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U.S. Pro Tennis Championships

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U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPro tours (1927–69)
Grand Prix Circuit (1970–89)
ATP World Tour (1997–99)
Gegründet1927
Abolished1999
StandortVereinigte Staaten
VenueMultiple
SurfaceGrass, Clay, Wood, Hard

The U.S. Pro Tennis Championships (for a period from 1951 to 1962 billed as the Cleveland International Pro or Cleveland World Pro Tennis Championships[1]) was the oldest professional tennis tournament played until its final year of 1999 and is considered to have been a professional major from 1927–1967 until the advent of Open Era. In 1953, 1955, 1956, and 1960, the Cleveland World Pro had a women's draw, with Pauline Betz winning the first three of these, and defeating the reigning U.S. women's champion Doris Hart in the 1956 final.[2] Althea Gibson defeated Pauline Betz in the 1960 women's final.[3]

History[edit]

American's first prominent professional player, Vincent Richards, arranged what became the first U.S. Professionals by negotiating with Doc Kelton to have a tournament played at the Notlek Tennis Club, located at 119th Street and Riverside Drive in Manhattan, New York, on September 23–25, 1927.[4][5] Richards, tour pro Howard Kinsey and teaching pros from the eastern U.S. comprised the field, with Richards defeating Kinsey in the final in straight sets, a victory which earned him $1,000 first-prize money.[5]

The tournament was held annually at various locations, including the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York City; the South Shore Tennis Club in Chicago; in Rye, New York; at the Terrace Club in Brooklyn; the Chicago Town and Tennis Club in Chicago; at the L.A. Tennis Club in Los Angeles; at various clubs around Cleveland, Ohio and Cleveland Arena in Cleveland. In 1951, two U.S. Pro events were held, one at Cleveland won by Frank Kovacs and another at Forest Hills won by Pancho Segura. In 1954, the USPLTA authorized Kramer to hold the U.S. Pro Championships at the L.A. Tennis Club in California, Gonzales winning the event, and the Benrus Cup (emblematic of the U.S. Pro) was awarded to Gonzales.[6] There are two U.S. Pro events listed here for both 1951 (Cleveland and Forest Hills) and for 1954 (Cleveland and L.A. Tennis Club). Gonzales won two U.S. Pro titles in 1954. Its final permanent home was the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where it was held from 1964 to 1999. It became part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour shortly after the advent of open tennis in 1968. From 1970 to 1977, it was a prominent tournament of the Grand Prix Super Series. It then became a tennis event within the ATP Tour with reorganization of the top tier of pro tour tennis.

The tournament was later played on Har-Tru clay courts and was initially an important tune-up event for the US Open. But when this Grand Slam tournament moved to hardcourts in 1978, the U.S. Professionals did not follow suit, electing instead to hold its tournament during the US clay court season in early summer instead of during its hitherto pre-Open Era (late summer) time slot. Remaining a clay event into the 1990s, it was a non-ATP exhibition event from 1990 through 1995. During the last stint of the tournament, from 1997 to 1999, it was again an ATP event and was played on hardcourts.

Pancho Gonzales holds the record for most wins with nine, two of those wins in the multiple year of 1954.[5][7]

Past finals[edit]

