Defunct men's tennis tournament in the United States
Tennis tournament
The Volvo International , also known as the Pilot Pen International , was a professional tennis tournament founded in 1972 as the Bretton Woods WCT [1] it was played on clay courts to 1984 and on outdoor hard courts from 1985 to 1998. It was first held at the Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in the United States in 1973 after Rod Laver had run a successful summer camp there.[2] The International was originally part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit until the formation of the ATP Tour in 1990, when it became part of the Championship Series until its dissolution.
The event moved to several American locations during its run, including Mount Cranmore in North Conway, New Hampshire , from 1975 to 1984,[3] Stratton Mountain Resort at Stratton Mountain, Vermont , from 1985 to 1989, and eventually to New Haven, Connecticut [4] from 1990 until 1998, before it was discontinued.
In 2005, the ATP event at Long Island (known as the TD Waterhouse Cup ) was moved to New Haven, where it merged with the WTA Tour's Pilot Pen Tennis . The current ATP Pilot Pen event is considered to be a continuation of the Long Island event rather than of the International.[5]
Singles [ edit ] Location Year Champions Runners-up Score Bretton Woods 1972[6] Cliff Richey Jeff Borowiak 6–1, 6–0 1973 Vijay Amritraj Jimmy Connors 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 1974 Rod Laver Harold Solomon 6–4, 6–3 North Conway 1975 Jimmy Connors Ken Rosewall 6–2, 6–2 1976 Jimmy Connors Raúl Ramírez 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 1977 John Alexander Manuel Orantes 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 1978 Eddie Dibbs John Alexander 6–4, 6–4 1979 Harold Solomon José Higueras 5–7, 6–4, 7–6 1980 Jimmy Connors Eddie Dibbs 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 1981 José Luis Clerc Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 6–2 1982 Ivan Lendl José Higueras 6–3, 6–2 1983 José Luis Clerc Andrés Gómez 6–3, 6–1 1984 Joakim Nyström Tim Wilkison 6–2, 7–5 Stratton Mountain 1985 John McEnroe Ivan Lendl 7–6(7–4) , 6–2 1986 Ivan Lendl Boris Becker 6–4, 7–6 1987 No winner Ivan Lendl & John McEnroe 6–7, 4–1 unfinished (rain) 1988 Andre Agassi Paul Annacone 6–2, 6–4 1989 Brad Gilbert Jim Pugh 7–5, 6–0 New Haven 1990 Derrick Rostagno Todd Woodbridge 6–3, 6–3 1991 Petr Korda Goran Ivanišević 6–4, 6–2 1992 Stefan Edberg MaliVai Washington 7–6(7–4) , 6–1 1993 Andrei Medvedev Petr Korda 7–5, 6–4 1994 Boris Becker Marc Rosset 6–3, 7–5 1995 Andre Agassi Richard Krajicek 3–6, 7–6(7–2) , 6–3 1996 Alex O'Brien Jan Siemerink 7–6(8–6) , 6–4 1997 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Patrick Rafter 7–6(7–4) , 6–4 1998 Karol Kučera Goran Ivanišević 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Doubles [ edit ] Location Year Champions Runners-up Score Bretton Woods 1973 Rod Laver Fred Stolle Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan 7–6, 4–6, 7–5 1974 Rod Laver Jeff Borowiak Ricardo Cano Víctor Pecci 6–3, 6–0 North Conway 1975 Haroon Rahim Erik van Dillen John Alexander Phil Dent 7–6, 7–6 1976 Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez Ricardo Cano Víctor Pecci 6–3, 6–0 1977 Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart 7–5, 6–3 1978 Robin Drysdale Van Winitsky Mike Fishbach Bernard Mitton 4–6, 7–6, 6–3 1979 Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas John Sadri Tim Wilkison 6–4, 7–6 1980 Jimmy Connors Brian Gottfried Kevin Curren Steve Denton 7–6, 6–2 1981 Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan 6–7, 7–5, 6–4 1982 Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan Pablo Arraya Eric Fromm 6–2, 7–6 1983 Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin 7–6, 6–1 1984 Brian Gottfried Tomáš Šmíd Cássio Motta Blaine Willenborg 6–4, 6–2 Stratton Mountain 1985 Scott Davis David Pate Ken Flach Robert Seguso 3–6, 7–6, 7–6 1986 Peter Fleming John McEnroe Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 1987 No winner Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg vs. Ken Flach Robert Seguso not played (rain) 1988 Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser 6–3, 7–6 1989 Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser 6–3, 4–6, 7–6 New Haven 1990 Jeff Brown Scott Melville Goran Ivanišević Petr Korda 2–6, 7–5, 6–0 1991 Petr Korda Wally Masur Jeff Brown Scott Melville 7–5, 6–3 1992 Kelly Jones Rick Leach Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer 7–6, 6–7, 6–2 1993 Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek Steve DeVries David Macpherson 6–3, 7–6 1994 Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 6–4, 7–6 1995 Rick Leach Scott Melville Leander Paes Nicolás Pereira 7–6, 6–4 1996 Byron Black Grant Connell Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti 6–4, 6–4 1997 Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien 6–4, 6–7, 6–2 1998 Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien 7–6, 1–6, 6–3
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