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The tournament was founded in 1952, as the
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1221:Hard court tennis tournaments in the United States
1000:Barrett, John; Tingay, Lance; West, Peter (1971).
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1216:Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States
126:Phoenix Thunderbird Championships Invitational
16:Defunct Grand Prix tournament (1953 to 1970)
1100:"Spanish ace heads T-Bird tennis tourney"
1008:. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 243.
1006:World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook
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122:Phoenix Thunderbird Open
32:Phoenix Thunderbird Open
971:(successor men's event)
149:ILTF Grand Prix Circuit
51:ILTF Grand Prix Circuit
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969:Arizona Tennis Classic
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1126:World of Tennis 1971
1105:The Arizona Republic
1077:The Arizona Republic
1031:American Lawn Tennis
161:Phoenix Country Club
151:for that year only.
128:. Also known as the
97:Phoenix Country Club
1201:ATP Results Archive
1137:"Phoenix: Overview"
977:(the women's event)
975:Thunderbird Classic
114:/ outdoor (1966β70)
109:/ indoor (1952β65)
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145:ILTF World Circuit
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1170:. Tennis Archives
1052:. Tennis Archives
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523:Whitney Reed
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360:Herbert Flam
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918:Dick Crealy
899:Runners-up
875:Jim Osborne
725:Jim Osborne
713:Arthur Ashe
693:Arthur Ashe
582:Tut Bartzen
555:Jon Douglas
412:Alex Olmedo
216:Runners-up
1210:Categories
1147:24 October
1112:23 October
1084:23 October
988:References
896:Champions
860:Stan Smith
777:Stan Smith
745:Stan Smith
460:7β5, 11β9
424:Noel Brown
213:Champions
204:Included:
193:Stan Smith
48:(1952β69)
956:7β6, 6β3
941:Jan KodeΕ‘
837:6β4, 6β4
761:7β5, 6β3
757:Allen Fox
626:Allen Fox
594:Allen Fox
559:6β4, 6β3
508:Tom Brown
488:Tom Brown
428:6β3, 6β2
396:6β4, 8β6
380:Tom Brown
364:6β4, 6β1
325:Tom Brown
293:Bob Perry
254:Bob Perry
66:Abolished
1141:ATP Tour
963:See also
803:Open Era
792:Bob Lutz
598:6β4,6β4
82:Location
74:Editions
1195:Sources
1174:26 July
1056:26 July
886:Doubles
200:Singles
155:History
103:Surface
86:Phoenix
58:Founded
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219:Score
184:Finals
53:(1970)
1143:. ATP
893:Year
810:1969
210:Year
93:Venue
1176:2018
1149:2023
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1086:2023
1058:2018
1010:ISBN
907:1970
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302:1954
270:1953
231:1952
120:The
112:Hard
107:Hard
69:1970
61:1952
42:Tour
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