Singles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score Venue Surface
Professional era
1927 Vereinigte Staaten Vincent Richards Vereinigte Staaten Howard Kinsey 11–9, 6–4, 6–3 Notlek Tennis Club, Manhattan Grass
1928 Vereinigte Staaten Vinny Richards Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh 8–6, 6–3, 0–6, 6–2 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1929 Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh Vereinigte Staaten Vinny Richards 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1930 Vereinigte Staaten Vinny Richards Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh 2–6, 10–8, 6–3, 6–4 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1931 Vereinigte Staaten Bill Tilden Vereinigte Staaten Vinny Richards 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1932 Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh Weimar Republic Hans Nüsslein 6–2, 6–2, 7–5 South Shore Country Club Clay
1933 Vereinigte Staaten Vinny Richards Vereinigte Staaten Frank Hunter 6–3, 6–0, 6–2 Westchester Country Club Grass
1934 Nazi Germany Hans Nüsslein Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5 South Shore Country Club Clay
1935 Vereinigte Staaten Bill Tilden Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh 0–6, 6–1, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4 Terrace Club, Brooklyn Clay
1936 Vereinigte Staaten Joe Whalen Vereinigte Staaten Charles Wood 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 Tudor City Tennis Club, New York Clay
1937[a] Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh Vereinigte Staaten Bruce Barnes 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–1 Greenbrier Clay
1938 Vereinigtes Königreich Fred Perry Vereinigte Staaten Bruce Barnes 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 Chicago Arena Canvas (i)
1939 Vereinigte Staaten Ellsworth Vines Vereinigtes Königreich Fred Perry 8–6, 6–8, 6–1, 20–18 Beverly Hills Tennis Club Hard
1940 Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge Vereinigtes Königreich Fred Perry 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 Chicago Town and Tennis Club Clay
1941 Vereinigtes Königreich Fred Perry Vereinigte Staaten Dick Skeen 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3 Chicago Town and Tennis Club Clay
1942 Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge Vereinigte Staaten Bobby Riggs 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1943 Vereinigte Staaten Bruce Barnes Vereinigte Staaten John Nogrady 6–1, 7–9, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 Fort Knox Clay
1944 not held
1945 Vereinigte Staaten Welby Van Horn Vereinigte Staaten John Nogrady 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 Rips Tennis Courts, Manhattan Clay
1946 Vereinigte Staaten Bobby Riggs Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1947 Vereinigte Staaten Bobby Riggs Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge 3–6, 6–3, 10–8, 4–6, 6–3 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1948 Vereinigte Staaten Jack Kramer Vereinigte Staaten Bobby Riggs 14–12, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1949 Vereinigte Staaten Bobby Riggs Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge 9–7, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1950 Ecuador Pancho Segura Vereinigte Staaten Frank Kovacs 6–1, 1–6, 8–6, 4–4 ret. Skating Club, Cleveland Clay (i)
1951 Vereinigte Staaten Frank Kovacs Ecuador Pancho Segura 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 1–6, 9–7 Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1951[b][c] Ecuador Pancho Segura Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales 6–3, 6–4, 6–2r[31] West Side Tennis Club Grass
1952 Ecuador Pancho Segura Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–0 Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1953 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge 4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–2 Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1954 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales Australien Frank Sedgman 6-3, 9-7, 3-6, 6-2 Cleveland Arena, Cleveland Hard (i)
1954[d] Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales Ecuador Pancho Segura 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4[37] Los Angeles Tennis Club Cement
1955[e] Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales Ecuador Pancho Segura 21–16, 19–21, 21–8, 20–22, 21–19v Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1956 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales Ecuador Pancho Segura 21–15, 13–21, 21–14, 22–20v Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
*1956 Vereinigte Staaten Pauline Betz Vereinigte Staaten Doris Hart 21-16, 19-21, 21-12 Cleveland Arena (Women's event) Hard (i)
