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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.
After World War II Bobby Riggs, Pancho Segura and Pancho Gonzales won the Championships multiple times. Into the 1960s, the most frequent winners were Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack March | 2 | 3 | 3 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Faunce | 6 | 9 | 6 | John Faunce | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Jossi | 4 | 7 | 1 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Sabin | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Wayne Sabin | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bill Tilden | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Wayne Sabin | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fred Perry | 6 | 6 | 6 | Fred Perry | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Goeltz | 2 | 3 | 2 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welby Van Horn | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | Don Budge | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Nogrady | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Welby Van Horn | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 10 | 4 | 11 | 10 | Frank Kovacs | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vincent Richards | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | Frank Kovacs | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Earn | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | Don Budge | 10 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gene Mako | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | Carl Earn | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don Budge | 6 | 6 | 6 | Don Budge | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Howard | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don Budge | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy Adler | 1 | 0 | 1 | Don Budge | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Sabin | 7 | 6 | 6 | Wayne Sabin | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Al Doyle | 5 | 2 | 2 | Don Budge | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fred Perry | 6 | 6 | 6 | Welby Van Horn | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Nogrady | 3 | 1 | 4 | Fred Perry | 12 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welby Van Horn | 6 | 6 | 6 | Welby Van Horn | 14 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William C. Crosby | 3 | 4 | 4 | Don Budge | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 6 | 6 | 6 | Bobby Riggs | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Martin Buxby | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elwood Cooke | 6 | 6 | 6 | Elwood Cooke | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Jossi | 2 | 1 | 2 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | 6 | Frank Kovacs | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack March | 2 | 3 | 2 | Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Faunce | 6 | 6 | 6 | John Faunce | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Stubbs | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Van den Bosch | 0 | 1 | 3 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elwood Cooke | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | Elwood Cooke | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pierre Pellizza | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | 6 | Frank Kovacs | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Harman | 3 | 2 | 0 | Frank Kovacs | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | 6 | Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Earn | 4 | 0 | 3 | Bobby Riggs | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Kramer | 6 | 6 | 6 | Jack Kramer | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Stubbs | 1 | 0 | 2 | Jack Kramer | 3 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welby Van Horn | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Welby Van Horn | 6 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Nogrady | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | Jack Kramer | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don Budge | 6 | 6 | 6 | Don Budge | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy Adler | 0 | 0 | 1 | Don Budge | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dinny Pails | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Dinny Pails | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Sabin | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John H. Cushingham | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | Bobby Riggs | 12 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy Evert | 6 | 6 | 6 | Jimmy Evert | 10 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Sabin | 3 | 3 | 3 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welby Van Horn | 6 | 7 | 9 | Welby Van Horn | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William C. Crosby | 3 | 5 | 7 | Welby Van Horn | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Earn | 6 | 7 | 6 | Carl Earn | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Faunce | 4 | 5 | 1 | Bobby Riggs | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don Budge | 6 | 6 | 6 | Don Budge | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph Fishbach | 1 | 1 | 1 | Don Budge | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elwood Cooke | 9 | 9 | 9 | Elwood Cooke | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mitch Gornto | 7 | 7 | 7 | Don Budge | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | 6 | Frank Kovacs | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Goeltz | 1 | 0 | 4 | Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Nogrady | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | John Nogrady | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pierre Pellizza | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Kramer | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy Evert | 4 | 2 | Jack Kramer | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Earn | 6 | 6 | Carl Earn | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Al Doyle | 3 | 2 | Jack Kramer | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | Pancho Segura | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Nogrady | 2 | 2 | Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welby Van Horn | 6 | 3 | 6 | Welby Van Horn | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joe Whalen | 2 | 6 | 2 | Pancho Segura | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 6 | 8 | Frank Kovacs | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | rtd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pierre