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U.S. Pro Tennis Championships

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]

U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPro tours (1927–69)
Grand Prix Circuit (1970–89)
ATP World Tour (1997–99)
Founded1927
Abolished1999
LocationUnited States
VenueMultiple
SurfaceGrass, Clay, Wood, Hard

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   Vincent Richards   Howard Kinsey 11–9, 6–4, 6–3 Notlek Tennis Club, Manhattan Grass
1928   Vinny Richards   Karel Koželuh 8–6, 6–3, 0–6, 6–2 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1929   Karel Koželuh   Vinny Richards 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1930   Vinny Richards   Karel Koželuh 2–6, 10–8, 6–3, 6–4 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1931   Bill Tilden   Vinny Richards 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1932   Karel Koželuh   Hans Nüsslein 6–2, 6–2, 7–5 South Shore Country Club Clay
1933   Vinny Richards   Frank Hunter 6–3, 6–0, 6–2 Westchester Country Club Grass
1934   Hans Nüsslein   Karel Koželuh 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5 South Shore Country Club Clay
1935   Bill Tilden   Karel Koželuh 0–6, 6–1, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4 Terrace Club, Brooklyn Clay
1936   Joe Whalen   Charles Wood 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 Tudor City Tennis Club, New York Clay
1937[a]   Karel Koželuh   Bruce Barnes 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–1 Greenbrier Clay
1938   Fred Perry   Bruce Barnes 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 Chicago Arena Canvas (i)
1939   Ellsworth Vines   Fred Perry 8–6, 6–8, 6–1, 20–18 Beverly Hills Tennis Club Hard
1940   Don Budge   Fred Perry 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 Chicago Town and Tennis Club Clay
1941   Fred Perry   Dick Skeen 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3 Chicago Town and Tennis Club Clay
1942   Don Budge   Bobby Riggs 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1943   Bruce Barnes   John Nogrady 6–1, 7–9, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 Fort Knox Clay
1944 not held
1945   Welby Van Horn   John Nogrady 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 Rips Tennis Courts, Manhattan Clay
1946   Bobby Riggs   Don Budge 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1947   Bobby Riggs   Don Budge 3–6, 6–3, 10–8, 4–6, 6–3 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1948   Jack Kramer   Bobby Riggs 14–12, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1949   Bobby Riggs   Don Budge 9–7, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1950   Pancho Segura   Frank Kovacs 6–1, 1–6, 8–6, 4–4 ret. Skating Club, Cleveland Clay (i)
1951   Frank Kovacs   Pancho Segura 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 1–6, 9–7 Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1951[b][c]   Pancho Segura   Pancho Gonzales 6–3, 6–4, 6–2r[31] West Side Tennis Club Grass
1952   Pancho Segura   Pancho Gonzales 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–0 Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1953   Pancho Gonzales   Don Budge 4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–2 Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1954   Pancho Gonzales   Frank Sedgman 6-3, 9-7, 3-6, 6-2 Cleveland Arena, Cleveland Hard (i)
1954[d]   Pancho Gonzales   Pancho Segura 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4[37] Los Angeles Tennis Club Cement
1955[e]   Pancho Gonzales   Pancho Segura 21–16, 19–21, 21–8, 20–22, 21–19v Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1956   Pancho Gonzales   Pancho Segura 21–15, 13–21, 21–14, 22–20v Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
*1956   Pauline Betz   Doris Hart 21-16, 19-21, 21-12 Cleveland Arena (Women's event) Hard (i)
1957   Pancho Gonzales   Pancho Segura 6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1958   Pancho Gonzales   Lew Hoad 3–6, 4–6, 14–12, 6–1, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1959   Pancho Gonzales   Lew Hoad 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1960   Alex Olmedo   Tony Trabert 7–5, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
*1960   Althea Gibson   Pauline Betz 7-5, 2-6, 6-5 Cleveland Arena (Women's event) Hard (i)
1961   Pancho Gonzales   Frank Sedgman 6–3, 7–5 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1962   Butch Buchholz   Pancho Segura 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1963   Ken Rosewall   Rod Laver 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1964   Rod Laver   Pancho Gonzales 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1965   Ken Rosewall   Rod Laver 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1966   Rod Laver   Ken Rosewall 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 8–10, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1967   Rod Laver   Andrés Gimeno 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
Open Era
