The Sofia Grand Prix [1] was a men's indoor carpet court tennis tournament played in Sofia, Bulgaria as part of the ITF Grand Prix Circuit. It was first founded in 1978 as the Sofia International Indoor that event ran for one edition only. In 1980 it was revived as the Sofia Grand Prix which was staged until 1981. The successor indoor Bulgarian tournament to this is the current ATP Sofia Open

Sofia Grand Prix
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSofia Grand Prix
TourGrand Prix circuit
Founded1978
Abolished1981
Editions3
LocationSofia, Bulgaria
SurfaceCarpet

Results

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978   Thomas Emmrich   Vadim Borisov 6–2, 6–4
1980   Per Hjertquist   Vadim Borisov 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1981   Richard Meyer   Leo Palin 6–4, 7–6, 7–6

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1980   Hartmut Kirchhübel
  Robert Reininger
  Vadim Borisov
  Thomas Emmrich
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1981   Thomas Emmrich
  Jiří Granát
  Ismail El Shafei
  Richard Meyer
7–6, 2–6, 6–4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Barrett, John and Tingay, Lance. (1981) Slazengers World of Tennis. The official year book of the International Tennis Federation. Queen Press and Macdonald Futura. London. Page. 125. ISBN 10: 0362020345.
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