Pellizza | 1 | 6 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack March | 6 | 1 | 6 | Jack March | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gene Mako | 2 | 6 | 3 | Bobby Riggs | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Parker | 6 | 6 | Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Faunce | 2 | 3 | Frank Parker | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joe Fishbach | 1 | 0 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Martin Buxby | 0 | 2 | Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bill Tilden | 7 | 6 | Bill Tilden | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Sabin | 5 | 3 | Frank Kovacs | 19 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vinny Rurac | 6 | 7 | Don Budge | 17 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack March | 2 | 5 | Vinny Rurac | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don Budge | 6 | 6 | Don Budge | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Al Doyle | 4 | 3 | Frank Kovacs | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Earn | 6 | 6 | Pancho Segura | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
R. McFarland | 3 | 1 | Carl Earn | 6 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Parker | 8 | 6 | Frank Parker | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R. Rogers | 6 | 0 | Carl Earn | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elwood Cooke | 6 | 6 | Pancho Segura | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Lyttleton-Rogers | 1 | 1 | Elwood Cooke | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Richey | 3 | 3 |
Round robin | W–L | Pancho Segura | Pancho Gonzales | Bobby Riggs | Welby Van Horn | Frank Parker | Jack Kramer | |
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1. | Pancho Segura | 4–0 | 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 | 6–0, 8–6, 6–1 | 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 | 6–2, 6–2, 6–0 | ||
2. | Pancho Gonzales | 3–1 | 3–6, 4–6, 2–6 | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 | 6–3, 8–6, 6–0 | 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2 | ||
3. | Bobby Riggs | 2–2 | 0–6, 6–8, 1–6 | 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 | 6–3, 8–10, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | 6–3, 17–15, 6–2 | ||
4. | Welby Van Horn | 1–3 | 1–6, 2–6, 4–6 | 3–6, 6–8, 0–6 | 3–6, 10–8, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 10–8, 6–2 | ||
5. | Frank Parker | 0–5 | 2–6, 2–6, 0–6 | 6–4, 1–6, 5–7, 2–6 | 3–6, 15–17, 2–6 | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 8–10, 2–6 | 6–4, 0–6, 6–4, 0–6, 3–6 | |
6. | Jack Kramer 1 | 1–0 | 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0, 6–3 | |||||
1 withdrew due to injury.
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Rerlcha | 0 | 2 | Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Howard | 3 | 7 | 6 | John Howard | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jerry Evert | 6 | 5 | 4 | Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | Frank Kovacs | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vic Braden | 3 | 2 | Frank Kovacs | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack March | 6 | 8 | Jack March | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ed Burke | 3 | 6 | Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | Pancho Segura | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Jim Hendrix | 2 | 2 | Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Al Doyle | 6 | 6 | Al Doyle | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tom Burke | 4 | 2 | Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don Budge | 6 | 6 | Don Budge | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henry Kenny | 1 | 2 | Don Budge | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Rodgers | 6 | 2 | 6 | Jack Rodgers | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Richey | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Rodgers | 8 | 6 | Jack Rodgers | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jerry Evert | 6 | 2 | Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 9 | 6 | Bobby Riggs | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vic Braden | 7 | 2 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Earn | 6 | 6 | Carl Earn | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Morton | 3 | 1 | Pancho Gonzales | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Don Budge | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Al Doyle | 4 | 6 | 6 | Al Doyle | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
George Richey | 6 | 4 | 1 | Frank Kovacs | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Robert Rodgers | 3 | 6 | 6 | Don Budge | 11 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
D. Martin | 6 | 4 | 4 | Robert Rodgers | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Don Budge | w/o | Don Budge | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Joe Whalen |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Harman | 4 | 6 | Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gene Mako | 6 | 6 | Gene Mako | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Jossi | 1 | 4 | Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samuel Match | 6 | 6 | Frank Sedgman | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Sabin | 1 | 2 | Samuel Match | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Sedgman | 6 | 6 | Frank Sedgman | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pierre Pallizza | 0 | 1 | Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Earn | 6 | 6 | Pancho Segura | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Wesbrook | 2 | 2 | Carl Earn | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bob Rogers | 6 | 6 | Bob Rogers | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Toley | 3 | 4 | Carl Earn | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constantin Tanacescu | 6 | 6 | Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Faunce | 3 | 4 | Constantin Tanacescu | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ben Gorchakoff | 0 | 2 | Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Al Doyle | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Earn | 6 | 6 | Don Budge | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elwood Cooke | 1 | 4 | Carl Earn | 6 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don Budge | 6 | 6 | Don Budge | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 4 | 4 | Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Sedgman | 6 | 6 | Frank Sedgman | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vic Braden | 0 | 1 | Frank Sedgman | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 6 | 6 | Frank Kovacs | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Burke | 3 | 3 | Frank Sedgman | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Rodgers | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Parker | 21 | 21 | Frank Parker | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
