U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945

Last updated September 29, 2023

The U.S. Pro Tennis Championships were played each year from 1927 to 1999 (except 1944). Up to 1967, before the start of the "Open Era", this tournament was regarded as part of the professional grand slam. In 1963 the tournament failed financially but was revived in Boston without a break. It was originally called the National Professional Tennis Championships.

1927

September 23–25, Notlek Tennis Club, Manhattan, New York – Clay

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Final

Howard Kinsey	6	6
James P. Reid	0	3	Howard Kinsey	6	6
Warren Kruger	6	6	Warren Kruger	1	1
John Cardegna	1	3				Howard Kinsey	6	6	6
Paul Heston	6	6				Paul Heston	0	4	3
William Ganley	0	1	Paul Heston	7	6
Edwin Faulkner	6	6	Edwin Faulkner	5	4
Arthur Rudolph	2	4								Howard Kinsey	9	4	3
Charles Wood	6	6								Vincent Richards	11	6	6
Otto Glocker	1	4	Charles Wood	6	6
George Agutter	6	6	George Agutter	2	4
H. W. Hagemann	2	2				Charles Wood	0	1	2
Vincent Richards	6	6				Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Julius Boise	0	0	Vincent Richards	6	6
John Collom	6	6	John Collom	1	2
Louis Volpe	2	3

1928

West Side Tennis Club, New York – Grass

Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals						Final

Howard Kinsey	6	6	6
Edwin Faulkner	4	0	3		Howard Kinsey	6	8	8
Charles Wood	7	7	7		Charles Wood	4	6	6
John Cardegna	5	5	5						Howard Kinsey	6	3	7	2	8
J. Basil Maguire	6	6	6						Vincent Richards	2	6	5	6	10
James Kenney	4	4	2		J. Basil Maguire	0	1	0
Vincent Richards	6	6	6		Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Allen Behr	1	4	3												Vincent Richards	8	6	0	6
Karel Koželuh	6	6	6												Karel Koželuh	6	3	6	2
A. Geidel	0	1	0		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
Warren Kruger	6	1	6	6	Warren Kruger	0	1	0
George Agutter	1	6	4	4					Karel Koželuh	8	6	6
Paul Heston	6	6	6						Harvey Snodgrass	6	2	1
Louis Volpe	3	4	1		Paul Heston	1	2	2
Harvey Snodgrass	6	7	6		Harvey Snodgrass	6	6	6
Arthur Rudolph	3	5	1

1929

West Side Tennis Club, New York – Grass

Round of 16						Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

Vincent Richards	6	6	6
J. Farrell	1	1	1			Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Wallace F. Johnson	6	6	6			Wallace F. Johnson	3	1	2
George Agutter	2	2	3							Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Paul Heston	4	6	6	6						Paul Heston	1	3	4
John Collom	6	2	1	4		Paul Heston	6	6	6
John Cardegna	4	6	6	5	6	John Cardegna	3	4	2
J. Basil Maguire	6	2	1	7	2									Vincent Richards	4	4	6	6	5
Karel Koželuh	6	6	6											Karel Koželuh	6	6	4	4	7
Phil Bagby	1	2	2			Karel Koželuh	6	6	7
Charles Wood	6	6	6			Charles Wood	0	2	5
Henry Geidel	3	2	1							Karel Koželuh	6	6	7
Howard Kinsey	6	6	6							Howard Kinsey	4	4	5
Walter S. Gray	1	2	2			Howard Kinsey	6	6	6
Edwin Faulkner	7	6	4	2	6	Edwin Faulkner	4	2	1
Warren Kruger	5	4	6	6	3

