Baltimore Professional Championships | |
Type: | defunct |
Location: | Baltimore (1968, 1969) |
Venue: | Baltimore Civic Center |
Tour: | WCT Circuit (1968) NTL Tour (1969) |
Surface: | Carpet / indoor |
The Baltimore Professional Championships also known as the NTL Baltimore Pro Championships was a men's international professional indoor tennis tournament founded in 1968.[1] It was first played at the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[1] It was held until 1969 when it was discontinued.[1]
The Baltimore Pro Championships was a men's tennis tournament established in 1968 as the Baltimore Pro Tennis Classic, a $6000 event that was part of the 1968 WCT Circuit that year.[2] Its tour name was the WCT Baltimore Pro Championships.[3] It was the successor tournament to the earlier College Park Pro Championships that was an indoor event held at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1964.[1] [4] It was first played on indoor carpet courts at the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[1] In 1969 the tournament was part the NTL Pro Tour that year and was branded as the NTL Baltimore Pro Championships after which the event was discontinued.[1]
(Incomplete roll)
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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1968[5] | Tony Roche | 6–0, 6–4. | |
1969 | Rod Laver | Pancho Gonzales | 6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 8–6. |