U.S. Pro Indoor

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

The U.S. Pro Indoor (mainly known as such during its run, but also as the U.S. Professional Indoor, the Ebel U.S. Pro Indoor, the Comcast U.S. Indoor, and the Advanta Championships) is a defunct professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts, and indoor hard courts. It was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit, between 1970 and 1986 it was a major ranking tournament of the Grand Prix Super Series after which it became a ATP Championship Series (1990–99), then a ATP International Series Gold tournament of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. It was held annually first at the Spectrum, and then at the CoreStates Center, Philadelphia, United States, from 1968 to 1998. It was originally named the Philadelphia Indoor Open Tournament prior to the open era.

History

The United States Professional Indoor tennis championships were first created in Philadelphia, United States, in 1968, as part of the newly created 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 1979, 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.^[1][2] 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,^[3] 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.^[4] 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".^[5] 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, now taking place on indoor hard courts at the CoreStates Center, before it was definitely discontinued in 1998.

Past finals

Singles

• Most titles: Rod Laver (4 titles), Jimmy Connors (4 titles), John McEnroe (4 titles) Pete Sampras (4 titles)
• Most consecutive titles: John McEnroe (4, 1982-'85)
• Most finals: Jimmy Connors (6 finals), John McEnroe (6 finals)
• Most consecutive finals: Jimmy Connors (5, 1976-'80)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
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
1982	John McEnroe	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1983	John McEnroe	Ivan Lendl	4–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–3
1984	John McEnroe	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6
1985	John McEnroe	Miloslav Mečíř	6–3, 7–6, 6–1
1986	Ivan Lendl	Tim Mayotte	W/O
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, 6–1, 6–3
1990	Pete Sampras	Andrés Gómez	7–6, 7–5, 6–2
1991	Ivan Lendl	Pete Sampras	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 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 retired
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

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1968	Competition 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

References

External links

• itftennis.com search function (search Philadelphia)