Professional Tennis Championships

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The Three Major Professional Tournaments

Professional tennis players in the years before the Open era began in 1968 played mostly on tours in head-to-head competition. They had, however, several annual tournaments that they called championship tournaments. The most prestigious was the London Indoor Professional Championship at Wembley in England, played between 1934 and 1972, that was unofficially considered the world's championship. The oldest was the United States Professional Championship, played between 1927 and 1999. Between 1955 and 1962 it was played indoors in Cleveland and was called the World Professional Championships. The third major tournament was the French Professional Championship, played between 1930 and 1968. The British and American championships continued into the Open era but devolved to the status of minor tournaments.

Wembley Championship:

YearMen's Singles WinnerMen's Singles Runner-up
1934 Ellsworth Vines (United States) Hans Nusslein (Germany)
1935 Ellsworth Vines (United States) Bill Tilden (United States)
1936 Ellsworth Vines (United States) Bill Tilden (United States)
1937 Hans Nusslein (Germany) Bill Tilden (United States)
1938 Hans Nusslein (Germany) Bill Tilden (United States)
1939-1946 not held not held
1947 Don Budge (United States) Bobby Riggs (United States)
1948 Bobby Riggs (United States) Don Budge (United States)
1949 Jack Kramer (United States) Bobby Riggs (United States)
1950 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Welby Van Horn (United States)
1951 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Pancho Segura (United States)
1952 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Jack Kramer (United States)
1953 Frank Sedgman (Australia) Pancho Gonzales (United States)
1954-1955 not held not held
1956 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Frank Sedgman (Australia)
1957 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Pancho Segura (United States)
1958 Frank Sedgman (Australia) Tony Trabert (United States)
1959 Mal Anderson (Australia) Pancho Segura (United States)
1960 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Pancho Segura (United States)
1961 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Lew Hoad (Australia)
1962 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Lew Hoad (Australia)
1963 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Lew Hoad (Australia)
1964 Rod Laver (Australia) Ken Rosewall (Australia)
1965 Rod Laver (Australia) Andres Gimeno (Spain)
1966 Rod Laver (Australia) Ken Rosewall (Australia)
1967 Rod Laver (Australia) Ken Rosewall (Australia)
1968 Ken Rosewall (Australia) John Newcombe (Australia)
1969 Ken Rosewall (Australia) John Newcombe (Australia)
1970 Rod Laver (Australia) Ken Rosewall (Australia)
1971 Ilie Nastase (Romania) Rod Laver (Australia)
1972 Cliff Richey (United States) Clark Graebner (United States)

United States Pro Championship:

