Swedish Pro Tennis Championships

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Swedish Pro Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameGothenburg (1972–73)
Tour WCT circuit (1972–73)
Founded1972
Abolished1973
Location Gothenburg,
Sweden (1972–73)
Surface Carpet (i) (1972–73)

Swedish Pro Tennis Championships was a men's tennis championship only played in 1972 and 1973.

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History

The Swedish Pro Tennis Championships were created in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the 1972 WCT circuit, as one of the four non-American events of the tour, with the Canada International of Essen, Germany, and the Rotterdam Indoors of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The first tournament in 1972 (which field included a sixteen-year-old Björn Borg), saw the victory of eventual WCT year-end No. 1 John Newcombe, [1] and the second, of 1973's Group A leader Stan Smith. [2] Like many events of the WCT, the Swedish Pro was quickly discontinued as the circuit was searching for new locations to improve its list of tournaments. Gothenburg continued to host Sweden's national championships, as well as Davis Cup ties, and several exhibitions, like the 1976-Rod Laver/Björn Borg challenge match, [3] but the city's international tennis tournament was never revived.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1973 Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Alexander 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1972 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Newcombe Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson 6–0, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1973 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Laver
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Nikola Pilić
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Stone
6–7, 6–4, 6–1
1972 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Okker
Flag of the United States.svg Marty Riessen
Flag of Egypt.svg Ismail El Shafei
Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian Fairlie
6–2, 7–6

References

  1. The Hartford Courant (1972-11-06). "Newcombe Trounces Emerson To Win WCT Event in Sweden". The Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  2. The Washington Post (1973-04-30). "Smith Victorious". Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  3. The New York Times (1976-02-28). "Borg Beats Laver In $100,000 Match" . Retrieved 2008-09-23.