1930

West Side Tennis Club, New York – Grass

Third round					Quarterfinals						Semifinals				Final

Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
Hamlin McGrath	0	0	0		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
Paul Heston	7	6	6		Paul Heston	3	2	4
James Kenney	5	2	2								Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
Howard Kinsey	6	6	6								Howard Kinsey	0	2	3
Peter Peterson	0	3	2		Howard Kinsey	3	5	6	7	6
Dan Maskell	6	6	6	10	Dan Maskell	6	7	2	5	1
Edwin Faulkner	2	1	8	8											Karel Koželuh	6	8	3	4
Vincent Richards	6	6	6												Vincent Richards	2	10	6	6
James Burns, Sr.	0	3	4		Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Norval Craig	6	6	6		Norval Craig	1	4	3
Wallace F. Johnson	3	3	4								Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Harvey Snodgrass	7	5	6	6							Harvey Snodgrass	1	3	2
Hans Hummel	5	7	0	1	Harvey Snodgrass	4	6	6	6
Roman Najuch	6	6	9		Roman Najuch	6	0	4	3
Charles Wood	4	4	7

1931

West Side Tennis Club, New York – Grass

Third round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

Bill Tilden	6	6	6
Jimmie Mitchell	0	1	0		Bill Tilden	7	7	6
Emmett Paré	6	6	6		Emmett Paré	5	5	4
J. Basil Maguire	1	3	4							Bill Tilden	6	6	6
Howard Kinsey	6	6	8							Howard Kinsey	4	0	3
Charles Wood	0	4	6		Howard Kinsey	10	8	6	6
Albert Burke	6	6	6		Albert Burke	8	10	4	4
John Cardegna	2	1	0											Bill Tilden	7	6	6
Vincent Richards	6	6	6											Vincent Richards	5	2	1
Paul Heston	3	0	4		Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Robert Seller	6	6	3	6	Robert Seller	3	4	4
Henry Geidel	3	3	6	0						Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Frank Hunter	6	6	6							Karel Koželuh	2	4	3
James Burns, Jr.	0	0	0		Frank Hunter	6	3	2	2
Karel Koželuh	6	6	6		Karel Koželuh	3	6	6	6
Rudolph Noble	0	2	0

1932

South Shore Country Club, Chicago – Clay

Round of 16				Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

Bill Tilden	6	6	6
Phil Bagby	3	2	2	Bill Tilden	6	6	9
Albert Burke	6	6	6	Albert Burke	0	4	7
Charles Wood	2	4	0						Bill Tilden	3	6	5	1
Emmett Paré	6	6	6						Karel Koželuh	6	3	7	6
Arthur Rudolph	2	2	1	Emmett Paré	2	6	6	3
Karel Koželuh	w/o			Karel Koželuh	6	8	3	6
Robert Seller														Karel Koželuh	6	6	7
Vincent Richards	6	6	6											Hans Nüsslein	2	2	5
Warren Kruger	1	2	0	Vincent Richards	5	1	6	3
Roman Najuch	6	6	6	Roman Najuch	7	6	2	6
Edwin Faulkner	1	1	3						Roman Najuch	2	10	1
Bruce Barnes	6	6	6						Hans Nüsslein	6	12	6
Paul Heston	1	3	1	Bruce Barnes	3	4	3
Hans Nüsslein	6	6	6	Hans Nüsslein	6	6	6
John Cardegna	1	4	2

1933

Round of 16						Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Edwin Faulkner	1	2	0			Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Theodore Rericha	6	6	6			Theodore Rericha	2	4	3
C. Kenyon	1	0	2								Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Robert Murray	6	6	6								Robert Murray	1	1	4
Dan Martella	0	2	3			Robert Murray	2	10	6	6
J. Basil Maguire	7	6	4	6	6	J. Basil Maguire	6	8	4	0
Thomas Iannicelli	9	2	6	3	2											Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Frank Hunter	1	6	6	1	6											Frank Hunter	3	0	2
Herman Peterson	6	2	3	6	2	Frank Hunter	6	6	2	6
Charles Wood	5	1	7	9	6	Charles Wood	2	2	6	2
John Cardegna	7	6	5	7	4						Frank Hunter	1	6	6	7
Paul Heston	6	6	6								Paul Heston	6	1	2	5
W. Tyler	1	2	4			Paul Heston	6	6	6
William Triest						William Triest	1	0	1
Julius Boise	w/o

