Swedish Pro Tennis Championships

Tennis tournament

Swedish Pro Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Gothenburg (1972–73)
Tour	WCT circuit (1972–73)
Founded	1972
Abolished	1973
Location	Gothenburg, Sweden (1972–73)
Surface	Carpet (i) (1972–73)

Swedish Pro Tennis Championships was a men's tennis championship only played in 1972 and 1973.

History

The Swedish Pro Tennis Championships were created in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the 1972 WCT circuit, as one of the four non-American events of the tour, with the Canada International of Essen, Germany, and the Rotterdam Indoors of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The first tournament in 1972 (which field included a sixteen-year-old Björn Borg), saw the victory of eventual WCT year-end No. 1 John Newcombe,^[1] and the second, of 1973's Group A leader Stan Smith.^[2] Like many events of the WCT, the Swedish Pro was quickly discontinued as the circuit was searching for new locations to improve its list of tournaments. Gothenburg continued to host Sweden's national championships, as well as Davis Cup ties, and several exhibitions, like the 1976-Rod Laver/Björn Borg challenge match,^[3] but the city's international tennis tournament was never revived.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1973	Stan Smith	John Alexander	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1972	John Newcombe	Roy Emerson	6–0, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1973	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	Nikola Pilić Allan Stone	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
1972	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–2, 7–6

References

^ The Hartford Courant (1972-11-06). "Newcombe Trounces Emerson To Win WCT Event in Sweden". The Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
^ The Washington Post (1973-04-30). "Smith Victorious". Retrieved 2008-09-28.
^ The New York Times (1976-02-28). "Borg Beats Laver In $100,000 Match". Retrieved 2008-09-23.