Tokyo Indoor

Tokyo Indoor
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Varied
Tour	Grand Prix circuit (1978-1989) ATP Tour (1990-1995)
Founded	1966
Abolished	1995
Editions	23
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Municipal Gym Yoyogi National Stadium
Surface	Carpet

The Tokyo Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played in Tokyo, Japan on indoor carpet courts from 1966 to 1995.

History

The event was established in 1966 but had periods when it was not staged. It was played as part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour from 1978 to 1989 and part of the Grand Prix Super Series, the precursors to the Masters 1000, from 1978 to 1988. It became part of the ATP Championship Series between 1990 and 1995. The tournament was held at the Tokyo Municipal Gym in 1978 and 1979, then the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, before returning to the former for the 1990s. It was played on indoor carpet courts. The tournament was known for offering more prize money than most others.

Sponsorship names

The tournament was also known by its sponsorship names such as the Seiko World Super Tennis ^[1] and Seiko Super Tennis. ^{[2] [3]}

Past finals

Singles

Year	Tournament name	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1966	Tokyo Indoor	Ishiguru Osama [4]	Keishioro Yanagi	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
1967-68	Not held
1969	Tokyo Indoor	John Bartlett [5]	Ichizo Konishi	6–3, 6–3
1970	Tokyo Indoor	Tashiro Sakai [6]	Ian Fletcher	6–2, 6–3
1971	Tokyo Indoor	Ian Fletcher [7]	Takeshi Koura	7–5, 6–4
1972-77	Not held
1978	Seiko World Super Tennis	Björn Borg [8]	Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–4
1979	Seiko World Super Tennis	Björn Borg [9]	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–2
1980	Seiko World Super Tennis	Jimmy Connors [10]	Tom Gullikson	6–1, 6–2
1981	Seiko World Super Tennis	Vincent Van Patten [11]	Mark Edmondson	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1982	Seiko World Super Tennis	John McEnroe [12]	Peter McNamara	7–6, 7–5
1983	Seiko World Super Tennis	Ivan Lendl [13]	Scott Davis	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1984	Seiko Super Tennis	Jimmy Connors [14]	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 3–6, 6–0
1985	Seiko Super Tennis	Ivan Lendl [15]	Mats Wilander	6–0, 6–4
1986	Seiko Super Tennis	Boris Becker [16]	Stefan Edberg	7–6, 6–1
1987	Seiko Super Tennis	Stefan Edberg [17]	Ivan Lendl	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1988	Seiko Super Tennis	Boris Becker [18]	John Fitzgerald	7–6, 6–4
1989	Seiko Super Tennis	Aaron Krickstein [19]	Carl-Uwe Steeb	6–2, 6–2
1990	Seiko Super Tennis	Ivan Lendl [20]	Boris Becker	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1991	Seiko Super Tennis	Stefan Edberg [21]	Derrick Rostagno	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
1992	Seiko Super Tennis	Ivan Lendl [22]	Henrik Holm	7–6, 6–4
1993	Seiko Super Tennis	Ivan Lendl [23]	Todd Martin	6–4, 6–4
1994	Seiko Super Tennis	Goran Ivanišević [24]	Michael Chang	6–4, 6–4
1995	Seiko Super Tennis	Michael Chang [25]	Mark Philippoussis	6–3, 6–4
1996	license sold to Singapore Open

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1978	Ross Case Geoff Masters	Pat Du Pré Tom Gorman	6–3, 6–4
1979	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	Mike Cahill Terry Moor	6–4, 7–6
1980	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1981	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 6–2
1982	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
1983	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	6–1, 6–4
1984	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Tony Giammalva	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 6–4
1985	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Scott Davis David Pate	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1986	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	Andrés Gómez Ivan Lendl	6–3, 7–5
1987	Broderick Dyke Tom Nijssen	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Jim Grabb	6–3, 6–2
1988	Andrés Gómez Slobodan Živojinović	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
1989	Kevin Curren David Pate	Andrés Gómez Slobodan Živojinović	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1990	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	Scott Davis David Pate	7–6, 7–5
1991	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	Scott Davis David Pate	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
1992	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	7–6, 6–4
1993	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	6–3, 6–4
1994	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1995	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Jakob Hlasek Patrick McEnroe	7–6, 6–4

Records

Singles

Included: ^[26]

• Most titles: / Ivan Lendl (5)
• Most finals: / Ivan Lendl (7)
• Most consecutive titles: Ivan Lendl, Björn Borg (2)
• Most consecutive finals: Ivan Lendl (3) (1983–85)
• Most matches played: / Ivan Lendl (48)
• Most matches won: / Ivan Lendl (42)
• Most consecutive matches won: Björn Borg (12)
• Most editions played: / Ivan Lendl (11)
• Best match winning %: / Ivan Lendl, 87.5%
• Oldest champion: / , Ivan Lendl, 33y 7m & 4d (1993)
• Youngest champion: Boris Becker, 18y 10m & 30d (1986)
• Longest final: Stefan Edberg v / Ivan Lendl result: 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, (33 games), in (1987)
• Shortest final: Jimmy Connors v Tom Gullikson result: 6-1 6-2, (15 games), in (1980)

Doubles

• Most titles (same partner): Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith: (2)
• Most tiles (different partner): Sherwood Stewart: (2)

References

1. Press, Salem (2009). Great Athletes. Salem Press. p. 247. ISBN   9781587654800.
2. International, Rotary (1990). The Rotarian. Rotary International. p. 30.
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14. "Grand Prix Tour results 1984". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
15. "Grand Prix Tour results 1985". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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18. "Grand Prix Tour results 1988". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
19. "Grand Prix Tour results 1989". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
20. "ATP Tour results 1990". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
21. "ATP Tour results 1991". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
22. "ATP Tour results 1992". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
23. "ATP Tour results 1993". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
24. "ATP Tour results 1994". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
25. "ATP Tour results 1995". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
26. Garcia, Gabriel. "Tokyo Indoor: Tournament Records". thetennisbase.com. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

External links

• ATP results archive