ATP Boston
US Pro Tennis Championships | |
ATP tour | |
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venue |
Boston United States |
First run | 1927 |
Last event | 1999 |
category | International Series |
Tournament type | Free place tournament |
Game surface | Hard court |
draw | 32S / 16Q / 16D |
Prize money | US $ 350,000 |
As of May 1, 2012 |
The Boston ATP Tournament (officially US Pro Tennis Championships ) is a former American men's tennis tournament that was held in Boston , Massachusetts . The record winner in the Open Era is Björn Borg with three titles, Andrés Gómez was able to win the tournament three times in doubles and is thus the double record winner . Before 1968, Pancho Gonzales won the tournament eight times, but the tournament had not yet been played in Boston.
history
The first event took place in 1927, back then in Manhattan . After only a year, the tournament moved to Forest Hills , the former location of the US Open . After 1932, the tournament changed locations several times and was held in various clubs in New York , Chicago , Los Angeles and West Virginia before it found its home again in Forest Hills after the Second World War. From 1952 to 1962, the tournament was played in various locations in Cleveland before it - after a one-year interlude in Forest Hills - found its final location in the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston from 1964 .
The tournament was a professional tournament prior to 1968 and was one of the most prestigious of these; together with the Wembley Championship in London and the French Pro Championships in Paris , it was one of the three "Professional Grand Slam tournaments", the Professional World Singles Tournaments . After 1968 in the Open Era the tournament naturally lost this status, but became part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour , the forerunner of the ATP World Tour . Within this tour it was part of the Grand Prix Championship Series from 1970 to 1977 , comparable to today's ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Series. From 1990 to 1995 the tournament was then just an exhibition event. In the 1997 season the tournament became part of the ATP Tour again, but it was finally discontinued after only three events.
The surface changed very often in the history of the tournament, initially played on grass, then depending on the venue on sand or grass. When the tournament was held in Cleveland, it was played on indoor hard courts, and then again on grass in Boston. In the Open Era, they initially played on hard courts for a few years before switching to Har-Tru clay courts together with the US Open in 1974 . While you switched to hard court at the US Open after three years, the tournament in Boston kept its clay court surface. It was not until 1992 that the decision was made to play on hard courts as well, and this was left until the tournament was closed in 1999.
Winner in the Open Era
singles
year | winner | Final opponent | Final result |
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1999 | Marat Safin | Greg Rusedski | 6: 4, 7: 6 11 |
1998 | Michael Chang | Paul Haarhuis | 6: 3, 6: 4 |
1997 | Sjeng Schalken | Marcelo Ríos | 7: 5, 6: 3 |
1990–1995: not part of the ATP Tour - 1996: not held | |||
1989 | Andrés Gomez (2) | Mats Wilander | 6: 1, 6: 4 |
1988 | Thomas Muster | Lawson Duncan | 6: 2, 6: 2 |
1987 | Mats Wilander (2) | Kent Carlsson | 7: 6, 6: 1 |
1986 | Andrés Gomez (1) | Martin Jaite | 7: 5, 6: 4 |
1985 | Mats Wilander (1) | Martin Jaite | 6: 2, 6: 4 |
1984 | Aaron Krickstein | José Luis Clerc | 7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 4 |
1983 | José Luis Clerc (2) | Jimmy Arias | 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 0 |
1982 | Guillermo Vilas | Mel Purcell | 6: 4, 6: 0 |
1981 | José Luis Clerc (1) | Hans Gildemeister | 0: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2 |
1980 | Eddie Dibbs | José Luis Clerc | 6: 2, 6: 1 |
1979 | José Higueras | Hans Gildemeister | 6: 3, 6: 1 |
1978 | Manuel Orantes (2) | Harold Solomon | 6: 4, 6: 3 |
1977 | Manuel Orantes (1) | Eddie Dibbs | 7: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4 |
1976 | Bjorn Borg (3) | Harold Solomon | 6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 1, 6: 2 |
1975 | Bjorn Borg (2) | Guillermo Vilas | 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 2 |
1974 | Bjorn Borg (1) | Tom Okker | 7: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1 |
1973 | Jimmy Connors | Arthur Ashe | 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2 |
1972 | Bob Lutz | Tom Okker | 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4 |
1971 | Ken Rosewall | Cliff Drysdale | 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 0 |
1970 | Tony Roche | Rod Laver | 3: 6, 6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2 |
1969 | Rod Laver (2) | John Newcombe | 7: 5, 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 1 |
1968 | Rod Laver (1) | John Newcombe | 6: 4, 6: 4, 9: 7 |