U.S. Pro Indoor

This article is about the ILTF/WCT/GP/ATP defunct tennis event. For the defunct women's tennis event of Philadelphia, see Advanta Championships Philadelphia.
U.S. Pro Indoor
Defunct tennis tournament
Event namePhiladelphia
TourWCT circuit (1969, 1971–77)
Grand Prix Tour (1978–89)
ATP Tour (1990–98)
Founded1962
Abolished1998
Editions37
LocationPhiladelphia, PA, U.S.
SurfaceHard (i) (1993/97–98)
Carpet (i) (1968–92/94–96)

The U.S. Professional Indoor Championships, also known as U.S. Pro Indoor,[1] was a professional tennis tournament founded in 1962 as the Philadelphia Invitational Indoor Tennis Championships. [2] The tournament was held in Philadelphia, United States from 1962 to 1998. It played on indoor carpet courts, and indoor hard courts. It was an ILTF sanctioned event from 1962 to 1967 and again in 1970, the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit in 1968, 1969 and from 1971 to 1977 and the Grand Prix Tour from 1978 to 1989 before being held on the ATP Tour. It was held annually first at the Spectrum, and then at the CoreStates Center. It was originally named the Philadelphia Indoor Open Tournament prior to the open era.

  1. ^ Tingay, Lance (1973). "Philadelphia - New Dimension In Tennis". In Barrett, John (ed.). World Tennis' 73. London: The Queen Anne Press Ltd. pp. 142, 143. ISBN 0362000913.
  2. ^ McManus, Jim (2010). History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups. Pont Vedra Beach: MAC and Company Publishing. p. 300. ISBN 9781450728331.