1934

Round of 16					Quarterfinals						Semifinals					Final

Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Ellis Klingeman	2	2	0		Vincent Richards	6	6	6
Paul Heston	8	6	7		Paul Heston	3	2	2
J. Castle	6	1	5								Vincent Richards	2	6	0
Bruce Barnes	6	6	6								Karel Koželuh	6	8	6
F. Kukn	3	0	4		Bruce Barnes	2	4	3
Karel Koželuh	6	6	6		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
Thomas Frydell	0	1	0													Karel Koželuh	4	2	6	5
Ellsworth Vines	6	3	6	6												Hans Nüsslein	6	6	1	7
George O'Connell	3	6	1	3	Ellsworth Vines	6	6	6
Charles Wood	6	7	7		Charles Wood	3	2	3
A. K. Wylie	2	5	5								Ellsworth Vines	9	1	3	2
Emmett Paré	6	6	4	6							Hans Nüsslein	7	6	6	6
Alfred Chapin	1	2	6	4	Emmett Paré	6	6	3	3	1
Hans Nüsslein	6	6	6		Hans Nüsslein	0	2	6	6	6
George Jennings	1	2	4

1935

Round of 16						Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
Rudolph Noble	1	0	1			Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
Herman Peterson	6	7	6			Herman Peterson	4	1	2
George Jennings	2	5	2							Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
Lester Stoefen	6	6	6							Lester Stoefen	4	3	0
James Pressly, Sr.	2	0	3			Lester Stoefen	7	6	6
Frank Hunter	9	6	7	6	7	Frank Hunter	5	4	1
Peter Peterson	11	2	9	4	5										Karel Koželuh	6	1	4	6	4
Bill Tilden	6	6	6												Bill Tilden	0	6	6	0	6
Harold Blauer	3	3	3			Bill Tilden	7	6	6
Charles Wood	3	8	6	2	6	Charles Wood	5	2	3
Walter Wesbrook	6	6	2	6	2					Bill Tilden	6	5	6	6
George Lott	6	7	4	6						George Lott	1	7	3	4
Thomas Iannicelli	4	5	6	0		George Lott	6	6	7
Alfred Chapin	6	8	6			Alfred Chapin	2	4	5
Joe Whalen	1	6	1

1936

Round of 16				Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Final

Joe Whalen	6	7
Teddy Rericha	2	5		Joe Whalen	6	8
Harold Blauer	6	6		Harold Blauer	4	6
R. McLeod	2	1					Joe Whalen	6	6	6
Edwin Faulkner	4	6	6				Edwin Faulkner	2	4	4
William Einsman	6	4	3	Edwin Faulkner	6	6
Ellis Klingeman	6	8		Ellis Klingeman	2	4
Thomas Iannicelli	4	6									Joe Whalen	4	4	6	6	6
Charles Wood	6	6									Charles Wood	6	6	3	2	3
Herbert Stead	2	4		Charles Wood	6	6
Ed Burns	7	6		Ed Burns	2	1
Henry Geidel	5	4					Charles Wood	6	6	6
Dan Watson	6						Dan Watson	2	2	3
William Ellis	2	rtd.		Dan Watson	7	6
James Mitchell	6	6		James Mitchell	5	2
Selwyn Orcutt	2	3

