The Colonial National Invitation was a men's tennis tournament played at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas from 1962 to 1973.^[1][2][3][4] The club hired Tut Bartzen as a tennis pro and made him responsible for hosting the tournament.^[5][6] The inaugural edition in 1962 was an amateur-only event.^[7] 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.^[1] The following year, 1968, a women's professional event was added which was won by Ann Haydon Jones.^[1] The tournament was part of the WCT Tour from 1971 to 1973 and was held on outdoor hard courts.^[8]

Finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1962	Roy Emerson	Chuck McKinley	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1963	Chuck McKinley	Ham Richardson	6–3, 3–6, 10–8
1964	Rafael Osuna	Manuel Santana	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1965	Arthur Ashe	Fred Stolle	6–3, 6–4
1966	Rafael Osuna	Cliff Drysdale	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1967	Rod Laver	Dennis Ralston	8–6, 6–0
1968	Ken Rosewall	Andrés Gimeno	6–4, 6–3
1969	Rod Laver	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–2
1970	Rod Laver	Roy Emerson	6–3, 7–5
1971	Rod Laver	Marty Riessen	2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1972	John Newcombe	Ken Rosewall	5–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1973	Eddie Dibbs	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1962	Rafael Osuna Antonio Palafox	Roy Emerson Fred Stolle	6–1, 6–4
1963	Rafael Osuna Antonio Palafox	Ronnie Fischer Cliff Buchholz	6–3, 6–2
1964	Pierre Darmon Jean-Noël Grinda	José Luis Arilla Manuel Santana	Not played, shared
1965	Arthur Ashe Ham Richardson	Roy Emerson Fred Stolle	3–6, 14–12, 6–4
1971	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 7–5
1972	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–2, 6–2
1973	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	7–6, 6–4