U.S. Pro Indoor

The U.S. Pro Indoor (mainly known as such during its run, but formally as the U.S. Professional Indoor Championships,[1] is a defunct professional tennis tournament founded in 1962 as the Philadelphia Invitational Indoor Tennis Championships. [2] The tournament was held in Philadelphia, United States from 1962 to 1998. It played on indoor carpet courts, and indoor hard courts. It was part of the ILTF World Circuit from 1962 to 1967 and again in 1970, the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit in 1968, 1969 and from 1971 to 1977 and the Grand Prix Tour from 1978 to 1989 before being held on the ATP Tour. It was held annually first at the Spectrum, and then at the CoreStates Center. It was originally named the Philadelphia Indoor Open Tournament prior to the open era.

This article is about the ILTF/WCT/GP/ATP defunct tennis event. For the defunct women's tennis event of Philadelphia, see Advanta Championships Philadelphia.
U.S. Pro Indoor
Defunct tennis tournament
Event namePhiladelphia
TourILTF World Circuit (1962–68, 70)
WCT circuit (1969, 1971–77)
Grand Prix Tour (1978–89)
ATP Tour (1990–98)
Founded1962
Abolished1998
Editions37
LocationPhiladelphia, PA, U.S.
SurfaceHard (i) (1993/97–98)
Carpet (i) (1968–92/94–96)

History

The tournament was founded in 1962 as the Philadelphia Invitational Indoor Tennis Championships.[3][4] This tournament until 1970 was part of the ILTF World Circuit.[4] In 1964 the tournament was also known as the Philadelphia Indoor Championships.[4][5] In 1969 the name was changed to the Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships.[4] In 1970 the tournament was organised by the International Tennis Players Association (founded in 1965 as the International Professional Tennis Players Association)[6] and branded as the International Tennis Players Association Open Indoor[7] or ITPA Open Indoor. In 1971 the tournament was re-branded as the Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships[8] also called the Philadelphia International Indoor[9]

In 1972 the United States Professional Indoor tennis championships were created in Philadelphia, United States, as part of the WCT circuit,[10][11] rival of the National Tennis League (NTL). As the first event of the season, the Philadelphia U.S. Professional Indoor attracted all WCT stars at the Philadelphia Spectrum at each of its yearly editions, with Rod Laver, John Newcombe or Marty Riessen winning the event in the early 1970s. After the WCT absorbed the NTL in 1970, the tournament continued to exist within the WCT tour until 1978, when the event officially became part of the Grand Prix Tour, precursor of the current ATP Tour.

As part of the Grand Prix's top tier tournaments until 1986, the Philadelphia event known as the U.S. Pro Indoor since 1973, saw American players dominating the fields in the 1970s and 1980s, with Tim Mayotte reaching four finals, World No. 1s Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe six finals each, and Czechoslovak Ivan Lendl three. In 1985, Swiss watch company Ebel S.A. started its six-year sponsorship of the event, the tournament becoming until 1990 the Ebel U.S. Pro Indoor.[12][13] The event entered the new ATP circuit in 1990 as part of the Championship Series, to see eighteen-year-old, and future US Open champion Pete Sampras win his first career title against Andrés Gómez.

In 1991, the event lost Ebel's sponsorship,[14] and went back to being the U.S. Pro Indoor for two editions, before Comcast became the sponsor of the event in 1992, effectively saving it from being discontinued.[15] In the following years, the Comcast U.S. Indoor's prize money was reduced to less than a million dollars, preventing the creation of attractive line ups, and gaining the nickname "Comatose U.S. Indoor".[16] In 1997, Advanta, already the sponsor of the 1971-created women's tournament of Philadelphia, the Advanta Championships, since 1995, took upon the sponsorship of the men's event, which also became the Advanta Championships. Pete Sampras won his third and fourth Philadelphia titles in the last two editions of the event, taking place on indoor hard courts at the CoreStates Center, before it was definitely discontinued in 1998.

Finals
Pete Sampras won his first career singles title in Philadelphia in 1990, defeating Andrés Gómez in the final – he eventually reached four more finals, winning three times