1937

Quarterfinals						Semifinals				Final

Karel Koželuh	6	6	6

Herman Peterson	4	2	1
						Karel Koželuh	6	6	6

						Joe Whalen	1	4	0
Joe Whalen	6	6	6

Alfred Chapin	1	2	3
										Karel Koželuh	6	6	4	4	6

										Bruce Barnes	2	3	6	6	1
George Lott	3	6	2	6	6

Ben Gorchakoff	6	1	6	1	2
						George Lott	0	2	5

						Bruce Barnes	6	6	7
Bruce Barnes	3	6	6	6

Vincent Richards	6	3	4	3

1938

Second round						Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

Fred Perry	6	6	6
Phil Greenstein	1	1	4			Fred Perry	6	6	6
John Faunce	7	6	6			John Faunce	4	0	2
Lloyd Budge	5	2	4								Fred Perry	6	7	6
Berkeley Bell	3	6	1	7	6						Berkeley Bell	2	5	3
Herman Peterson	6	4	6	5	2	Berkeley Bell	6	8	3	6
George Lott	6	6	6			George Lott	3	6	6	4
Wilmer Hines	1	2	3													Fred Perry	6	6	6
Bruce Barnes	6	6	6													Bruce Barnes	3	2	4
Edward Stillman	0	2	2			Bruce Barnes	6	6	2	6
Joe Whalen	4	6	6	7		Joe Whalen	2	3	6	3
Arthur Hendrix	6	4	4	5							Bruce Barnes	3	6	9	6
Walter Senior	6	6	6								Dick Skeen	6	4	7	4
George Jennings	0	1	4			Walter Senior	1	4	4
Dick Skeen	7	8	6	8		Dick Skeen	6	6	6
Vincent Richards	9	6	1	6

1939

Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

Fred Perry	6	6	2	6
W. H. Doeg	1	2	6	3	Fred Perry	7	7	5	6
Keith Gledhill	6	6	6		Keith Gledhill	5	5	7	2
Vincent Richards	0	3	2							Fred Perry	6	6	5	6
Bill Tilden	6	6	4	6						Bill Tilden	3	1	7	2
William Weissbuch	2	2	6	2	Bill Tilden	7	8	6
John Faunce	7	6	6		John Faunce	5	6	4
Bruce Barnes	5	4	3												Fred Perry	6	8	1	18
Ellsworth Vines	6	6	6												Ellsworth Vines	8	6	6	20
Kenneth Napier	4	3	4		Ellsworth Vines	6	6	6
Ben Gorchakoff	4	6	6	10	Ben Gorchakoff	1	3	0
Walter Senior	6	1	1	8						Ellsworth Vines	w/o
Lester Stoefen	6	6	6							Dick Skeen
Bernard Coghlan	1	4	4		Lester Stoefen	6	3	5
Dick Skeen	6	6	6		Dick Skeen	8	6	7
Mort Ballagh	2	4	4

1940

Second round						Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

Don Budge	6	6	6
George Jennings	3	3	0			Don Budge	6	6	6
Walter Senior	6	6	6			Walter Senior	1	3	1
E. Bax	1	1	1							Don Budge	6	6	6
Bill Tilden	6	6	6							Bill Tilden	4	2	4
P. Martin	4	1	3			Bill Tilden	6	6	7
Joe Whalen	4	6	6	2	6	Joe Whalen	4	1	5
George O'Connell	6	1	2	6	2										Don Budge	6	5	6	6
John Nogrady	8	6	6	6											Fred Perry	3	7	4	3
Vincent Richards	10	0	1	0		John Nogrady	6	6
Karel Koželuh	6	6	6			Karel Koželuh	4	0	rtd.
J. L. Lamb	0	2	3							John Nogrady	4	3	6	4
Arthur Hendrix	9	6	6	6						Fred Perry	6	6	4	6
Kenneth Napier	11	4	4	4		Arthur Hendrix	1	4	2
Fred Perry	6	6	6			Fred Perry	6	6	6
Edward Stillman	2	1	4

