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Wembley Championships

Tennis tournament

Field	Value
name	Wembley Championships
type	defunct
founded	1934
ended	1990
editions	40
location	London, England
venue	Empire Pool
surface	Wood (1934–1967)
Carpet (1968–1990)

Carpet (1968–1990) The Wembley Championships was a men's professional tennis tournament held from 1934–1990 with some periods of inactivity in between and is often considered to be one of the three major professional tennis tournaments from 1927–1967 until the advent of the open era. Ken Rosewall's and Rod Laver's six singles titles are the record for this event. The tournament only had a men's draw.

It was first held in 1934 at the Empire Pool at Wembley Park, Wembley, north-west London. In 1968, it was titled the Jack Kramer Tournament of Champions. In 1970 it was the penultimate event on the Grand Prix Tennis Tour.

Name

It was officially called the Wembley Professional Championships, although it was later named the London Indoor Professional Championships. In 1968 it was titled the Jack Kramer Tournament of Champions.

Past finals

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score	Surface
Professional Era
1934	USA Ellsworth Vines	Germany Hans Nüsslein	title=British Pro Championships, Wembley	url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/britishpro.htm	website=www.tennis.co.nf	access-date=22 September 2017	archive-date=3 September 2017	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903072407/http://www.tennis.co.nf/britishpro.htm	url-status=dead}}	Wood (i)
1935	USA Ellsworth Vines	USA Bill Tilden	6–1, 6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 6–3	Wood (i)
1936	Not held a
1937	Germany Hans Nüsslein	USA Bill Tilden	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2	Wood (i)
1938	Not held b
1939	USA Don Budge	Germany Hans Nüsslein	13–11, 2–6, 6–4r2	Wood (i)
1940–1948	Not held
1949	USA Jack Kramer	USA Bobby Riggs	2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4	Wood (i)
1950	USA Pancho Gonzales	USA Welby Van Horn	6–3, 6–3, 6–2	Wood (i)
1951	USA Pancho Gonzales	ECU Pancho Segura	6–2, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4	Wood (i)
1952	USA Pancho Gonzales	USA Jack Kramer	3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5	Wood (i)
1953	AUS Frank Sedgman	USA Pancho Gonzales	6–1, 6–2, 6–2	Wood (i)
1954–1955	Not held
1956	USA Pancho Gonzales	AUS Frank Sedgman	4–6, 11–9, 11–9, 9–7	Wood (i)
1957	AUS Ken Rosewall	ECU Pancho Segura	1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Wood (i)
1958	AUS Frank Sedgman	USA Tony Trabert	6–4, 6–3, 6–4	Wood (i)
1959	AUS Mal Anderson	ECU Pancho Segura	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6	Wood (i)
1960	AUS Ken Rosewall	ECU Pancho Segura	5–7, 8–6, 6–1, 6–3	Wood (i)
1961	AUS Ken Rosewall	AUS Lew Hoad	6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Wood (i)
1962	AUS Ken Rosewall	AUS Lew Hoad	6–4, 5–7, 15–13, 7–5	Wood (i)
1963	AUS Ken Rosewall	AUS Lew Hoad	6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3	Wood (i)
1964	AUS Rod Laver	AUS Ken Rosewall	7–5, 4–6, 5–7, 8–6, 8–6	Wood (i)
1965	AUS Rod Laver	Spain Andrés Gimeno	6–2, 6–3, 6–4	Wood (i)
1966	AUS Rod Laver	AUS Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–2, 6–3	Wood (i)
1967	AUS Rod Laver	AUS Ken Rosewall	2–6, 6–1, 1–6, 8–6, 6–2	Wood (i)
Open Era
1968	AUS Ken Rosewall	AUS John Newcombe	6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4	Carpet (i)
1969	AUS Rod Laver	AUS Tony Roche	6–4, 6–1, 6–3	Carpet (i)
1970	AUS Rod Laver	USA Cliff Richey	6–3, 6–4, 7–5	Carpet (i)
1971	Romania Ilie Năstase	AUS Rod Laver	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4	Carpet (i)
1972–1975	Not held
1976	USA Jimmy Connors	USA Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 7–6, 6–4	Carpet (i)
1977	SWE Björn Borg	UK John Lloyd	6–4, 6–4, 6–3	Carpet (i)
1978	USA John McEnroe	USA Tim Gullikson	6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2	Carpet (i)
1979	USA John McEnroe	USA Harold Solomon	6–3, 6–4, 7–5	Carpet (i)
1980	USA John McEnroe	USA Gene Mayer	6–4, 6–3, 6–3	Carpet (i)
1981	USA Jimmy Connors	USA John McEnroe	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2	Carpet (i)
1982	USA John McEnroe	USA Brian Gottfried	6–3, 6–2, 6–4	Carpet (i)
1983	USA John McEnroe	USA Jimmy Connors	7–5, 6–1, 6–4	Carpet (i)
1984	TCH Ivan Lendl	ECU Andrés Gómez	7–6, 6–2, 6–1	Carpet (i)
1985	TCH Ivan Lendl	FRG Boris Becker	6–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	Carpet (i)
1986	FRA Yannick Noah	SWE Jonas Svensson	6–2, 6–3, 6–7, 4–6, 7–5	Carpet (i)
1987	TCH Ivan Lendl	SWE Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–2, 7–5	Carpet (i)
1988	SUI Jakob Hlasek	SWE Jonas Svensson	6–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–0, 7–5	Carpet (i)
1989	USA Michael Chang	FRA Guy Forget	6–2, 6–1, 6–1	Carpet (i)
1990	SUI Jakob Hlasek	USA Michael Chang	7–6, 6–3	Carpet (i)

