ATP Boston

US Pro Tennis Championships
ATP tour
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
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

Double

year	winner	Final opponent	Final result
1999	Guillermo Cañas Martín García	Marius Barnard T.J. Middleton	5: 7, 7: 6 2 6: 3
1998	Jacco Eltingh (2) Paul Haarhuis (2)	Chris Haggard Jack Waite	6: 3, 6: 2
1997	Jacco Eltingh (1) Paul Haarhuis (1)	Dave Randall Jack Waite	6: 3, 7: 6 3
1990–1995: not part of the ATP Tour - 1996: not held
1989	Andrés Gómez (3) Alberto Mancini	Todd Nelson Philipp Williamson	7: 6, 6: 2
1988	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	Bruno Orešar Jaime Yzaga	6: 2, 7: 5
1987	Hans Gildemeister (2) Andrés Gómez (2)	Mats Wilander Joakim Nyström	7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 1
1986	Hans Gildemeister (1) Andrés Gómez (1)	Dan Cassidy Mel Purcell	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0
1985	Libor Pimek Slobodan Živojinović	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6
1984	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Gary Donnelly Ernie Fernández	6: 4, 6: 4
1983	Mark Dickson Cássio Motta	Hans Gildemeister Belus Prajoux	7: 5, 6: 3
1982	Craig Wittus Steve Meister	Freddie Sauer Schalk van der Merwe	6: 2, 6: 3
1981	Raúl Ramírez (2) Pavel Složil	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6: 4, 7: 6
1980	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
1979	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
1978	Víctor Pecci Balázs Taróczy	Heinz Günthardt Van Winitsky	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1
1977	Brian Gottfried (2) Bob Hewitt	Onny Parun Ken Rosewall	6: 2, 7: 5
1976	Ray Ruffel's Allan Stone	Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
1975	Brian Gottfried (1) Raúl Ramírez (1)	John Andrews Mike Estep	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
1974	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Marty Riessen	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
1973	not carried out
1972	John Newcombe Tony Roche	Arthur Ashe Bob Lutz	6: 3, 1: 6, 7: 6
1971	Roy Emerson (2) Rod Laver (2)	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6: 4, 6: 4
1970	Roy Emerson (1) Rod Laver (1)	Ismail El Shafei Torben Ulrich	6: 1, 7: 6

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