1941

Second round						Quarterfinals						Semifinals					Final

John Faunce	6	6	6
Don Budge	4	1	3			John Faunce	1	2	7	6	6
Karel Koželuh	3	6	7	6		Karel Koželuh	6	6	5	3	2
Vincent Richards	6	4	5	1								John Faunce	3	6	6	3
Dick Skeen	6	6	6									Dick Skeen	6	8	2	6
Dan Watson	4	2	2			Dick Skeen	6	6	6
Joe Whalen	9	2	6	7	7	Joe Whalen	2	4	4
Lester Stoefen	7	6	4	9	5												Dick Skeen	4	8	2	3
Fred Perry	6	7	7														Fred Perry	6	6	6	6
Charles Wood	4	5	5			Fred Perry	6	9	6
John Nogrady	6	6	6			John Nogrady	4	7	1
A. K. Wylie	1	2	1									Fred Perry	6	6	6	7
Bill Tilden	6	6	6									Keith Gledhill	1	8	4	5
George O'Connell	1	3	0			Bill Tilden	2	3	3
Keith Gledhill	6	4	6	6		Keith Gledhill	6	6	6
Berkeley Bell	4	6	0	4

1942

Second round				Quarterfinals						Semifinals					Final

Don Budge	6
Karel Koželuh	2	rtd.		Don Budge	6	2	6	6
John Nogrady	6	6	6	John Nogrady	1	6	4	1
Charles Wood	1	1	2							Don Budge	6	7	6
Wayne Sabin	6	6	6							Wayne Sabin	2	5	3
Herman Peterson	0	1	0	Wayne Sabin	7	5	6	6
Bruce Barnes	w/o			Bruce Barnes	5	7	1	4
Dan Watson															Don Budge	6	6	6
Bobby Riggs	6	6	6												Bobby Riggs	2	2	2
Frank Hunter	2	2	2	Bobby Riggs	6	3	6	4	6
Robert Harman	9	6	6	Robert Harman	3	6	1	6	1
Alfred Chapin	7	1	1							Bobby Riggs	6	3	8	6
Frank Kovacs	6	6	8							Frank Kovacs	4	6	6	2
William Kenney	1	2	6	Frank Kovacs	6	3	6	9
Frank Rericha	6	6	6	Frank Rericha	2	6	0	7
Frank Kenney	3	1	4

1943

Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

Bruce Barnes	6	6	6
Ray White	1	0	2		Bruce Barnes	6	6	8
Gene Mako	6	6	6		Gene Mako	0	4	6
Frank Rericha	3	1	3							Bruce Barnes	6	6	6
Berkeley Bell	6	6	6							Karel Koželuh	0	2	3
Harold Duncan	3	0	0		Berkeley Bell	6	0	3	6
Karel Koželuh	6	6	6		Karel Koželuh	3	6	6	8
Edward Stillman	1	0	0												Bruce Barnes	6	7	7	4	6
John Nogrady	6	6	6												John Nogrady	1	9	5	6	3
Ed Copeland	2	0	3		John Nogrady	6	6	6
Lloyd Budge	6	6	6		Lloyd Budge	3	1	3
Vincent Richards	2	3	0							John Nogrady	6	6	13	6
Welby Van Horn	6	6	5	6						Welby Van Horn	3	4	15	3
Frank Goeltz	3	3	7	3	Welby Van Horn	4	6	6	10
Bill Tilden	6	6	6		Bill Tilden	6	1	4	8
Charles Wood	2	2	3

1945

Round of 16				Quarterfinals						Semifinals				Final

Welby Van Horn	6	6
Sam Shore	1	1		Welby Van Horn	6	6	8
Robert Decker	4	6	6	Robert Decker	2	3	6
Frank Rericha	6	2	4							Welby Van Horn	6	6	6
Bill Tilden	7	6								Bill Tilden	0	2	1
Frank Goeltz	5	1		Bill Tilden	6	6	3	3	6
Karel Koželuh	6	7		Karel Koželuh	3	0	6	6	4
Herman Peterson	2	5												Welby Van Horn	6	6	6
Dick Skeen	6	6												John Nogrady	4	2	2
A. Hopper	0	2		Dick Skeen	6	6	6
Vincent Richards	6	6		Vincent Richards	1	4	3
E. Epstein	3	0								Dick Skeen	3	3	1
John Nogrady	6	6								John Nogrady	6	6	6
Jack March	1	1		John Nogrady	7	4	6	4	6
Walter Senior	6	6		Walter Senior	5	6	3	6	3
George Rogers	2	2

External links

"U.S. Pro Champìonships 1927-1967 at Grand Slam Tennis Archive".
"US Pro Championships at Tennis Archives". Archived from the original on July 28, 2014.