Also known as MFS Pro Championships at Boston

YearMen's Singles WinnerMen's Singles Runner-up
1927 Vinnie Richards (United States) Howard Kinsey (United States)
1928 Vinnie Richards (United States) Karol Kozeluh (Czechoslovakia)
1929 Karol Kozeluh (Czechoslovakia) Vinnie Richards (United States)
1930 Vinnie Richards (United States) Karol Kozeluh (Czechoslovakia)
1931 Bill Tilden (United States) Vinnie Richards (United States)
1932 Karol Kozeluh (Czechoslovakia) Hans Nusslein (Germany)
1933 Vinnie Richards (United States) Frank Hunter (United States)
1934 Hans Nusslein (Germany) Karol Kozeluh (Czechoslovakia)
1935 Bill Tilden (United States) Karol Kozeluh (Czechoslovakia)
1936 Joe Whalen (United States) Charles Wood (United States)
1937 Karol Kozeluh (Czechoslovakia) Bruce Barnes (United States)
1938 Fred Perry (England) Bruce Barnes (United States)
1939 Ellsworth Vines (United States) Fred Perry (England)
1940 Don Budge (United States) Fred Perry (England)
1941 Fred Perry (England) Dick Skeen (United States)
1942 Don Budge (United States) Bobby Riggs (United States)
1943 Lt. Bruce Barnes (United States) John Nogrady (United States)
1944 not held not held
1945 Welby Van Horn (United States) John Nogrady (United States)
1946 Bobby Riggs (United States) Don Budge (United States)
1947 Bobby Riggs (United States) Don Budge (United States)
1948 Jack Kramer (United States) Bobby Riggs (United States)
1949 Bobby Riggs (United States) Don Budge (United States)
1950 Pancho Segura (United States) Frank Kovacs (United States)
1951 Pancho Segura (United States) Pancho Gonzales (United States)
1952 Pancho Segura (United States) Pancho Gonzales (United States)
1953 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Don Budge (United States)
1954 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Frank Sedgman (Australia)
1955 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Pancho Segura (United States)
1956 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Pancho Segura (United States)
1957 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Pancho Segura (United States)
1958 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Lew Hoad (Australia)
1959 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Lew Hoad (Australia)
1960 Alex Olmedo (United States) Tony Trabert (United States)
1961 Pancho Gonzales (United States) Frank Sedgman (Australia)
1962 Butch Buchholz (United States) Pancho Segura (United States)
1963 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Rod Laver (Australia)
1964 Rod Laver (Australia) Pancho Gonzales (United States)
1965 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Rod Laver (Australia)
1966 Rod Laver (Australia) Ken Rosewall (Australia)
1967 Rod Laver (Australia) Andres Gimeno (Spain)
1968 Rod Laver (Australia) John Newcombe (Australia)
1969 Rod Laver (Australia) John Newcombe (Australia)
1970 Tony Roche (Australia) Rod Laver (Australia)
1971 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Cliff Drysdale (South Africa)
1972 Bob Lutz (United States) Tom Okker (Netherlands)
1973 Jimmy Connors (United States) Arthur Ashe (United States)
1974 Björn Borg (Sweden) Tom Okker (Netherlands)
1975 Björn Borg (Sweden) Guillermo Vilas (Argentina)
1976 Björn Borg (Sweden) Harold Solomon (United States)
1977 Manuel Orantes (Spain) Eddie Dibbs (United States)
1978 Manuel Orantes (Spain) Harold Solomon (United States)
1979 Jose Higueras (Spain) Hans Gildemeister (Peru)
1980 Eddie Dibbs (United States) Gene Mayer (United States)
1981 Jose-Luis Clerc (Argentina) Hans Gildemeister (Peru)
1982 Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) Mel Purcell (United States)
1983 Jose-Luis Clerc (Argentina) Jimmy Arias (United States)
1984 Aaron Krickstein (United States) Jose-Luis Clerc (Argentina)
1985 Mats Wilander (Sweden) Martin Jaite (Argentina)
1986 Andres Gomez (Ecuador) Martin Jaite (Argentina)
1987 Mats Wilander (Sweden) Kent Carlsson (Sweden)
1988 Thomas Muster (Austria) Lawson Duncan (United States)
1989 Andres Gomez (Ecuador) Mats Wilander (Sweden)
1990 Martin Jaite (Argentina) Libor Nemecek (Czechoslovakia)
1991 Andres Gomez (Ecuador) Andrei Cherkasov (Russia)
1992 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) Richey Reneberg (United States)
1993 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) Todd Martin (United States)
1994 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) MaliVai Washington (United States)
1995 not completed, rain not completed, rain
1996 not held not held
1997 Sjeng Schalken (Netherlands) Marcelo Rios (Chile)
1998 Michael Chang (United States) Paul Haarhuis (Netherlands)
1999 Marat Safin (Russia) Greg Rusedski (Canada/Britain)

French Pro Championship:

YearMen's Singles WinnerMen's Singles Runner-up
1930 Karol Kozeluh (Czechoslovakia) Albert Burke (Ireland)
1931 Martin Plaa (France) Robert Ramillon (France)
1932 Robert Ramillon (France) Martin Plaa (France)
1933 Bill Tilden (United States) Henri Cochet (France)
1934 Bill Tilden (United States) Martin Plaa (France)
1935 Ellsworth Vines (United States) Hans Nusslein (Germany)
1936-1937 not held not held
1938 Henri Cochet (France) Robert Ramillon (France)
1939 Don Budge (United States) Ellsworth Vines (United States)
1940-1952 not held not held
1953 Frank Sedgman (Australia) Pancho Gonzales (United States)
1954-1955 not held not held
1956 Tony Trabert (United States) Pancho Gonzales (United States)
1957 not held not held
1958 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Lew Hoad (Australia)
1959 Tony Trabert (United States) Frank Sedgman (Australia)
1960 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Lew Hoad (Australia)
1961 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Pancho Gonzales (United States)
1962 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Andres Gimeno (Spain)
1963 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Rod Laver (Australia)
1964 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Rod Laver (Australia)
1965 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Rod Laver (Australia)
1966 Ken Rosewall (Australia) Rod Laver (Australia)
1967 Rod Laver (Australia) Andres Gimeno (Spain)
1968 Rod Laver (Australia) John Newcombe (Australia)
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