1957 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales Ecuador Pancho Segura 6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1958 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales Australien Lew Hoad 3–6, 4–6, 14–12, 6–1, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1959 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales Australien Lew Hoad 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1960 Peru Alex Olmedo Vereinigte Staaten Tony Trabert 7–5, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
*1960 Vereinigte Staaten Althea Gibson Vereinigte Staaten Pauline Betz 7-5, 2-6, 6-5 Cleveland Arena (Women's event) Hard (i)
1961 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales Australien Frank Sedgman 6–3, 7–5 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1962 Vereinigte Staaten Butch Buchholz Ecuador Pancho Segura 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1963 Australien Ken Rosewall Australien Rod Laver 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1964 Australien Rod Laver Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1965 Australien Ken Rosewall Australien Rod Laver 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1966 Australien Rod Laver Australien Ken Rosewall 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 8–10, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1967 Australien Rod Laver Spanien Andrés Gimeno 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
Open Era
1968 Australien Rod Laver Australien John Newcombe 6–4, 6–4, 9–7 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1969 Australien Rod Laver Australien John Newcombe 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1970 Australien Tony Roche Australien Rod Laver 3–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1971 Australien Ken Rosewall Südafrika Cliff Drysdale 6–4, 6–3, 6–0 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1972 Vereinigte Staaten Bob Lutz Niederlande Tom Okker 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1973[38] Vereinigte Staaten Jimmy Connors Vereinigte Staaten Arthur Ashe 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1974 Schweden Björn Borg Niederlande Tom Okker 7–6, 6–1, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1975 Schweden Björn Borg Argentinien Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1976 Schweden Björn Borg Vereinigte Staaten Harold Solomon 6–7, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1977 Spanien Manuel Orantes Vereinigte Staaten Eddie Dibbs 7–6, 7–5, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1978 Spanien Manuel Orantes Vereinigte Staaten Harold Solomon 6–4, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1979 Spanien José Higueras Chile Hans Gildemeister 6–3, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1980 Vereinigte Staaten Eddie Dibbs Argentinien José Luis Clerc 6–2, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1981 Argentinien José Luis Clerc Chile Hans Gildemeister 0–6, 6–2, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1982 Argentinien Guillermo Vilas Vereinigte Staaten Mel Purcell 6–4, 6–0 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1983 Argentinien José Luis Clerc Vereinigte Staaten Jimmy Arias 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1984 Vereinigte Staaten Aaron Krickstein Argentinien José Luis Clerc 7–6, 3–6, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1985 Schweden Mats Wilander Argentinien Martín Jaite 6–2, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1986 Ecuador Andrés Gómez Argentinien Martín Jaite 7–5, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1987 Schweden Mats Wilander Schweden Kent Carlsson 7–6, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1988 Österreich Thomas Muster Vereinigte Staaten Lawson Duncan 6–2, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1989 Ecuador Andrés Gómez Schweden Mats Wilander 6–1, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1990[f] Argentinien Martín Jaite Czechoslovakia Libor Němeček 7–5, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1991 Ecuador Andrés Gómez Soviet Union Andrei Cherkasov 7–5, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1992 Vereinigte Staaten Ivan Lendl Vereinigte Staaten Richey Reneberg 6–3, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1993 Vereinigte Staaten Ivan Lendl Vereinigte Staaten Todd Martin 5–7, 6–3, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1994 Vereinigte Staaten Ivan Lendl Vereinigte Staaten MaliVai Washington 7–5, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1995 not completed due to rain
1996 not held
1997 Niederlande Sjeng Schalken Chile Marcelo Ríos 7–5, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1998 Vereinigte Staaten Michael Chang Niederlande Paul Haarhuis 6–3, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1999 Russland Marat Safin Vereinigtes Königreich Greg Rusedski 6–4, 7–6(13–11) Longwood Cricket Club Hard

