# U.S. Pro Tennis Championships — Title History

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/atp_archive:417/u-s-pro-tennis-championships/history
Tour: ATP

Archive scope: Pre-Open Era winners are included for tournament history only. They are excluded from TennisDB match and player statistics, title totals, and leaderboards.
Archive lineage: The travelling U.S. Pro lineage settled at Longwood in 1964. The competing Cleveland and USPLTA-authorized editions in 1951 and 1954 are both retained and labeled rather than collapsed.
Historical source: [Longwood Cricket Club U.S. Pro champions](https://www.longwoodcricket.com/About_Us/US_Pro_Champions)
Historical source: [U.S. Pro finals and lineage notes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Pro_Tennis_Championships)

## Summary
- Total editions: 67
- First edition: 1927
- Latest edition: 1999

## Most titles
- Bjorn Borg: 3 (1976, 1975, 1974)
- Andres Gomez: 2 (1989, 1986)
- Jose Luis Clerc: 2 (1983, 1981)
- Manuel Orantes: 2 (1978, 1977)
- Mats Wilander: 2 (1987, 1985)
- Rod Laver: 2 (1969, 1968)
*Only Open Era titles from 1968 onwards are counted.*

## Champions by year
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| ---: | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1999 | Marat Safin | Greg Rusedski | 6-4 7-6(11) |
| 1998 | Michael Chang | Paul Haarhuis | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1997 | Sjeng Schalken | Marcelo Rios | 7-5 6-3 |
| 1989 | Andres Gomez | Mats Wilander | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1988 | Thomas Muster | Lawson Duncan | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1987 | Mats Wilander | Kent Carlsson | 7-6 6-1 |
| 1986 | Andres Gomez | Martin Jaite | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1985 | Mats Wilander | Martin Jaite | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1984 | Aaron Krickstein | Jose Luis Clerc | 7-6 3-6 6-4 |
| 1983 | Jose Luis Clerc | Jimmy Arias | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1982 | Guillermo Vilas | Mel Purcell | 6-4 6-0 |
| 1981 | Jose Luis Clerc | Hans Gildemeister | 0-6 6-2 6-2 |
| 1980 | Eddie Dibbs | Gene Mayer | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1979 | Jose Higueras | Hans Gildemeister | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1978 | Manuel Orantes | Harold Solomon | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1977 | Manuel Orantes | Eddie Dibbs | 7-6 7-5 6-4 |
| 1976 | Bjorn Borg | Harold Solomon | 6-7 6-4 6-1 6-2 |
| 1975 | Bjorn Borg | Guillermo Vilas | 6-3 6-4 6-2 |
| 1974 | Bjorn Borg | Tom Okker | 7-6 6-1 6-1 |
| 1973 | Jimmy Connors | Arthur Ashe | 6-3 4-6 6-4 3-6 6-2 |
| 1972 | Bob Lutz | Tom Okker | 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1971 | Ken Rosewall | Cliff Drysdale | 6-4 6-3 6-0 |
| 1970 | Tony Roche | Rod Laver | 3-6 6-4 1-6 6-2 6-2 |
| 1969 | Rod Laver | John Newcombe | 7-5 6-2 4-6 6-1 |
| 1968 | Rod Laver | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 9-7 |
| 1967 (Longwood Cricket Club) | Rod Laver | Andrés Gimeno | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1966 (Longwood Cricket Club) | Rod Laver | Ken Rosewall | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 8–10, 6–3 |
| 1965 (Longwood Cricket Club) | Ken Rosewall | Rod Laver | 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1964 (Longwood Cricket Club) | Rod Laver | Pancho Gonzales | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1963 (West Side Tennis Club) | Ken Rosewall | Rod Laver | 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1962 (Cleveland Arena) | Butch Buchholz | Pancho Segura | 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1961 (Cleveland Arena) | Pancho Gonzales | Frank Sedgman | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1960 (Cleveland Arena) | Alex Olmedo | Tony Trabert | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1959 (Cleveland Arena) | Pancho Gonzales | Lew Hoad | 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1958 (Cleveland Arena) | Pancho Gonzales | Lew Hoad | 3–6, 4–6, 14–12, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1957 (Cleveland Arena) | Pancho Gonzales | Pancho Segura | 6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| 1956 (Cleveland Arena) | Pancho Gonzales | Pancho Segura | 21–15, 13–21, 21–14, 22–20v |
| 1955 (Cleveland Arena) | Pancho Gonzales | Pancho Segura | 21–16, 19–21, 21–8, 20–22, 21–19v |
| 1954 (Cleveland Arena, Cleveland) | Pancho Gonzales | Frank Sedgman | 6-3, 9-7, 3-6, 6-2 |
| 1954 (Los Angeles Tennis Club) | Pancho Gonzales | Pancho Segura | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1953 (Lakewood, Cleveland) | Pancho Gonzales | Don Budge | 4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1952 (Lakewood, Cleveland) | Pancho Segura | Pancho Gonzales | 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1951 (Lakewood, Cleveland) | Frank Kovacs | Pancho Segura | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 1–6, 9–7 |
| 1951 (West Side Tennis Club) | Pancho Segura | Pancho Gonzales | 6–3, 6–4, 6–2r |
| 1950 (Skating Club, Cleveland) | Pancho Segura | Frank Kovacs | 6–1, 1–6, 8–6, 4–4 ret. |
| 1949 (West Side Tennis Club) | Bobby Riggs | Don Budge | 9–7, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1948 (West Side Tennis Club) | Jack Kramer | Bobby Riggs | 14–12, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 1947 (West Side Tennis Club) | Bobby Riggs | Don Budge | 3–6, 6–3, 10–8, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 1946 (West Side Tennis Club) | Bobby Riggs | Don Budge | 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1945 (Rips Tennis Courts, Manhattan) | Welby Van Horn | John Nogrady | 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1944 | Singles event not held | ? |  |
| 1943 (Fort Knox) | Bruce Barnes | John Nogrady | 6–1, 7–9, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 1942 (West Side Tennis Club) | Don Budge | Bobby Riggs | 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1941 (Chicago Town and Tennis Club) | Fred Perry | Dick Skeen | 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1940 (Chicago Town and Tennis Club) | Don Budge | Fred Perry | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1939 (Beverly Hills Tennis Club) | Ellsworth Vines | Fred Perry | 8–6, 6–8, 6–1, 20–18 |
| 1938 (Chicago Arena) | Fred Perry | Bruce Barnes | 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1937 (Greenbrier) | Karel Koželuh | Bruce Barnes | 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1936 (Tudor City Tennis Club, New York) | Joe Whalen | Charles Wood | 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1935 (Terrace Club, Brooklyn) | Bill Tilden | Karel Koželuh | 0–6, 6–1, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4 |
| 1934 (South Shore Country Club) | Hans Nüsslein | Karel Koželuh | 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5 |
| 1933 (Westchester Country Club) | Vinny Richards | Frank Hunter | 6–3, 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1932 (South Shore Country Club) | Karel Koželuh | Hans Nüsslein | 6–2, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1931 (West Side Tennis Club) | Bill Tilden | Vinny Richards | 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1930 (West Side Tennis Club) | Vinny Richards | Karel Koželuh | 2–6, 10–8, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1929 (West Side Tennis Club) | Karel Koželuh | Vinny Richards | 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 1928 (West Side Tennis Club) | Vinny Richards | Karel Koželuh | 8–6, 6–3, 0–6, 6–2 |
| 1927 (Notlek Tennis Club, Manhattan) | Vincent Richards | Howard Kinsey | 11–9, 6–4, 6–3 |

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