Baltimore Professional Championships Explained

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]

History

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]

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1968[5] Tony Roche6–0, 6–4.
1969 Rod Laver Pancho Gonzales6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 8–6.

Tour names

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournaments: Baltimore Pro Championships. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . Madrid, Spain . 28 January 2024. subscription.
  2. News: Tri-Favorite's In Baltimore Pro Tennis Classic . 28 January 2024 . . . 31 May 1968 . Salisbury, Maryland, USA . 7 . en.
  3. Book: McCauley . Joe . The History of Professional Tennis . 2003 . Short Run Book Company . Windsor, Berkshire, England . B001EOVE56 . 252.
  4. News: Gimeno Cops College Park Tennis Event . 28 January 2024 . . Newspaper Archive . 25 May 1964 . Cumberland, Maryland . 11 . en.
  5. News: Times Sport Scoreboard: Baltimore Pro Classic . 28 January 2024 . . Newspaper Archive . 3 June 1968 . San Mateo, California, USA . 21 . en.