Notes:

  1. ^ This tournament, the first pro event open to amateur players, is considered by some as both the U.S. Pro Tennis Championship and first "U.S. Open" event (then the U.S. Open was again held from 1938 to 1941 at Greenbrier but as a separate event from the U.S. Pro held in Chicago or in L.A).
  2. ^ These tournaments from 1951–1962, were billed as the Cleveland International Pro or Cleveland World Pro Championship. In 1951, a U.S. Pro was held at Forest Hills authorized by the USPLTA, and an International Pro was held at Cleveland, which was designated as the U.S. Pro by the PTPA (Professional Tennis Players Association). The Cleveland event in 1951 awarded the Benrus Cup, emblematic of the U.S. Pro. There was no USPLTA U.S. Pro event held in 1952 or 1953, but the Cleveland International Pro was held in those years and was regarded as the U.S. Pro by the PTPA.[8][9][10][11][12] In 1954, the USPLTA authorized Kramer to hold the U.S. Pro at L.A. Tennis Club in Los Angeles (this was the successor tournament to the 1951 U.S. Pro at Forest Hills and Segura was the defending champion).[13] The International Pro and World Pro events at Cleveland from 1951-62 were not authorized by the USPLTA to be the U.S. Pro, and were not billed as the U.S. Pro.[14] The USPLTA were an organisation of teaching professionals but some of the touring professionals did enter the Cleveland World Pro (or U.S. Pro) events in this period.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] In some interviews in the 1950s, Gonzales and Segura referred to the Cleveland World Pro as "the National" or the "U.S. National Professional Championships".[23] There were many newspaper and magazine articles in the 1950s that also referred to the Cleveland World Pro as the U.S. Pro.[24][16][25][26][27][28][29][30]
  3. ^ For 1951, the tournament was played under Round Robin format with Segura 4–0 and Gonzalez 3–1 as final standings.
  4. ^ In 1954, the USPLTA authorized Kramer to hold the U.S. Pro Championship at the Los Angeles Tennis Club, Gonzales winning the final over Segura in five sets.[13] The Benrus Cup was awarded to Gonzales. This tournament was the successor event to the 1951 Forest Hills U.S. Pro, and Segura was deemed to be defending champion of this version of the U.S. Pro,[13] but there were U.S. Pro events held at Cleveland in 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954.[32][33][34][35][36]
  5. ^ For 1955–56, the matches were played under Van Alen scoring system.
  6. ^ From 1990 to 1995, the U.S. Pro was an exhibition event and not part of the ATP tour.

