The Madison Square Garden Pro was a men's and women's tennis event for professionals. Also known as the Madison Square Garden Pro Championships. It first began in 1954 and served as the opening tournament of the 1954 World Pro Tour. The event was then not staged for a further twelve years when it was re-established in 1966 as one tournament in the pro circuit. The 1968 and 1969 tournaments were the final events of the combined WCT/NLT tours in the Open Era of tennis, the top four players in each tour played off for the combined professional championship.[1][2] From 1977 to 1989 the Masters Grand Prix ATP finals were played at Madison Square Gardens.
^Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York: Viking Press. p. 63. ISBN978-0-670-29408-4.
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