{{Infobox tennis tournament |name = Colonial National Invitation |type = defunct |tour = WCT (1971–1973) |founded = 1962 |ended = 1973 |editions = 12 |location = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |venue=Colonial Country Club |surface = Hard / outdoor |website = }} The '''Colonial National Invitation''' was a men's tennis tournament played at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, United States from 1962 to 1973.<ref name=drc>{{cite news|title=Laver, Newcombe head FW Tourney|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/22770143/|work=The Denton Record-Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 6, 1972|page=25|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=McKinley slices Ham to win Colonial tennis|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xp5PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NFIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2034%2C3096035|agency=AP|issue=St. Petersburg Times|date=September 16, 1963|page=2C}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Osuna winner at Colonial|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42602684/|work=Corsicana Daily Sun|agency=AP|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 21, 1964|page=23|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ashe Smacks Stolle Hard For Colonial|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_LgqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uGUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4083%2C3976364|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|agency=AP|date=September 20, 1965|page=18}}</ref> The club hired Tut Bartzen as a tennis pro and made him responsible for hosting the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Lisa Jordan Kilborn|title=King Tut|url=http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2011/01/king-tut/41750|publisher=Tennis.com|date=January 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bernard "Tut" Bartzen|url=http://www.texastennishistory.org/hof/1982_bartzen.asp|publisher=Texas Tennis Museum and Hall of Fame|access-date=2015-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023000614/http://www.texastennishistory.org/hof/1982_bartzen.asp|archive-date=2015-10-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> The inaugural edition in 1962 was an amateur-only event.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tennis – Top Field in Fort Worth|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bmgpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WMoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4838%2C2344580|work=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|agency=AP|date=September 13, 1962|page=25}}</ref> In 1967 it became a professional tournament, which meant that amateurs could not compete. The total prize money for the tournament that year was $15,000 and the first-prize, won by Rod Laver, was $1,700.<ref name=drc/> The following year, 1968, a women's professional event was added which was won by Ann Haydon Jones.<ref name=drc/> The tournament was part of the WCT Tour from 1971 to 1973 and was held on outdoor hard courts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Newcombe Captures Colonial Tournament|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GxkfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G40EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6691%2C3830756|work=Sarasota Journal|agency=UPI|date=August 21, 1972|page=3C}}</ref>
==Finals== ===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" !style="width:40px"|Year !style="width:200px"|Champions !style="width:200px"|Runners-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | 1962 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson || {{flagicon|USA}} Chuck McKinley || 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |- | 1963 || {{flagicon|USA}} Chuck McKinley || {{flagicon|USA}} Ham Richardson || 6–3, 3–6, 10–8 |- | 1964 || {{flagicon|MEX}} Rafael Osuna || {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Manuel Santana || 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |- | 1965 || {{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Ashe || {{flagicon|AUS}} Fred Stolle || 6–3, 6–4 |- | 1966 || {{flagicon|MEX}} Rafael Osuna || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Cliff Drysdale || 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |- | 1967 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver || {{flagicon|USA}} Dennis Ralston || 8–6, 6–0 |- | 1968 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Rosewall || {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Andrés Gimeno || 6–4, 6–3 |- | 1969 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver || {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Rosewall || 6–3, 6–2 |- | 1970 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver || {{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson || 6–3, 7–5 |- | 1971 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver || {{flagicon|USA}} Marty Riessen || 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |- | 1972 || {{flagicon|AUS}} John Newcombe || {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Rosewall || 5–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 |- | 1973 || {{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Dibbs || {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Gottfried || 7–5, 6–2, 6–4 |}
===Doubles=== {|class="wikitable" !style="width:40px"|Year !style="width:200px"|Champions !style="width:200px"|Runners-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | 1962 || {{flagicon|MEX}} Rafael Osuna<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} Antonio Palafox || {{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} Fred Stolle || 6–1, 6–4 |- | 1963 || {{flagicon|MEX}} Rafael Osuna<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} Antonio Palafox || {{flagicon|USA}} Ronnie Fischer <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} Cliff Buchholz || 6–3, 6–2 |- | 1964 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Darmon<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Noël Grinda || {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} José Luis Arilla <br /> {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Manuel Santana || Not played, shared |- | 1965 || {{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Ashe<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Ham Richardson || {{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} Fred Stolle || 3–6, 14–12, 6–4 |- | 1971 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver || {{flagicon|NED}} Tom Okker<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Marty Riessen || 6–4, 7–5 |- | 1972 || {{flagicon|NED}} Tom Okker<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Marty Riessen || {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Rosewall<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} Fred Stolle || 6–2, 6–2 |- | 1973 || {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Gottfried<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Dick Stockton || {{flagicon|AUS}} Owen Davidson<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} John Newcombe || 7–6, 6–4 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{World Championship Tennis seasons}}
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