Champions' hall
Tournament
Manchester
Main tour · 7 editions
Period1968–1980ATP + WTA
Editions7with results
Matches426in the database
Champions7different players
Participants314different players
Record book
1968–1980 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Syd Ball17 matches · 70.6% win rate12
- 2 Ray Keldie15 matches · 73.3% win rate11
- 3 Thomaz Koch10 matches · 90% win rate9
- 4 Colin Dibley9 matches · 88.9% win rate8
- 5 Mike Collins11 matches · 72.7% win rate8
- 6 Richard Russell10 matches · 70% win rate7
- 7 Bob Lutz6 matches · 100% win rate6
- 8 Jimmy Connors6 matches · 100% win rate6
- 9 Patrice Dominguez7 matches · 85.7% win rate6
- 10 Robert Wilson8 matches · 75% win rate6
Champion countries
Registered nationality of tournament championsHow the champions got there
Age, seeding and campaigns without dropping a setAge records
Champion generations
ATP · youngest Jimmy Connors21 years, 9 months1974
ATP · oldest Roscoe Tanner28 years, 7 months1980
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Highest seed number to winseed 1Roscoe Tanner · 1980 ATP
Perfect campaign
Champions without dropping a set
2campaigns
Record holder: Jimmy Connors · 1 time
Age is calculated at the start of the edition. A campaign without dropping a set is included only when every match played by the champion has identified sets; walkovers do not count as matches played.
Historic comebacks
Largest deficit overcome: 0–1 in setsComeback specialists
Most comebacks of this kind
Match archive
Most recent comebacks
Roscoe Tanner defeated Brian Teacher
3-6 6-1 6-4Stan Smith defeated Dick Stockton
4-6 6-3 7-5Trey Waltke defeated Rocky Royer
4-6 6-3 6-2Rayno Seegers defeated Reijo Tuomola
3-6 6-4 6-2Pancho Walthall defeated Phil Siviter
4-6 8-6 9-7— D Beasant defeated — K Stevens
6-8 6-3 6-3Only completed matches are considered. A comeback from 0–2 requires a verified sequence of three won sets; retirements are not treated as complete comebacks.
Champions by edition
1968–1980 · ATP and WTA1980ATP
Champion
Roscoe TannerFinal: Roscoe Tanner × Stan Smith
6-3 6-4
June 2, 1980 · 55 matchesSee all results →1974ATP
Champion
Jimmy ConnorsFinal: Jimmy Connors × Mike Collins
13-11 6-2
June 3, 1974 · 52 matchesSee all results →1973ATP
Champion
Sherwood StewartFinal: Sherwood Stewart × Dick Crealy
6-3 6-4
June 4, 1973 · 53 matchesSee all results →1972ATP
Champion
Thomaz KochFinal: Thomaz Koch × Patrice Dominguez
6-2 5-7 6-4
June 5, 1972 · 85 matchesSee all results →1971ATP
Champion
Colin DibleyFinal: Colin Dibley × Bob Hewitt
6-1 6-4
May 31, 1971 · 66 matchesSee all results →1970ATP
Champion
Bob LutzFinal: Bob Lutz × Tom Gorman
6-2 9-7
June 1, 1970 · 63 matchesSee all results →1968ATP
Champion
Ken FletcherFinal: Ken Fletcher × Luis Ayala
6-3 6-2
June 3, 1968 · 52 matchesSee all results →