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The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today as a separate sport with more complex rules. The first Lawn Tennis Club and tournament was held in Royal Leamington Spa on the 1st August 1882.

The West Side Tennis Club is a private tennis club located in Forest Hills, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The club has 38 tennis courts in all four surfaces, a junior Olympic-size swimming pool and other amenities. It is the home of the Forest Hills Stadium, a 14,000 seat outdoor tennis stadium and concert venue.

The 1949 U.S. National Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York City, United States. The tournament ran from August 26 until September 5. It was the 69th staging of the U.S. National Championships, and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

The 1967 U.S. National Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York City, United States. The tournament ran from August 30 through September 10, 1967. It was the 87th staging of the U.S. National Championships, and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of 1967. This was the last time the U.S. National Championship was played as an amateur event; the 1968 tournament, also played at West Side Tennis Club's Forest Hills Stadium, became the first U.S.Open, following the French and Wimbledon opens earlier that year.

The 1968 US Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York City, United States. The tournament ran from 29 August until 8 September. It was the 88th staging of the tournament and the fourth Grand Slam event of 1968. It was the first edition of the tournament in the Open Era of tennis and as such for the first time offered prize money, totaling $100,000. Arthur Ashe and Virginia Wade won the singles titles. Ashe was still registered as an amateur and therefore not entitled to the $14,000 first-prize money, which instead went to runner-up Tom Okker, while Wade earned $6,000. Frank Parker, at the age of 52, lost to eventual champion Arthur Ashe in the second round, and still holds the record for the oldest man to compete in a Grand Slam singles tournament.

In 1930 the "Association Française des Professeurs de Tennis (AFPT)" held its first pro tournament, entitled "Championnat International de France Professionnel" on June 18–22, 1930.

This article covers the period from 1877 to present. Before the beginning of the Open Era in April 1968, only amateurs were allowed to compete in established tennis tournaments, including the four Grand Slam tournaments. Wimbledon, the oldest of the majors, was founded in 1877, followed by the US Open in 1881, the French Open in 1891 and the Australian Open in 1905. Beginning in 1905 and continuing to the present day, all four majors have been played yearly, with the exception of during the two World Wars, 1986 for the Australian Open, and 2020 for Wimbledon. The Australian Open is the first major of the year (January), followed by the French Open (May–June), Wimbledon (June–July) and the US Open (August–September). There was no prize money and players were compensated for travel expenses only. A player who wins all four majors, in singles or as part of a doubles team, in the same calendar year is said to have achieved a "Grand Slam". If the player wins all four consecutively, but not in the same calendar year, it is called a "Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam". Winning all four at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Grand Slam". Winning the four majors and a gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics in the same calendar year has been called a "Golden Slam" since 1988. Winning all four majors plus an Olympic gold at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Golden Slam". Winning the year-end championship while also having won a Golden Slam is referred to as a "Super Slam". Winning all four majors, an Olympic gold, and the year-end championships at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Super Slam". Winning the four majors in all three disciplines a player is eligible for–singles, doubles and mixed doubles–is considered winning a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cochet–Tilden rivalry</span>

This was a tennis rivalry played between the French player Henri Cochet, and the American player Bill Tilden. In their respective careers the met each other on the court 35 times from 1926 until 1939 it ended with Tilden leading in head to head matches 23-12. In Major championship matches their rivalry ended with Cochet leading Tilden 4-3.

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