Israel Spring International Championships

{{Infobox tennis tournament | name = Israel Spring International Championships | type = defunct | founded ={{start date and age|df=yes|1956}} | ended ={{end date and age|df=yes|1978}} | editions = | location =Tel Aviv, Israel | venue =Maccabi Tennis Club | event name = | tour = ILTF World Circuit (1956–1972) | surface = Clay / outdoor | website = }} The '''Israel Spring International Championships''' <ref>{{cite news |title=Tym Takes Three Israel Net Titles |url=https://newspapers.com/image/224214966/?terms=Israel%20Spring%20Championships%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=14 November 2023 |work=The Orlando Sentinel |publisher=Wikipedia Library - Newspapers.Com |date=10 Apr 1969 |location=Orlando, Florida |page=70 |language=en}}</ref> was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1956.<ref name="tb">{{cite web|title=Tournaments:Israel Spring International Championships|url=https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/|website=The Tennis Base|publisher=Tennismem SL|location=Madrid, Spain|access-date=14 November 2023|url-access=subscription|archive-date=15 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Also known as the '''Tel Aviv Spring Meeting''' the tournament was played at the Maccabi Tennis Club, Tel Aviv, Israel, usually in April, until 1978.<ref name="tb"/>

The Israel Autumn International Championships was another event held in Israel during the same era, typically in October.

Eleazar Davidman won most men's singles tites (3).

==Finals== ===Men's singles=== (incomplete roll) {|class="wikitable" |- !style="width:40px"|Year !style="width:200px"|Winners !style="width:200px"|Runners-up !style="width:180px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |colspan=4 align=center |↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ |- |1956|||{{flagicon|YUG|1946}} Vladimir Petrović||{{flagicon|ISR}} Arie Avidan-Weiss||6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1957||{{flagicon|ISR}} Arie Avidan-Weiss||{{flagicon|ISR}} Eleazar Davidman||3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1958||{{flagicon|ISR}} Arie Avidan-Weiss (2)||{{flagicon|ISR}} Eleazar Davidman||6–1, 6–4, 6–1.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1959||{{flagicon|ISR}} Eleazar Davidman||{{flagicon|ISR}} Gabriel Dubitzky||6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1960||{{flagicon|ISR}} Eleazar Davidman (2)||{{flagicon|ISR}} Arie Avidan-Weiss||6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1961||{{flagicon|USA}} Donald Dell||{{flagicon|USA}} Myron Franks||13–11, 6–4, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1962 ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Alan Lane||{{flagicon|ISR}} Eleazar Davidman||6–1, 6–1, 9–7.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1963||{{flagicon|ISR}} Eleazar Davidman (3)||{{flagicon|ISR}} Gabriel Dubitzky||6–4, 6–4, 7–5.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1964||{{flagicon|AUS}} Alan Lane (2)||{{flagicon|ISR}} Eleazar Davidman||6–4, 6–3, 6–2.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1965||{{flagicon|USA}} Allen E. Fox||{{flagicon|USA}} Donald Dell||6–4, 8–6, 7–5.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1966||{{flagicon|ROM}} Günther Bosch||{{flagicon|ROM}} Constantin Popovici||6–1, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1967||{{flagicon|NZL}} Ron McKenzie||{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Jackie Saul||6–4, 3–6, 0–6, 8–6, 6–2.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1968||{{flagicon|AUS}} Ian Fletcher||{{flagicon|ISR}} Eleazar Davidman||6–4, 8–6, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/> |- !colspan=4 align=center |↓ Open era ↓ |- |1969<ref>{{cite news |title=Tym Sweeps Tennis |url=https://newspapers.com/image/675359078/?terms=Israel%20Spring%20Championships%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=14 November 2023 |work=The Kansas City Times |publisher=Wikipedia Library - Newspapers.Com |date=10 Apr 1969 |location=Kansas City. Missouri |page=54 |language=en}}</ref>||{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Tym||{{flagicon|ISR}} Eleazar Davidman||6–4, 6–4, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/> |- |colspan=4 align=center |↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓ |- |1970||{{flagicon|FRG}} Uwe Gottschalk<ref>{{cite web |title=Uwe Gottschalk: Overview |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/uwe-gottschalk/g532/overview |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>||{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Julian Krinsky||1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–1.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1972<ref>{{cite book |last1=Association |first1=United States Lawn Tennis |title=Official Encyclopedia of Tennis |date=1972 |publisher=Harper & Row |location=New York |isbn=978-0-06-014479-1 |page=319 |language=en}}</ref>||{{flagicon|AUS}} Ian Fletcher (2)||{{flagicon|ROM}} Petre Mărmureanu||6–4, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1973||{{flagicon|ROM}} Ionel Sânteiu||{{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Kronk||4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1974||{{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Rheinberger||{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Tomlinson<ref>{{cite web |title=Player Profile: Lee Tomlinson (USA) |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/lee-tomlinson/800175891/usa/mt/d/ |website=www.itftennis.com |publisher=ITF |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref> ||6–3, 6–7, 6–2.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1976<ref>{{cite news |title=People in Sports |url=https://newspapers.com/image/735676037/?terms=Israel%20Spring%20Championships%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=14 November 2023 |work=The News Tribune |publisher=Wikipedia Library - Newspapers.Com |date=26 Apr 1976 |location=Tacoma, Washington |page=14 |language=en}}</ref>||{{flagicon|RHO}} Colin Dowdeswell||{{flagicon|CAN}} Réjean Genois||6–2, 6–0.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1978||{{flagicon|FRG}} Ulrich Marten||{{flagicon|ISR}} Shlomo Glickstein||6–3, 3–6, 6–2.<ref name="tb"/> |- |}