Doubles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score Venue Surface
Professional era
1927 no doubles event Notlek Tennis Club, Manhattan Grass
1928 no doubles event West Side Tennis Club Grass
1929 Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh
Vereinigte Staaten Vincent Richards		 Vereinigte Staaten Wallace Johnson
Vereinigte Staaten Howard Kinsey		 5–7, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1930 Vereinigte Staaten Howard Kinsey
Vereinigte Staaten Vincent Richards		 Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh
Deutschland Roman Najuch		 6–2, 15–13, 7–5 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1931 Vereinigte Staaten Howard Kinsey
Vereinigte Staaten Vincent Richards		 Vereinigte Staaten Frank Hunter
Vereinigte Staaten Bill Tilden		 7–9, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1932 Vereinigte Staaten Bruce Barnes
Vereinigte Staaten Bill Tilden		 Republic of Ireland Albert Burke
Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh		 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 South Shore Country Club Clay
1933 Vereinigte Staaten Vincent Richards
Vereinigte Staaten Charles Wood		 Vereinigte Staaten Frank Hunter
Vereinigte Staaten Theodore Rericha		 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 Westchester Country Club Grass
1934 Vereinigte Staaten Bruce Barnes
Frankreich Emmett Paré		 Frankreich Paul Heston
Vereinigte Staaten Ellsworth Vines		 6–1, 6–4, 7–5 South Shore Country Club Clay
1935 Vereinigte Staaten George Lott
Vereinigte Staaten Lester Stoefen		 Vereinigte Staaten Morty Bernstein
Vereinigte Staaten Alfred Chapin		 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 Terrace Club, Brooklyn Clay
1936 Vereinigte Staaten Harold Blauer
Vereinigte Staaten Charles Wood		 Vereinigte Staaten William Ellis
Vereinigte Staaten William Kenney		 6–4, 4–1, 6–2[39] Tudor City Tennis Club, New York Clay
1937 Vereinigte Staaten George Lott
Vereinigte Staaten Vincent Richards		 Vereinigte Staaten Bruce Barnes
Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh		 1–6, 6–8, 6–3, 7–5, 9–7 Greenbrier Clay
1938 Vereinigtes Königreich Fred Perry
Vereinigte Staaten Vincent Richards		 Vereinigte Staaten Bruce Barnes
Vereinigte Staaten Berkeley Bell		 6–4, 2–6, 7–5, 13–11 Chicago Arena Canvas (i)
1939 Vereinigte Staaten Bruce Barnes
Vereinigte Staaten Keith Gledhill		 Vereinigtes Königreich Fred Perry
Vereinigte Staaten Ellsworth Vines		 6–2, 7–5, 11–9 Beverly Hills Tennis Club Hard
1940 Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge
Vereinigtes Königreich Fred Perry		 Vereinigte Staaten Vincent Richards
Vereinigte Staaten Bill Tilden		 7–5, 6–3, 9–7[40] Chicago Town and Tennis Club Clay
1941 Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge
Vereinigtes Königreich Fred Perry		 Vereinigte Staaten Keith Gledhill
Vereinigte Staaten Lester Stoefen		 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 Chicago Town and Tennis Club Clay
1942 Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge
Vereinigte Staaten Bobby Riggs		 Vereinigte Staaten Bruce Barnes
Vereinigte Staaten Frank Kovacs		 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1943 Vereinigte Staaten Bruce Barnes
Vereinigte Staaten Gene Mako		 Vereinigte Staaten Berkeley Bell
Vereinigte Staaten John Nogrady		 6–4, 6–0, 6–0 Fort Knox Clay
1944 not held
1945 Vereinigte Staaten Vincent Richards
Vereinigte Staaten Bill Tilden		 Vereinigte Staaten Dick Skeen
Vereinigte Staaten Welby Van Horn		 7–5, 6–4, 6–2 Rips Tennis Courts, Manhattan Clay
1946 Vereinigte Staaten Frank Kovacs
Vereinigtes Königreich Fred Perry		 Vereinigte Staaten Bobby Riggs
Vereinigte Staaten Welby Van Horn		 1–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4[41] West Side Tennis Club Grass
1947 Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge
Vereinigte Staaten Bobby Riggs		 Vereinigte Staaten Frank Kovacs
Vereinigtes Königreich Fred Perry		 7–5, 9–7, 4–6, 11–9 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1948 Vereinigte Staaten Jack Kramer
Ecuador Pancho Segura		 Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge
Vereinigte Staaten Bobby Riggs		 4–6, 5–7, 6–2, 7–5, 8–6 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1949 Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge
Vereinigte Staaten Frank Kovacs		 Vereinigte Staaten Carl Earn
Vereinigte Staaten John Faunce		 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1950 Vereinigte Staaten Frank Kovacs
Vereinigte Staaten Welby Van Horn		 Vereinigte Staaten Frank Parker
Ecuador Pancho Segura		 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 Skating Club, Cleveland Clay (i)
1951 no doubles event Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1951 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales
Ecuador Pancho Segura		 Vereinigte Staaten Frank Parker
Vereinigte Staaten Bobby Riggs		 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1952 no doubles event Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1953 Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge
Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales		 Vereinigte Staaten Carl Earn
Vereinigte Staaten Bob Rogers[42]		 6–1, 6–4 Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1954 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales
Ecuador Pancho Segura		 Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge
Australien Frank Sedgman		 11-9, 3-6, 6-3 Cleveland Arena, Cleveland Hard (i)
1954 Australien Frank Sedgman
Vereinigte Staaten Jack Kramer		 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales
Ecuador Pancho Segura		 6–2, 6–2, 6–4[43] Los Angeles Tennis Club Cement
1955 Vereinigte Staaten Jack Kramer
Ecuador Pancho Segura		 Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge
Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales		 24–22, 21–16, 21–18[44] Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1956 Australien Rex Hartwig
Vereinigte Staaten Tony Trabert		 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales
Ecuador Pancho Segura		 18–21, 21–11, 21–14, 13–21, 23–21 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1957 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales
