U.S. Pro Indoor

The U.S. Professional Indoor Championships, also known as U.S. Pro Indoor, was a professional tennis tournament founded in 1962 as the Philadelphia Invitational Indoor Tennis Championships. The tournament was held in Philadelphia, United States from 1962 to 1998. It played on indoor carpet courts, and indoor hard courts. It was an ILTF sanctioned event 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.

History

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

In 1972 the United States Professional Indoor tennis championships were created in Philadelphia, United States, as part of the WCT circuit, 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. 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, 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. 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". 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

File:Pete Sampras.jpg

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
1962	Template:Flagicon Jon Douglas	Template:Flagicon Ronald Holmberg	5–7, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 7–5
1963	Template:Flagicon Whitney Reed	Template:Flagicon Frank Froehling	4–6, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4
1964	Template:Flagicon Chuck McKinley	Template:Flagicon Rafael Osuna	6–3, 8–6, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3
1965	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	Template:Flagicon Ian Crookenden	6–8, 11–9, 8–6, 6–4
1966	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	13–11, 6–2, 2–6, 9–7
1967	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	7–5, 9–7, 6–3
1968	Template:Flagicon Manuel Santana	Template:Flagicon Jan Leschly	8–6, 6–3
1969	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1970	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver (2)	Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	6–3, 8–6, 6–2
1971	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
1972	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver (3)	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1973	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4
1974	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver (4)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1975	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6(7–1), 5–7, 6–2, 6–7(0–7), 6–3
1976	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg	7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–0
1977	Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1978	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors (2)	Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1979	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors (3)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1980	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors (4)	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1981	Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	6–2, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
1982	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1983	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe (2)	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 6–3
1984	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe (3)	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
1985	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe (4)	Template:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř	6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–1
1986	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	Template:Flagicon Tim Mayotte	(walkover)
1987	Template:Flagicon Tim Mayotte	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
1988	Template:Flagicon Tim Mayotte (2)	Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1989	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker	Template:Flagicon Tim Mayotte	7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–3
1990	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez	7–6(7–4), 7–5, 6–2
1991	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl (2)	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1992	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras (2)	Template:Flagicon Amos Mansdorf	6–1, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–6(7–2)
1993	Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	5–4 (ret.)
1994	Template:Flagicon Michael Chang	Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 6–2
1995	Template:Flagicon Thomas Enqvist	Template:Flagicon Michael Chang	0–6, 6–4, 6–0
1996	Template:Flagicon Jim Courier	Template:Flagicon Chris Woodruff	6–4, 6–3
1997	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras (3)	Template:Flagicon Patrick Rafter	5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
1998	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras (4)	Template:Flagicon Thomas Enqvist	7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles

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

Records

Singles

Most titles	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	4
	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors
	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe
	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras
Most finals	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	6
	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe
Most consecutive titles	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe (1982–1985)	4
Most consecutive finals	Template:Flagicon 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

• Marilyn Fernberger
• U.S. National Indoor Championships

External links

• itftennis.com search function (search Philadelphia)

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