2)	Darlene Hard	6–4, 6–3
1962	Renee Schuurman	Yola Ramírez	6–2, 6–4
1963	Lesley Turner	Maria Bueno	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1964	Françoise Dürr	Judy Alvarez	6–0, 6–2
1965	Lesley Turner (2)	Margaret Smith	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1966	Norma Baylon	Betty Stove	6–0, 6–1
1967	Ann Haydon Jones	Françoise Dürr	6–3, 6–4
1968	Nancy Richey	Lesley Turner Bowrey	6–3, 6–4
Open era
1969	Julie Heldman	Peaches Bartkowicz	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
1970[12]	Mary Ann Eisel Curtis	Patti Hogan	6–3, 7–5

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