Brussels Pro Championships

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Brussels Pro Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPro Tennis Tour
Founded1934;91 years ago (1934)
Abolished1967;58 years ago (1967)
Location Brussels, Belgium
Surface Clay / outdoors Wood / indoors

The Brussels Pro Championships [1] was an outdoor clay court then later indoor wood court professional tennis tournament founded in 1934. It was staged in Brussels in Belgium, and also known as the Brussels Professional Championships [2] it featured three tournaments, a spring event usually held in April, [3] an Autumn event played in October, and sometimes early Winter edition in December. [4] The tournament was not held permanently and was last played in April 1967 when it was discontinued. [5]

Contents

Finals

Note events sometimes referred to as the Brussels Professional Spring or Autumn Championships. [6]

Singles (Spring)

Round robin and elimination events played in April.
YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1938 Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Hans Nusslein (1st) Flag of the United States.svg Bill Tilden (2nd)3-0 matches
1939 Flag of the United States.svg Ellsworth Vines Flag of the United States.svg Don Budge RR 3-1 matches
1960 [7] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Rosewall Flag of Peru.svg Alex Olmedo 7-5, 6–2
1967 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Stolle Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Ralston 6-3, 6–4

Singles (Autumn)

Round robin and elimination event played in October.
YearChampionRunners-upScore
1938 Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Hans Nusslein (1st) Flag of the United States.svg Bill Tilden (2nd)3-0 matches
1959 [8] Flag of the United States.svg Tony Trabert Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Rosewall 6-8, 9–7, 6–4

Singles (Winter)

Elimination event played in December
YearChampionRunners-upScore
1938 Flag of the United States.svg Ellsworth Vines Flag of the United States.svg Bill Tilden 6-4, 6–8, 7–5, 1–6, 6–3

References

  1. ↑ "TENNIS ROUND UP: BRUSSELS". Corpus Christi Times . Corpus Christi, Texas: NewspaperArchive. 17 April 1967. p. 21. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  2. ↑ McCauley, Joe (2003). "Professional Tennis Results Section". The History of Professional Tennis. Windsor, Berkshire, England: Short Run Book Company. pp. 177–255. ASIN   B001EOVE56.
  3. ↑ McCauley,Joe (2003)
  4. ↑ McCauley,Joe (2003)
  5. ↑ "Fred Stolle Wins Belgian Pro Tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 17 April 1967. p. 30. Retrieved 26 January 2025– via Google News Archive.
  6. ↑ "Tournaments - Search - Brussels". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Rosewall Wins Pro Net Tourney". Schenectady Gazette via Google News Archive . 7 April 1960. p. 20. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Cooper Easily Beats Anderson - In Brussels". The Age via Google News Archive. 22 October 1959. p. 14. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
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