Championships but unlike the Masters series, the participation of the top players was not mandatory. (1990–present) The Masters is an annual series of nine...
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The Masters Doubles WCT is a defunct WCT Tour affiliated men's tennis doubles tournament played from 1973 to 1986. It was held in various locations and...
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ATP Finals (redirect from Masters Cup)
Tennis Federation (ILTF) and ran alongside the competing WCT Finals from 1971 to 1989. The Masters was a year-end showpiece event between the best players...
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John McEnroe (category ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players)
won the prestigious season-ending WCT Finals, beating Björn Borg in four sets. McEnroe won 10 singles and 17 doubles titles that year for a total of 27...
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The 1978 WCT World Doubles was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Kansas City, Missouri, United States that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive...
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Vitas Gerulaitis (category Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles)
in January). He won two Italian Opens (1977, 1979), and the WCT Finals in Dallas in 1978. Born to Lithuanian immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York,...
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Raúl Ramírez (category Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles)
(1979), Paris (1977), and Rome (1974, ’75, ’76 & ’77). He won the WCT World Doubles twice in 1975 and 1980. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis...
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doubles title of the year and the 43rd of his career. It was McMillan's 4th doubles title of the year and the 51st of his career. "1978 St. Louis WCT...
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Professionals founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Prix Circuit and WCT Circuit. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier...
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Jimmy Connors (category Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles)
the season-ending Masters Cup between the top eight players of the world and was not eligible for the World Championship Tennis (WCT) finals because he...
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Ilie Năstase (category Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles)
only player to qualify for both the WCT Finals and the Masters Grand Prix finals. Năstase played well in the Masters, in particular against Newcombe in...
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Nations Cup, a team event. In addition eight World Championship Tennis (WCT) tournaments, a separate professional tennis circuit held from 1971 through...
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John Newcombe (category Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles)
Professionals in 1977 and 1978. Overall, he won 26 Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles (27 if his 1965 mixed doubles shared win is added)...
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record eight year end championship titles overall, the Masters championships three times, and the WCT Finals, a record five times. His career singles match...
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the ILTF Grand Prix Tennis Circuit it ran annually until 1989 when it and WCT Circuit were replaced by a single world wide ATP Tour. Before the Open Era...
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The 1978 Richmond WCT, also known by its sponsored name United Virginia Bank Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in...
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Ramírez, 6–3, 7–6 "1978 Mexico City WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). "1978 Mexico City WCT – Doubles draw". Association...
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World Cup WCT) 6–4 7–5 1977: Ilie Năstase – Puerto Rico 4–6 6–3 7–5 6–3 1978: John Newcombe – New Haven (Aetna World Cup WCT) 6–4 6–4 1978: John Alexander...
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The 1978 Birmingham WCT was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the sixth edition of the Grand Prix Birmingham, and part...
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Björn Borg (category Masters tennis players)
settlement was reached whereby Borg committed to play six or eight WCT events in 1978 which were then part of the Grand Prix circuit. Borg skipped the French...
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Năstase 6–4, 7–5 "1978 Monte Carlo WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). "1978 Monte Carlo WCT – Doubles draw". Association...
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[why?] In 1978 the ILTF Grand Prix and WCT circuits merged. However, In 1982, the WCT circuit separated again and created a more complex WCT ranking, similar...
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7–6, 6–3 "1974 Monte Carlo WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). "1974 Monte Carlo WCT – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis...
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England. 8 July 1978. "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017. "Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913–2017"...
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McEnroe again in the Masters Grand Prix final and won in straight sets to claim his second season-ending championship of the WCT. In an era when tournament...
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The 1978 Italian Indoor Open, also known as the Bologna Open or Bologna WCT, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts that was part...
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The Monte-Carlo Masters (also known as the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for sponsorship reasons) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players...
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Eckerd Open (redirect from Virginia Slims Masters)
women's event in 1974 the former St Petersburg Masters Invitational was revived as the St. Petersburg WCT from 1974 to 1975 before that was discontinued...
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the year-end Masters title in New York City, defeating five-time champion Lendl in the final. The same year he also won season ending WCT Finals for the...
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6–3, 6–2 "1977 Monte Carlo WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). "1977 Monte Carlo WCT – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis...
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