John Faunce | 13 | 17 | Pancho Gonzales | 21 | 13 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 18 | 21 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 21 | 21 | Bobby Riggs | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Martin Buxby | 17 | 19 | Pancho Gonzales | 21 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 16 | 21 | 8 | 22 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Don Budge | 20 | 21 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Earn | 21 | 21 | Carl Earn | 22 | 13 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||
Vinnie Rurac | 15 | 12 | Carl Earn | 15 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fred Perry | 21 | 18 | 21 | Fred Perry | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
Al Doyle | 15 | 21 | 12 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gene Garrett | 13 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Trabert | 13 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Trabert | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Earn | 11 | 17 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 15 | 21 | 14 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 21 | 13 | 21 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 21 | 21 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Parker | 16 | 17 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 23 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rex Hartwig | 21 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rex Hartwig | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 10 | 13 | 16 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Frank Parker | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Tony Trabert | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Tony Trabert | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
Frank Kovacs | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Dinny Pails | 6 | 4 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Armando Vieira | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Al Doyle | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Lew Hoad | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Lew Hoad | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Frank Parker | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Lew Hoad | 6 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
Tony Trabert | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
Tony Trabert | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 3 | 1 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Jerry DeWitts | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Ashley Cooper | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Ashley Cooper | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Frank Parker | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Lew Hoad | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Malcolm Anderson | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Lew Hoad | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Lew Hoad | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 2 | 3 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
Tony Trabert | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Frank Parker | 0 | 2 | Tony Trabert | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Tony Trabert | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Alex Olmedo | 4 | 6 | 6 | Alex Olmedo | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Sam Giammalva | 6 | 3 | 1 | Alex Olmedo | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Ashley Cooper | 4 | 5 |
First round | Second round | Third round | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Andrés Gimeno | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Andrés Gimeno | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Parker | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Parker | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Armando Vieira | 6 | Armando Vieira | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al Doyle | 3 | Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sam Giammalva | w/o | Frank Sedgman | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Jack Arkinstall | Sam Giammalva | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Riggs | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Giammalva | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Barry MacKay | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Barry MacKay | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Sedgman | 6 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Earl Buchholz | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
Jack Arkinstall | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
Earl Buchholz | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 6 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||
Barry MacKay | 4 | 9 | 9 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rod Laver | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rod Laver | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Earl Buchholz | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Earl Buchholz | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Lew Hoad | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rod Laver | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Alex Olmedo | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Alex Olmedo | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Trabert | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lew Hoad | 6 | 0 | 6 | Lew Hoad | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Davies | 4 | 6 | 4 | Ken Rosewall | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rod Laver | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rod Laver | 4 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earl Buchholz | 6 | 6 | Earl Buchholz | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luis Ayala | 4 | 2 | Rod Laver | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrés Gimeno | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alex Olmedo | 12 | 7 | 6 | Alex Olmedo | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Giammalva | 14 | 5 | 2 | Andrés Gimeno | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 9 | 6 | Pancho Segura | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barry MacKay | 7 | 1 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earl Buchholz | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luis