1968   Rod Laver   John Newcombe 6–4, 6–4, 9–7 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1969   Rod Laver   John Newcombe 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1970   Tony Roche   Rod Laver 3–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1971   Ken Rosewall   Cliff Drysdale 6–4, 6–3, 6–0 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1972   Bob Lutz   Tom Okker 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1973[38]   Jimmy Connors   Arthur Ashe 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1974   Björn Borg   Tom Okker 7–6, 6–1, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1975   Björn Borg   Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1976   Björn Borg   Harold Solomon 6–7, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1977   Manuel Orantes   Eddie Dibbs 7–6, 7–5, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1978   Manuel Orantes   Harold Solomon 6–4, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1979   José Higueras   Hans Gildemeister 6–3, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1980   Eddie Dibbs   José Luis Clerc 6–2, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1981   José Luis Clerc   Hans Gildemeister 0–6, 6–2, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1982   Guillermo Vilas   Mel Purcell 6–4, 6–0 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1983   José Luis Clerc   Jimmy Arias 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1984   Aaron Krickstein   José Luis Clerc 7–6, 3–6, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1985   Mats Wilander   Martín Jaite 6–2, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1986   Andrés Gómez   Martín Jaite 7–5, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1987   Mats Wilander   Kent Carlsson 7–6, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1988   Thomas Muster   Lawson Duncan 6–2, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1989   Andrés Gómez   Mats Wilander 6–1, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1990[f]   Martín Jaite   Libor Němeček 7–5, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1991   Andrés Gómez   Andrei Cherkasov 7–5, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1992   Ivan Lendl   Richey Reneberg 6–3, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1993   Ivan Lendl   Todd Martin 5–7, 6–3, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1994   Ivan Lendl   MaliVai Washington 7–5, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1995 not completed due to rain
1996 not held
1997   Sjeng Schalken   Marcelo Ríos 7–5, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1998   Michael Chang   Paul Haarhuis 6–3, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1999   Marat Safin   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   Karel Koželuh
  Vincent Richards		   Wallace Johnson
  Howard Kinsey		 5–7, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1930   Howard Kinsey
  Vincent Richards		   Karel Koželuh
  Roman Najuch		 6–2, 15–13, 7–5 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1931   Howard Kinsey
  Vincent Richards		   Frank Hunter
  Bill Tilden		 7–9, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1932   Bruce Barnes
  Bill Tilden		   Albert Burke
  Karel Koželuh		 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 South Shore Country Club Clay
1933   Vincent Richards
  Charles Wood		   Frank Hunter
  Theodore Rericha		 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 Westchester Country Club Grass
1934   Bruce Barnes
  Emmett Paré		   Paul Heston
  Ellsworth Vines		 6–1, 6–4, 7–5 South Shore Country Club Clay
1935   George Lott
  Lester Stoefen		   Morty Bernstein
  Alfred Chapin		 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 Terrace Club, Brooklyn Clay
1936   Harold Blauer
  Charles Wood		   William Ellis
  William Kenney		 6–4, 4–1, 6–2[39] Tudor City Tennis Club, New York Clay
1937   George Lott
  Vincent Richards		   Bruce Barnes
  Karel Koželuh		 1–6, 6–8, 6–3, 7–5, 9–7 Greenbrier Clay
1938   Fred Perry
  Vincent Richards		   Bruce Barnes
  Berkeley Bell		 6–4, 2–6, 7–5, 13–11 Chicago Arena Canvas (i)
1939   Bruce Barnes
  Keith Gledhill		   Fred Perry
  Ellsworth Vines		 6–2, 7–5, 11–9 Beverly Hills Tennis Club Hard
1940   Don Budge
  Fred Perry		   Vincent Richards
  Bill Tilden		 7–5, 6–3, 9–7[40] Chicago Town and Tennis Club Clay
1941   Don Budge
  Fred Perry		   Keith Gledhill
  Lester Stoefen		 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 Chicago Town and Tennis Club Clay
1942   Don Budge
  Bobby Riggs		   Bruce Barnes
  Frank Kovacs		 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1943   Bruce Barnes
  Gene Mako		   Berkeley Bell
  John Nogrady		 6–4, 6–0, 6–0 Fort Knox Clay
1944 not held
1945   Vincent Richards
  Bill Tilden		   Dick Skeen
  Welby Van Horn		 7–5, 6–4, 6–2 Rips Tennis Courts, Manhattan Clay
1946   Frank Kovacs
  Fred Perry		   Bobby Riggs
  Welby Van Horn		 1–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4[41] West Side Tennis Club Grass
1947   Don Budge
  Bobby Riggs		   Frank Kovacs
  Fred Perry		 7–5, 9–7, 4–6, 11–9 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1948   Jack Kramer
  Pancho Segura		   Don Budge
  Bobby Riggs		 4–6, 5–7, 6–2, 7–5, 8–6 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1949   Don Budge
  Frank Kovacs		   Carl Earn
  John Faunce		 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1950   Frank Kovacs
  Welby Van Horn		   Frank Parker
