Madison Square Garden Pro

The Madison Square Garden Pro was a men's and women's tennis event for professionals. Also known as the Madison Square Garden Pro Championships. It first began in 1954 and served as the opening tournament of the 1954 World Pro Tour. The event was then not staged for a further twelve years when it was re-established in 1966 as one tournament in the pro circuit. The 1968 and 1969 tournaments were the final events of the combined WCT/NLT tours in the Open Era of tennis, the top four players in each tour played off for the combined professional championship.^[1][2] From 1977 to 1989 the Masters Grand Prix ATP finals were played at Madison Square Gardens.

Men's singles

Year	Date	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1954	Jan 3–4	Pancho Gonzales	Pancho Segura	7–9, 6–4, 6–4
1966	Mar 21–26	Ken Rosewall	Rod Laver	6–3, 6–3
1967	Jun 6–9	Rod Laver	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 6–4
1968	Nov 27– Dec 1	Tony Roche	Pancho Gonzales	6–3, 6–4
1969	May 15–17	Rod Laver	Roy Emerson	6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Women's singles

Year	Date	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1968[3]	May 18–19	Anne Haydon Jones	Billie Jean King	6–4, 6–4

See also

• Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era
• Tennis Pro Tours

References