Ayala | 6 | 3 | 7 | Luis Ayala | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Sedgman | 4 | 6 | 5 | Earl Buchholz | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rod Laver | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rod Laver | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barry MacKay | 6 | 6 | Barry MacKay | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Giammalva | 4 | 4 | Rod Laver | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malcolm Anderson | 9 | 6 | Malcolm Anderson | 1 | 12 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alex Olmedo | 7 | 4 | Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 7 | 6 | Pancho Segura | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Davies | 5 | 3 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrés Gimeno | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lew Hoad | 6 | 6 | Lew Hoad | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 2 | 3 | Andrés Gimeno | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rod Laver | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rod Laver | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Davies | 6 | 10 | 6 | Mike Davies | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barry MacKay | 4 | 12 | 4 | Rod Laver | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earl Buchholz | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luis Ayala | 9 | 4 | 6 | Luis Ayala | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pierre Barthès | 7 | 6 | 4 | Earl Buchholz | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malcolm Anderson | 6 | 6 | Malcolm Anderson | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Giammalva | 2 | 1 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Rosewall | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malcolm Anderson | 5 | 8 | 3 | Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Davies | 6 | 9 | 11 | Mike Davies | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pierre Barthès | 1 | 11 | 9 | Ken Rosewall | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrés Gimeno | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pancho Segura | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrés Gimeno | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrés Gimeno | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dennis Ralston | 6 | 6 | Rod Laver | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Earl Buchholz | 2 | 3 | Dennis Ralston | 7 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fred Stolle | 6 | 6 | Fred Stolle | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Barry MacKay | 3 | 4 | Fred Stolle | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Luis Ayala | 1 | 6 | 16 | Rod Laver | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Giammalva | 6 | 1 | 14 | Luis Ayala | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rod Laver | 6 | 6 | Rod Laver | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alex Olmedo | 1 | 2 |
John Donald Budge was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first tennis player — male or female, and still the only American male — to win the Grand Slam, and to win all four Grand Slam events consecutively overall. Budge was the second man to complete the career Grand Slam after Fred Perry, and remains the youngest to achieve the feat. He won ten majors, of which six were Grand Slam events and four Pro Slams, the latter achieved on three different surfaces. Budge is considered to have one of the best backhands in the history of tennis, with most observers rating it better than that of later player Ken Rosewall.
Lewis Alan Hoad was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur. He was a member of the Australian team that won the Davis Cup four times between 1952 and 1956. Hoad turned professional in July 1957. He won the Kooyong Tournament of Champions in 1958 and the Forest Hills Tournament of Champions in 1959. He won the Ampol Open Trophy world series of tournaments in 1959, which included the Kooyong tournament that concluded in early January 1960. Hoad's men's singles tournament victories spanned from 1951 to 1971.
Kenneth Robert Rosewall is an Australian former world top-ranking professional tennis player. Rosewall won 147 singles titles, including a record 15 Pro Majors and eight Grand Slam titles for a total 23 titles at pro and amateur majors. He also won 15 Pro Majors in doubles and nine Grand Slam doubles titles. Rosewall achieved a Pro Slam in singles in 1963 by winning the three Pro Majors in one year and he completed the Career Grand Slam in doubles.
Ricardo Alonso "Pancho" González, known sometimes as Richard Gonzales, was an American tennis player. He won 15 major singles titles, including two U.S. National Singles Championships in 1948 and 1949, and 13 Professional Grand Slam titles. He also won three Tournament of Champions professional events in 1957, 1958, and 1959. He was ranked world amateur No. 1 in 1948 by Ned Potter and in 1949 by Potter and John Olliff. Gonzales was a prominent professional champion in the 1950s and 1960s, winning world professional championship tours between 1954 and 1961; he was the world number one ranked male tennis player professional between 1952 and 1961. Gonzales was a determined competitor with a fierce temper. He was often at odds with officials and promoters. However, he was a fan favorite who drew many spectators.
Francisco Olegario Segura, better known as Pancho "Segoo" Segura, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, but moved to the United States in the late 1930s. Throughout his amateur career he was listed by the USTA as a "foreign" player resident in the U.S. As a professional player, he was referred to as the "Ecuadorian champ who now lives in New York City". After acquiring U.S. citizenship in 1991 at the age of seventy, Segura was a citizen of both countries, although he never represented the U.S. in tennis competition.
Francis "Frank" Arthur Sedgman is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. Over the course of a three-decade career, Sedgman won five Grand Slam singles tournaments as an amateur as well as 22 Grand Slam doubles tournaments. He is one of only five tennis players all-time to win multiple career Grand Slams in two disciplines, alongside Margaret Court, Roy Emerson, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. In 1951, he and Ken McGregor won the Grand Slam in men's doubles. Sedgman turned professional in 1953, and won the Wembley World Professional Indoor singles title in 1953 and 1958. He also won the Sydney Masters tournament in 1958, and the Melbourne Professional singles title in 1959. He won the Grand Prix de Europe Professional Tour in 1959.
