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.McManus 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,World Tennis' 73 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

Singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1962 Jon Douglas Ronald Holmberg 5–7, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 7–51963 Whitney Reed Frank Froehling 4–6, 6–1, 8–6, 6–41964 Chuck McKinley Rafael Osuna 6–3, 8–6, 5–7, 4–6, 6–31965 Charlie Pasarell Ian Crookenden 6–8, 11–9, 8–6, 6–41966 Charlie Pasarell Arthur Ashe 13–11, 6–2, 2–6, 9–71967 Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell 7–5, 9–7, 6–3 1968 Manuel Santana Jan Leschly 8–6, 6–3 1969 Rod Laver Tony Roche 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 1970 Rod Laver Tony Roche 6–3, 8–6, 6–2 1971 John Newcombe Rod Laver 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1), 6–4 1972 Rod Laver Ken Rosewall 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 1973 Stan Smith Robert Lutz 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4 1974 Rod Laver Arthur Ashe 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 1975 Marty Riessen Vitas Gerulaitis 7–6(7–1), 5–7, 6–2, 6–7(0–7), 6–3 1976 Jimmy Connors Björn Borg 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–0 1977 Dick Stockton Jimmy Connors 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 1978 Jimmy Connors Roscoe Tanner 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 1979 Jimmy Connors Arthur Ashe 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 1980 Jimmy Connors John McEnroe 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 1981 Roscoe Tanner Wojtek Fibak 6–2, 7–6(7–5), 7–5 1982 John McEnroe Jimmy Connors 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 1983 John McEnroe Ivan Lendl 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 6–3 1984 John McEnroe Ivan Lendl 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) 1985 John McEnroe Miloslav Mečíř 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 1986 Ivan Lendl Tim Mayotte (walkover) 1987 Tim Mayotte John McEnroe 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 1988 Tim Mayotte John Fitzgerald 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 1989 Boris Becker Tim Mayotte 7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–3 1990 Pete Sampras Andrés Gómez 7–6(7–4), 7–5, 6–2 1991 Ivan Lendl Pete Sampras 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 1992 Pete Sampras Amos Mansdorf 6–1, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–6(7–2) 1993 Mark Woodforde Ivan Lendl 5–4 (ret.) 1994 Michael Chang Paul Haarhuis 6–3, 6–2 1995 Thomas Enqvist Michael Chang 0–6, 6–4, 6–0 1996 Jim Courier Chris Woodruff 6–4, 6–3 1997 Pete Sampras Patrick Rafter 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 1998 Pete Sampras Thomas Enqvist 7–5, 7–6(7–3)

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

Records Singles Most titles Rod Laver4 Jimmy Connors John McEnroe Pete SamprasMost finals Jimmy Connors6 John McEnroeMost consecutive titles John McEnroe4Most consecutive finals Jimmy Connors5

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

References

External links itftennis.com search function (search Philadelphia)