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1962United States Jon DouglasUnited States Ronald Holmberg5–7, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 7–5
1963United States Whitney ReedUnited States Frank Froehling4–6, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4
1964United States Chuck McKinleyMexico Rafael Osuna6–3, 8–6, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3
1965United States Charlie PasarellNew Zealand Ian Crookenden6–8, 11–9, 8–6, 6–4
1966United States Charlie PasarellUnited States Arthur Ashe13–11, 6–2, 2–6, 9–7
1967United States Arthur AsheUnited States Charlie Pasarell7–5, 9–7, 6–3
1968Spain Manuel SantanaDenmark Jan Leschly8–6, 6–3
1969Australia Rod LaverAustralia Tony Roche7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1970Australia Rod Laver (2)Australia Tony Roche6–3, 8–6, 6–2
1971Australia John NewcombeAustralia Rod Laver7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
1972Australia Rod Laver (3)Australia Ken Rosewall4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1973United States Stan SmithUnited States Robert Lutz7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4
1974Australia Rod Laver (4)United States Arthur Ashe6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1975United States Marty RiessenUnited States Vitas Gerulaitis7–6(7–1), 5–7, 6–2, 6–7(0–7), 6–3
1976United States Jimmy ConnorsSweden Björn Borg7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–0
1977United States Dick StocktonUnited States Jimmy Connors3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1978United States Jimmy Connors (2)United States Roscoe Tanner6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1979United States Jimmy Connors (3)United States Arthur Ashe6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1980United States Jimmy Connors (4)United States John McEnroe6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1981United States Roscoe TannerPoland Wojtek Fibak6–2, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
1982United States John McEnroeUnited States Jimmy Connors6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1983United States John McEnroe (2)Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 6–3
1984United States John McEnroe (3)Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
1985United States John McEnroe (4)Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–1
1986Czechoslovakia Ivan LendlUnited States Tim Mayotte(walkover)
1987United States Tim MayotteUnited States John McEnroe3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
1988United States Tim Mayotte (2)Australia John Fitzgerald4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1989Germany Boris BeckerUnited States Tim Mayotte7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–3
1990United States Pete SamprasEcuador Andrés Gómez7–6(7–4), 7–5, 6–2
1991Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (2)United States Pete Sampras5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1992United States Pete Sampras (2)Israel Amos Mansdorf6–1, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–6(7–2)
1993Australia Mark WoodfordeUnited States Ivan Lendl5–4 (ret.)
1994United States Michael ChangNetherlands Paul Haarhuis6–3, 6–2
1995Sweden Thomas EnqvistUnited States Michael Chang0–6, 6–4, 6–0
1996United States Jim CourierUnited States Chris Woodruff6–4, 6–3
1997United States Pete Sampras (3)Australia Patrick Rafter5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
1998United States Pete Sampras (4)Sweden Thomas Enqvist7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1968Not held
1969Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen		Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche		8–6, 6–4
1970Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac		United States Arthur Ashe
United States Dennis Ralston		6–4, 6–3
1971Competition stopped at the quarterfinals stage
1972United States Arthur Ashe
United States Robert Lutz		Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche		6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1973United States Brian Gottfried
United States Dick Stockton		Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver		4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1974South Africa Pat Cramer
United States Mike Estep		France Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau
France Georges Goven		6–1, 6–1
1975United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez		United States Dick Stockton
United States Erik van Dillen		3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
1976Australia Rod Laver
United States Dennis Ralston		South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan		7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3)
1977South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan		Poland Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker		6–1, 1–6, 6–3
1978South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan		United States Vitas Gerulaitis
United States Sandy Mayer		6–4, 6–4
1979Poland Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker		United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe		5–7, 6–1, 6–3
1980United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe		United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez		6–3, 7–6
1981United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Marty Riessen		United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez		6–2, 6–2
1982United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe		United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Ferdi Taygan		7–6, 6–4
1983South Africa Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton		United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe		6–4, 7–6
1984United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe		France Henri Leconte
France Yannick Noah		6–2, 6–3
1985Sweden Mats Wilander
Sweden Joakim Nyström		Poland Wojtek Fibak
United States Sandy Mayer		3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1986United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate		Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd		7–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1987Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez		South Africa Christo Steyn
South Africa Danie Visser		3–6, 6–1, 7–6
1988New Zealand Kelly Evernden
United States Johan Kriek		United States Kevin Curren
South Africa Danie Visser		7–6, 6–3
1989United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg		United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh		6–3, 7–5
1990United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh		Canada Grant Connell
Canada Glenn Michibata		3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1991United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh		Germany Udo Riglewski
Germany Michael Stich		6–4, 6–4
1992Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde		United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg		6–4, 7–6
1993United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg		South Africa Marcos Ondruska
United States Brad Pearce		6–7, 6–3, 6–0
1994Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh		United States Jim Grabb
United States Jared Palmer		6–3, 6–4
1995United States Jim Grabb
United States Jonathan Stark		Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh		7–6, 6–7, 6–3
1996Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde		Zimbabwe Byron Black
Canada Grant Connell		7–6, 6–2
1997Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien		South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith		6–3, 6–3
1998Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		Australia David Macpherson
United States Richey Reneberg		7–6, 6–7, 6–2

Records

Singles
Most titles Australia Rod Laver 4
United States Jimmy Connors
United States John McEnroe
United States Pete Sampras
Most finals United States Jimmy Connors 6
United States John McEnroe
Most consecutive titles United States John McEnroe
(1982–1985)
 4
Most consecutive finals United States Jimmy Connors
(1976–1980)
 5

Event names

A chronological list of this tournaments names:

  • Philadelphia Invitational Indoor Tennis Championships (1962–1965)
  • Philadelphia International Indoor Championships (1966–1968)
  • International Tennis Players Association Open Indoor (1970)
  • Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships (1969, 1971)
  • U.S. Professional Indoor (1972–1984)
  • Ebel U.S. Pro Indoor (1985–1990)
  • U.S. Pro Indoor (1991–1992)
  • Comcast U.S. Indoor (1993-1996)
  • Advanta Championships (1997–1998)

See also

References
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  2. McManus, Jim (2010). History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups. Pont Vedra Beach: MAC and Company Publishing. p. 300. ISBN 9781450728331.
  3. McManus
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