  Pancho Segura		 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 Skating Club, Cleveland Clay (i)
1951 no doubles event Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1951   Pancho Gonzales
  Pancho Segura		   Frank Parker
  Bobby Riggs		 West Side Tennis Club Grass
1952 no doubles event Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1953   Don Budge
  Pancho Gonzales		   Carl Earn
  Bob Rogers[42]		 6–1, 6–4 Lakewood, Cleveland Cement (i)
1954   Pancho Gonzales
  Pancho Segura		   Don Budge
  Frank Sedgman		 11-9, 3-6, 6-3 Cleveland Arena, Cleveland Hard (i)
1954   Frank Sedgman
  Jack Kramer		   Pancho Gonzales
  Pancho Segura		 6–2, 6–2, 6–4[43] Los Angeles Tennis Club Cement
1955   Jack Kramer
  Pancho Segura		   Don Budge
  Pancho Gonzales		 24–22, 21–16, 21–18[44] Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1956   Rex Hartwig
  Tony Trabert		   Pancho Gonzales
  Pancho Segura		 18–21, 21–11, 21–14, 13–21, 23–21 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1957   Pancho Gonzales
  Ken Rosewall		   Dinny Pails
  Pancho Segura		 6–1, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1958   Pancho Gonzales
  Pancho Segura		   Lew Hoad
  Tony Trabert		 W/O Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1959 no doubles event Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1960   Ashley Cooper
  Alex Olmedo		   Pancho Segura
  Tony Trabert		 6–3, 6–4 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1961   Andrés Gimeno
  Frank Sedgman		   Pancho Gonzales
  Barry MacKay		 7–5, 7–5 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1962   Butch Buchholz  Barry MacKay   Don Budge
  Pancho Segura		 6–2, 6–3 Cleveland Arena Hard (i)
1963   Rod Laver
  Ken Rosewall		   Butch Buchholz  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   Butch Buchholz
  Rod Laver		   Lew Hoad
  Ken Rosewall		 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1967   Dennis Ralston
  Ken Rosewall		   Pierre Barthès
  Andrés Gimeno		 16–14, 7–5 Longwood Cricket Club Grass
Open Era
1968 no doubles event Longwood Cricket Club Grass
1969   Pancho Gonzales
  Rod Laver		   John Newcombe
  Tony Roche		 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1970   Roy Emerson
  Rod Laver		   Ismail El Shafei
  Torben Ulrich		 6–1, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1971   Roy Emerson
  Rod Laver		   Tom Okker
  Marty Riessen		 6–4, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1972   John Newcombe
  Tony Roche		   Arthur Ashe
  Bob Lutz		 6–3, 1–6, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1973   Stan Smith
  Erik van Dillen		   Ismail El Shafei
  Marty Riessen		 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1974   Bob Lutz
  Stan Smith		   Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
  Marty Riessen		 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1975   Brian Gottfried
  Raúl Ramírez		   John Andrews
  Mike Estep		 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1976   Ray Ruffels
  Allan Stone		   Mike Cahill
  John Whitlinger		 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1977   Bob Lutz
  Stan Smith		   Brian Gottfried
  Bob Hewitt		 6–3, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1978   Víctor Pecci
  Balázs Taróczy		   Heinz Günthardt
  Van Winitsky		 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1979   Syd Ball
  Kim Warwick		   Heinz Günthardt
  Pavel Složil		 not played Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1980   Gene Mayer
  Sandy Mayer		   Hans Gildemeister
  Andrés Gómez		 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1981   Raúl Ramírez
  Pavel Složil		   Hans Gildemeister
  Andrés Gómez		 6–4, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1982   Craig Wittus
  Steve Meister		   Freddie Sauer
  Schalk van der Merwe		 6–2, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1983   Mark Dickson
  Cássio Motta		   Hans Gildemeister
  Belus Prajoux		 7–5, 6–3 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1984   Ken Flach
  Robert Seguso		   Gary Donnelly
  Ernie Fernandez		 6–4, 6–4 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1985   Libor Pimek
  Slobodan Živojinović		   Peter McNamara
  Paul McNamee		 2–6, 6–4, 7–6 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1986   Hans Gildemeister
  Andrés Gómez		   Dan Cassidy
  Mel Purcell		 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1987   Hans Gildemeister
  Andrés Gómez		   Mats Wilander
  Joakim Nyström		 7–6, 3–6, 6–1 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1988   Jorge Lozano
  Todd Witsken		   Bruno Orešar
  Jaime Yzaga		 6–2, 7–5 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1989   Andrés Gómez
  Alberto Mancini		   Todd Nelson
  Phil Williamson		 7–6, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Clay
1990–96 not held
1997   Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis		   Dave Randall
  Jack Waite		 6–3, 7–6(7–3) Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1998   Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis		   Chris Haggard
  Jack Waite		 6–3, 6–2 Longwood Cricket Club Hard
1999   Guillermo Cañas
  Martín García		   Marius Barnard
  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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