John Albert Kramer was an American tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s. He won three Grand Slam tournaments. He led the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team to victory in the 1946 and 1947 Davis Cup finals. Kramer won the U.S. Pro Championship at Forest Hills in 1948 and the Wembley Pro Championships in 1949. He won world professional championship 2-man tours in 1948, 1949/50, 1950/51, and 1953. He was ranked world no. 1 amateur player for 1946 by Pierre Gillou, Harry Hopman and Ned Potter. He was ranked world no. 1 amateur player for 1947 by John Olliff, Pierre Gillou and Ned Potter. In 1948 he was ranked the U.S. no. 1 professional in the USPLTA contemporary rankings for U.S. pro tennis play.
Before the advent of the Open era of tennis competitions in April 1968, only amateurs were allowed to compete in established tournaments, including the four majors. There was no prize money and players were compensated for travel expenses only. However many top tennis players turned professional to play legally for prize money in the years before the open era. They played in separate professional events, mostly on tours involving head-to-head competition, but also in professional tournaments as the biggest events on the pro tour. Professional tournaments, in particular the professional majors, usually only had a men's draw.
Marion Anthony Trabert was an American amateur world No. 1 tennis champion and long-time tennis author, TV commentator, instructor, and motivational speaker.
Kenneth Bruce McGregor was an Australian tennis player from Adelaide who won the Men's Singles title at the Australian Championships in 1952. He and his longtime doubles partner, Frank Sedgman, are generally considered one of the greatest men's doubles teams of all time and won the doubles Grand Slam in 1951. McGregor was also a member of three Australian Davis Cup winning teams in 1950–1952. In 1953, Jack Kramer induced both Sedgman and McGregor to turn professional. He was ranked as high as World No. 3 in 1952.
The U.S. Pro Tennis Championships 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. Althea Gibson defeated Pauline Betz in the 1960 women's final.
Since 1990, the biggest events in men's tennis have been the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Finals and the ATP Masters tournaments, in addition to the Grand Slam Cup between 1990–99. From 1983 to 1990, men's tennis had a very strong tradition and clear hierarchy of tournaments: the Grand Slam tournaments, including Wimbledon, the US Open, the French Open, and the Australian Open; the season-ending Masters Grand Prix; and the Davis Cup. Before 1983, however, and in particular before the start of the Open Era in 1968, the hierarchy of professional tournaments changed virtually every year. For example, in 1934, the U.S. Pro was a high-class tournament with all the best players, but just two years later, the same tournament was ordinary because only professional teachers entered the event.
The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in 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. Most rules of (lawn) tennis derive from this precursor and it is reasonable to see both sports as variations of the same game. Most historians believe that tennis originated in the monastic cloisters in northern France in the 12th century, but the ball was then struck with the palm of the hand, hence the name jeu de paume. It was not until the 16th century that rackets came into use and the game began to be called 'tennis'. It was popular in England and France, and Henry VIII of England was a big fan of the game, now referred to as real tennis.
The Wembley Championships was a men's professional tennis tournament held from 1934–1990 with some periods of inactivity in between and is often considered to be one of the three Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era from 1927–1967 until the advent of the open era. Ken Rosewall's and Rod Laver's six singles titles are the record for this event. The tournament only had a men's draw.
In 1930 the "Association Française des Professeurs de Tennis (AFPT)" held its first pro tournament, titled "Championnat International de France Professionnel" June 18–22, 1930, and is considered as a part of the professional major from 1927 to 1967 till the advent of Open Era. The tournament only had a men's draw.
The U.S. Pro Tennis Championships were played each year from 1927 to 1999. 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.
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.
The Los Angeles Open was a former tennis tournament held in Los Angeles, United States from 1927 until 2012. It included a women's draw until 1974 when Linda Lewis won the last ladies title. Subsequently, it became a men-only event and integrated into the ATP's professional tennis circuit. The inaugural edition of the event, known as the Pacific Southwest Championships, was organized by Perry T. Jones and held at the Los Angeles Tennis Club (LATC) starting in October 1927. Bill Tilden and Kea Bouman were the first singles champions. The tournament quickly became a prestigious event on the tennis calendar.
The 1970 season of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1970. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT).
The 1968 Men's National Tennis League (NTL) was the inaugural series of professional tennis tournaments founded by George McCall, among others: Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Ken Rosewall, Andrés Gimeno, Pancho Gonzales and Fred Stolle.