Australien Ken Rosewall		 Australien Dinny Pails
Ecuador Pancho Segura		 6–1, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1958 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales
Ecuador Pancho Segura		 Australien Lew Hoad
Vereinigte Staaten Tony Trabert		 W/O Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1959 no doubles event Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1960 Australien Ashley Cooper
Peru Alex Olmedo		 Ecuador Pancho Segura
Vereinigte Staaten Tony Trabert		 6–3, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1961 Spanien Andrés Gimeno
Australien Frank Sedgman		 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales
Vereinigte Staaten Barry MacKay		 7–5, 7–5 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1962 Vereinigte Staaten Butch BuchholzVereinigte Staaten Barry MacKay Vereinigte Staaten Don Budge
Ecuador Pancho Segura		 6–2, 6–3 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1963 Australien Rod Laver
Australien Ken Rosewall		 Vereinigte Staaten Butch BuchholzPeru Alex Olmedo 10–8, 8–6, 6–4 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1964 no doubles event Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1965 no doubles event Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1966 Vereinigte Staaten Butch Buchholz
Australien Rod Laver		 Australien Lew Hoad
Australien Ken Rosewall		 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1967 Vereinigte Staaten Dennis Ralston
Australien Ken Rosewall		 Frankreich Pierre Barthès
Spanien Andrés Gimeno		 16–14, 7–5 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
Open Era
1968 no doubles event Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1969 Vereinigte Staaten Pancho Gonzales
Australien Rod Laver		 Australien John Newcombe
Australien Tony Roche		 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1970 Australien Roy Emerson
Australien Rod Laver		 Ägypten Ismail El Shafei
Dänemark Torben Ulrich		 6–1, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1971 Australien Roy Emerson
Australien Rod Laver		 Niederlande Tom Okker
Vereinigte Staaten Marty Riessen		 6–4, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1972 Australien John Newcombe
Australien Tony Roche		 Vereinigte Staaten Arthur Ashe
Vereinigte Staaten Bob Lutz		 6–3, 1–6, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1973 Vereinigte Staaten Stan Smith
Vereinigte Staaten Erik van Dillen		 Ägypten Ismail El Shafei
Vereinigte Staaten Marty Riessen		 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1974 Vereinigte Staaten Bob Lutz
Vereinigte Staaten Stan Smith		 Deutschland Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Vereinigte Staaten Marty Riessen		 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1975 Vereinigte Staaten Brian Gottfried
Mexiko Raúl Ramírez		 Vereinigte Staaten John Andrews
Vereinigte Staaten Mike Estep		 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1976 Vereinigte Staaten Ray Ruffels
Australien Allan Stone		 Vereinigte Staaten Mike Cahill
Vereinigte Staaten John Whitlinger		 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1977 Vereinigte Staaten Bob Lutz
Vereinigte Staaten Stan Smith		 Vereinigte Staaten Brian Gottfried
Südafrika Bob Hewitt		 6–3, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1978 Paraguay Víctor Pecci
Ungarn Balázs Taróczy		 Schweiz Heinz Günthardt
Vereinigte Staaten Van Winitsky		 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1979 Australien Syd Ball
Australien Kim Warwick		 Schweiz Heinz Günthardt
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil		 not played Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1980 Vereinigte Staaten Gene Mayer
Vereinigte Staaten Sandy Mayer		 Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez		 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1981 Mexiko Raúl Ramírez
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil		 Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez		 6–4, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1982 Vereinigte Staaten Craig Wittus
Vereinigte Staaten Steve Meister		 Südafrika Freddie Sauer
Südafrika Schalk van der Merwe		 6–2, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1983 Vereinigte Staaten Mark Dickson
Brasilien Cássio Motta		 Chile Hans Gildemeister
Chile Belus Prajoux		 7–5, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1984 Vereinigte Staaten Ken Flach
Vereinigte Staaten Robert Seguso		 Vereinigte Staaten Gary Donnelly
Puerto Rico Ernie Fernandez		 6–4, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1985 Belgien Libor Pimek
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović		 Australien Peter McNamara
Vereinigte Staaten Paul McNamee		 2–6, 6–4, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1986 Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez		 Vereinigte Staaten Dan Cassidy
Vereinigte Staaten Mel Purcell		 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1987 Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez		 Schweden Mats Wilander
Schweden Joakim Nyström		 7–6, 3–6, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1988 Mexiko Jorge Lozano
Vereinigte Staaten Todd Witsken		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bruno Orešar
Peru Jaime Yzaga		 6–2, 7–5 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1989 Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Argentinien Alberto Mancini		 Vereinigte Staaten Todd Nelson
Vereinigte Staaten Phil Williamson		 7–6, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1990–96 not held
1997 Niederlande Jacco Eltingh
Niederlande Paul Haarhuis		 Vereinigte Staaten Dave Randall
Vereinigte Staaten Jack Waite		 6–3, 7–6(7–3) Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1998 Niederlande Jacco Eltingh
Niederlande Paul Haarhuis		 Südafrika Chris Haggard
Vereinigte Staaten Jack Waite		 6–3, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1999 Argentinien Guillermo Cañas
Argentinien Martín García		 Südafrika Marius Barnard
Vereinigte Staaten T.J. Middleton		 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Hard

