WCT Tournament of Champions

WCT Tournament of Champions
WCT Tournament of Champions
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	WCT Tour
Founded	1977
Abolished	1990
Editions	14
Location	Lakeway, Texas (1977) ; Las Vegas, NV (1978) ; Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico (1979) ; Forest Hills (1980–1990)
Surface	Carpet (1977, 1978) ; Hard (1979, 1990) ; Clay (1977, 1980–1989)

The WCT Tournament of Champions (also Shakeys Tournament of Champions for sponsorship purposes in 1977 and 1978) is a defunct men's tennis tournament that was held on the WCT Tour from 1977–1990. It was held in Lakeway, Texas in 1977, Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978, Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico in 1979, and Forest Hills, New York City from 1980–1990.

The tournament commenced in early May each year. Ivan Lendl won the event a record four times. The US achieved a consistent level of success at the event, with seven of the thirteen tournaments won by Americans. Between 1982 and 1985 it was a major ranking tournament as part of the Grand Prix Super Series.

The 1990 edition was the final tournament played in the 23-year history of World Championship Tennis as the organization announced its dissolution the day after the final.[1]

Results

Singles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Lakeway	1977	Harold Solomon	Ken Rosewall	7–6, 6–2, 2–6, 0–6, 6–3
Las Vegas	1978	Björn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–5, 5–6, 6–4, 6–5
Dorado Beach	1979	Jimmy Connors	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–5, 6–0, 6–4
Forest Hills	1980	Vitas Gerulaitis	John McEnroe	2–6, 6–2, 6–0
	1981	Eddie Dibbs	Carlos Kirmayr	6–3, 6–2
	1982	Ivan Lendl	Eddie Dibbs	6–1, 6–1
	1983	John McEnroe	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 7–5
	1984	John McEnroe (2)	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–2
	1985	Ivan Lendl (2)	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–3
	1986	Yannick Noah	Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–0
	1987	Andrés Gómez	Yannick Noah	6–4, 7–6, 7–6
	1988	Andre Agassi	Slobodan Živojinović	7–5, 7–6, 7–5
	1989	Ivan Lendl (3)	Jaime Yzaga	6–2, 6–1
	1990	Ivan Lendl (4)	Aaron Krickstein	6–4, 6–7, 6–3

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Forest Hills	1980	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
	1981	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	John Fitzgerald Andy Kohlberg	6–4, 6–4
	1982	Tracy Delatte Johan Kriek	Dick Stockton Erik van Dillen	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
	1983	Tracy Delatte Johan Kriek	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–7, 7–5, 6–3
	1984	David Dowlen Nduka Odizor	Ernie Fernandez David Pate	7–6, 7–5
	1985	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley	7–5, 6–2
	1986	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	7–6, 7–5
	1987	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	Gary Donnelly Peter Fleming	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
	1988	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–3, 7–6
	1989	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Jim Courier Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2

References

Nancy Gay (August 28, 1990). "WCT Announces Its Dissolution". Orlando Sentinel.

External links

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[1] Nancy Gay (August 28, 1990). "WCT Announces Its Dissolution". Orlando Sentinel.