# Stowe Open
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{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name = Stowe Open
| type = defunct
| founded = 1978
| ended = 1983
| editions = 6
| event name = English Leather Grand Prix
Head Classic
| location = [Stowe, Vermont](/source/Stowe%2C_Vermont), U.S.
| tour = [Grand Prix circuit](/source/Grand_Prix_tennis_circuit)
| surface = [Hard](/source/Tennis_court)
}}
The '''Stowe Open''', also known in 1978 and 1979 by its sponsored name '''English Leather Grand Prix''' and from 1983 onward as the '''Head Classic''', was a [Grand Prix](/source/Grand_Prix_tennis_circuit) affiliated men's [tennis](/source/tennis) tournament played from 1978 to 1983. It was held in [Stowe, Vermont](/source/Stowe%2C_Vermont) in the United States and played on [outdoor hard courts](/source/Hard_court). In 2017, it has been replaced by the Stowe Mountain Lodge Classic, an exhibition event which serves as a warm up event for the US Open which takes place every August 22nd–24th.
==Past finals==
===Singles===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:180px"|Champions
!style="width:180px"|Runners-up
!style="width:140px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|1978 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Jimmy Connors](/source/Jimmy_Connors)|| {{flagicon|USA}} [Tim Gullikson](/source/Tim_Gullikson) || 6–2, 6–3
|-
|1979 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Jimmy Connors](/source/Jimmy_Connors)|| {{flagicon|USA}} [Mike Cahill](/source/Mike_Cahill_(tennis)) || 6–0, 6–1
|-
|1980 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Robert Lutz](/source/Robert_Lutz_(tennis))|| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [Johan Kriek](/source/Johan_Kriek) || 6–3, 6–1
|-
|1981 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Brian Gottfried](/source/Brian_Gottfried) || {{flagicon|USA}} [Tony Graham](/source/Tony_Graham_(tennis)) || 6–3, 6–3
|-
|1982 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Jay Lapidus](/source/Jay_Lapidus) || {{flagicon|USA}} [Eric Fromm](/source/Eric_Fromm) || 6–4, 6–2
|-
|1983 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [John Fitzgerald](/source/John_Fitzgerald_(tennis)) || {{flagicon|IND}} [Vijay Amritraj](/source/Vijay_Amritraj) || 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |↓ Exhibition tournament ↓
|-
|1984 || {{flagicon|TCH}} [Tomáš Šmíd](/source/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_%C5%A0m%C3%ADd) || {{flagicon|USA}} [Mel Purcell](/source/Mel_Purcell) || 6–3, 6–2
|-
|1985 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Jimmy Connors](/source/Jimmy_Connors) || {{flagicon|USA}} [Gene Mayer](/source/Gene_Mayer) || 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
|-
|1986 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Eliot Teltscher](/source/Eliot_Teltscher) || {{flagicon|ECU}} [Andrés Gómez](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_G%C3%B3mez) || 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–2
|-
|1987 || {{flagicon|TCH}} [Ivan Lendl](/source/Ivan_Lendl) || {{flagicon|USA}} [Jimmy Arias](/source/Jimmy_Arias) || 6–3, 6–3
|-
|1988 || {{flagicon|ECU}} [Andrés Gómez](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_G%C3%B3mez) || {{flagicon|USA}} [Dan Goldie](/source/Dan_Goldie) || 6–3, 6–3
|}
===Doubles===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:180px"|Champions
!style="width:180px"|Runners-up
!style="width:140px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|1978 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Tim Gullikson](/source/Tim_Gullikson)
{{flagicon|USA}} [Tom Gullikson](/source/Tom_Gullikson)|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [Mark Edmondson](/source/Mark_Edmondson)
{{flagicon|AUS}} [Kim Warwick](/source/Kim_Warwick) || 3–6, 7–6, 6–3
|-
|1979 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Mike Cahill](/source/Mike_Cahill_(tennis))
{{flagicon|USA}} [Steve Krulevitz](/source/Steve_Krulevitz)|| {{flagicon|IND}} [Anand Amritraj](/source/Anand_Amritraj)
{{flagicon|AUS}} [Colin Dibley](/source/Colin_Dibley) || 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
|-
|1980 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Robert Lutz](/source/Robert_Lutz_(tennis))
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [Bernard Mitton](/source/Bernard_Mitton)|| {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} [Ilie Năstase](/source/Ilie_N%C4%83stase)
{{flagicon|USA}} [Ferdi Taygan](/source/Ferdi_Taygan) || 6–4, 6–3
|-
|1981 || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [Johan Kriek](/source/Johan_Kriek)
{{flagicon|USA}} [Larry Stefanki](/source/Larry_Stefanki)|| {{flagicon|USA}} [Brian Gottfried](/source/Brian_Gottfried)
{{flagicon|USA}} [Robert Lutz](/source/Robert_Lutz_(tennis)) || 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
|-
|1982 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Andy Andrews](/source/Andy_Andrews_(tennis))
{{flagicon|USA}} [John Sadri](/source/John_Sadri)|| {{flagicon|USA}} [Mike Fishbach](/source/Mike_Fishbach)
{{flagicon|USA}} [Eric Fromm](/source/Eric_Fromm) || 6–3, 6–4
|-
|1983 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [Brad Drewett](/source/Brad_Drewett)
{{flagicon|AUS}} [Kim Warwick](/source/Kim_Warwick)|| {{flagicon|USA}} [Fritz Buehning](/source/Fritz_Buehning)
{{flagicon|USA}} [Tom Gullikson](/source/Tom_Gullikson) || 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
|}
==See also==
* [2007 Fed Cup World Group](/source/2007_Fed_Cup_World_Group) – semifinal played in Stowe
==External links==
* [https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/results-archive ATP results archive]
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Category:Grand Prix tennis circuit
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