Source:[45]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sports Illustrated, 22 April 1957, "...officially known as the World Pro Tennis Championships." https://vault.si.com/vault/1957/04/22/a-class-reunion
  2. ^ "Tennis Abstract: Pauline Betz Match Results, Splits, and Analysis".
  3. ^ McCauley, p. 100
  4. ^ "24 Sep 1927, Page 7, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle". bklyn.newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 793–795. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
  6. ^ The Los Angeles Times, 14 June 1954
  7. ^ Kramer, Jack (1981). The game : my 40 years in tennis. London: Deutsch. p. 244. ISBN 0233973079.
  8. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 20 December 1953". newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Corpus Christi Caller Times, 12 March 1953". newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4 April 1953". newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "The Tampa Tribune, 11 April 1953". newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 December 1953". newspapers.com.
  13. ^ a b c The Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1954
  14. ^ "Renowned players grace USPTA Championships". USPTA. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  15. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 20 December 1953". newspapers.com.
  16. ^ a b Harold E. Donohue (July 1956). "Pancho Gonzales: Mixed-Up Champion". Pageant. p. 112.
  17. ^ "Corpus Christi Caller Times, 12 March 1953". newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4 April 1953". newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "The Tampa Tribune, 11 April 1953". newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 December 1953". newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "The Times (Shreveport), 16 February 1956". newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Star Press (Muncie), 18 March 1957". newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Man with a racket: The autobiography of Pancho Gonzales (1959), p.111
  24. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 20 December 1953". newspapers.com.
  25. ^ "Corpus Christi Caller Times, 12 March 1953". newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4 April 1953". newspapers.com.
  27. ^ "The Tampa Tribune, 11 April 1953". newspapers.com.
  28. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 December 1953". newspapers.com.
  29. ^ "The Times (Shreveport), 16 February 1956". newspapers.com.
  30. ^ "Star Press (Muncie), 18 March 1957". newspapers.com.
  31. ^ "05 Jul 1951, Page 20, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle". bklyn.newspapers.com.
  32. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 20 December 1953". newspapers.com.
  33. ^ "Corpus Christi Caller Times, 12 March 1953". newspapers.com.
  34. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4 April 1953". newspapers.com.
  35. ^ "The Tampa Tribune, 11 April 1953". newspapers.com.
  36. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 December 1953". newspapers.com.
  37. ^ "The Los Angeles Times, 14 June 1954". newspapers.com.
  38. ^ "Connors Upsets Ashe". The Logansport Press. Logansport, IN. United Press Int. 1973-07-24. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  39. ^ "Miami Star Defeat Wood In Title Round". The Miami Herald. 1936-07-19. p. 14.
  40. ^ "Budge Beats Perry for Pro Tennis Crown". Chicago Tribune. 1940-09-30. p. 20.
  41. ^ "Riggs Crushes Budge In Pro Tennis Finals". The San Bernardino Sun. 1946-07-15. p. 8.
  42. ^ "Gonzales Pounds Out Victory Over Budge For Pro Crown". Arizona Republic. 1953-06-22. p. 17.
  43. ^ "Gonzales Scores Gruelling 5-Set Victory Over Segura". Los Angeles Times. 1954-06-14. p. 76.
  44. ^ "Gonzales Defends Net Honors". The Akron Beacon Journal. 1955-04-04. p. 19.
  45. ^ McCauley (2000), pp. 256–257.

Bibliography[edit]

  • McCauley, Joe (2000). The History of Professional Tennis. Windsor: The Short Run Book Company Limited.
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