Notes:

a1936 tournament was cancelled due to Tilden and Vines playing in Japan. This was reported in London Daily Mail on 24 August 1936. There are sources that say Ellsworth Vines defeated Hans Nüsslein 6–4, 6–4, 6–2, but this must have been a different event.

bNo reports of a 1938 tournament in British newspapers (the Wembley event was always reported in major British newspapers). Ray Bowers in an article on The Tennis Server website states there was no event held. There are sources that tell us Hans Nüsslein defeated Bill Tilden 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, but this must have been held elsewhere.

r1 For 1934, the tournament was played under Round Robin format with Vines 5-0 and Nüsslein 4-1 as final standings.

r1 For 1939, the tournament was played under Round Robin format with Budge 3-0 and Nüsslein, Tilden and Vines as 1-2 as final standings.

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Surface
Professional Era
1934			Wood (i)
1935	USA Bill Tilden
USA Ellsworth Vines	USA George Lott
USA Lester Stoefen	6–4, 6–4, 7–5	Wood (i)
1936	Not held
1937	Germany Hans Nüsslein
France Martin Plaa	USA Lester Stoefen
USA Bill Tilden		Wood (i)
1938	Not held
1939			Wood (i)
1938–1948	Not held
1949	USA Jack Kramer
USA Bobby Riggs	AUS Dinny Pails
ECU Pancho Segura	3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1	Wood (i)
1950	USA Don Budge
USA Pancho Gonzales	USA Bobby Riggs
USA Welby Van Horn	8–6, 9–7, 4–6, 6–4	Wood (i)
1951	USA Pancho Gonzales
ECU Pancho Segura	USA Bobby Riggs
USA Welby Van Horn	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Wood (i)
1952	USA Pancho Gonzales
ECU Pancho Segura	USA Don Budge
USA Jack Kramer	6–3, 6–1	Wood (i)
1953	USA Don Budge
AUS Frank Sedgman	USA Pancho Gonzales
ECU Pancho Segura	6–3, 6–3, 6–2	Wood (i)
1954–1955	Not held
1956	USA Pancho Gonzales
USA Tony Trabert	AUS Rex Hartwig
AUS Frank Sedgman	6–3, 6–4, 6–4	Wood (i)
1957	AUS Lew Hoad
AUS Ken Rosewall	USA Jack Kramer
ECU Pancho Segura	3–6, 6–8, 6–2, 6–1, 6–2	Wood (i)
1958	USA Pancho Gonzales
AUS Ken Rosewall	USA Jack Kramer
ECU Pancho Segura	6–3, 6–2, 6–3	Wood (i)
1959	AUS Lew Hoad
USA Tony Trabert	AUS Ken Rosewall
ECU Pancho Segura	11–9, 9–7, 6–2	Wood (i)
1960	AUS Ken Rosewall
AUS Frank Sedgman	AUS Lew Hoad
USA Tony Trabert	4–6, 6–3, 7–9, 6–4, 6–2	Wood (i)
1961	AUS Lew Hoad
AUS Ken Rosewall	PER Alex Olmedo
ECU Pancho Segura	3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 8–6	Wood (i)
1962	AUS Lew Hoad
AUS Ken Rosewall	PER Alex Olmedo
ECU Pancho Segura	6–2, 6–3, 6–3	Wood (i)
1963	PER Alex Olmedo
AUS Frank Sedgman	USA Butch Buchholz
USA Barry MacKay	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 10–8	Wood (i)
1964	AUS Lew Hoad
AUS Ken Rosewall	USA Butch Buchholz
AUS Rod Laver	1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–1	Wood (i)
1965	USA Butch Buchholz
AUS Rod Laver	AUS Frank Sedgman
ECU Pancho Segura	6–3, 6–3, 6–2	Wood (i)
1966	AUS Lew Hoad
AUS Ken Rosewall	USA Butch Buchholz
AUS Rod Laver	6–4, 8–6, 3–6, 6–2	Wood (i)
1967	AUS Rod Laver
AUS Fred Stolle	USA Butch Buchholz
AUS Lew Hoad	7–5, 6–3, 6–4	Wood (i)
Open Era
1968	AUS John Newcombe
AUS Tony Roche	Spain Andrés Gimeno
USA Pancho Gonzales	6–3, 9–7	Carpet (i)

Source:

References

Bibliography

References

Ray Bowers. (1 March 2003). "Wembley and Paris". The Tennis Server.
"1970: ATP World Tour". ATP World Tour.
(2011). "Historical Dictionary of Tennis". Scarecrow Press.
"British Pro Championships, Wembley".
(19 March 1949). "Indoor Lawn Tennis at Wembley". The Indian Express.

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