===Women's singles=== (incomplete roll) {|class="wikitable" |- !style="width:50px"|Year !style="width:200px"|Winners !style="width:200px"|Runners-up !style="width:140px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |colspan=4 align=center |↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ |- |1956|||{{flagicon|ISR}} Bracha Singer Jeremitsky ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Colette Holvoet ||6–4, 8–6 |- |1957|||{{flagicon|BEL}} Colette Holvoet ||{{flagicon|ISR}} Rita Fichman||6–1, 6–4 |- |1958|||{{flagicon|BEL}} Colette Holvoet (2)||{{flagicon|ISR}} Palma Winkler||6–2, 6–1 |- |1959|||{{flagicon|ISR}} Edna Deutsch||{{flagicon|ISR}} Palma Winkler||6–4, 7–5 |- |1960|||{{flagicon|ISR}} Edna Porat||{{flagicon|ISR}} Leora Zuravsky||6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |- |1961|||{{flagicon|ISR}} Tova Epstein<ref>{{cite web |title=Player Profile: Tova Epstein (ISR) |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/tova-epstein/800175402/isr/wt/s/overview/#pprofile-info-tabs |website=www.itftennis.com |publisher=ITF |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>||{{flagicon|ISR}} Leora Zuravsky||7–5, 6–2 |- |1963||{{flagicon|ISR}} Tova Epstein (2)||{{flagicon|ISR}} Leora Zuravsky||5–7, 6–2, 6–0 |- |1964||{{flagicon|ISR}} Tova Epstein (3)||{{flagicon|ISR}} Magda Werzberger||7–5, 6–0 |- |1965||{{flagicon|ISR}} Tova Epstein (4)||{{flagicon|ISR}} Mara Cohen Mintz<ref>{{cite web |title=Player Profile: Mara Cohen Mintz (ISR) |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/mara-cohen-mintz/800175403/isr/wt/s/overview/ |website=www.itftennis.com |publisher=ITF}}</ref>||6–3, 6–2 |- |1967||{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Annette Van Zyl||{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Laura Rossouw ||6–3, 6–2 |- |1968||{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Laura Rossouw||{{flagicon|USA}} Nadine Netter ||6–2, 6–0 |- !colspan=4 align=center |↓ Open era ↓ |- |1969||{{flagicon|USA}} Alice Tym||{{flagicon|ISR}} Tova Epstein ||6–4, 6–1 |- |1970<ref>World of Tennis 1971</ref>||{{flagicon|ROM}} Judith Dibar||{{flagicon|AUS}} Helen Amos||6–2, 6–0 |- |1971||{{flagicon|FRG}} Kora Schediwy||{{flagicon|TCH}} Alena Palmeová||3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |- |1972<ref>USLTA</ref>||{{flagicon|AUS}} Vicki Lancaster-Kerr||{{flagicon|AUS}} Mandy Morgan||7–5, 6–3 |- |colspan=4 align=center |↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓ |- |1973||{{flagicon|ISR}} Paulina Peisachov||{{flagicon|FRG}} Kora Schediwy||7–6, 6–3 |- |1974||{{flagicon|NZL}} Judy Chaloner||{{flagicon|AUS}} Norma Eastburn||6–2, 6–1 |- |}

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