Challenge of Champions

This used to be one of the richest prize money tennis events in the world. It was usually held before the Masters and featured the top mens players in the world according to their ranking on the ATP pole. In 1985, the Challenge of Champions became a major player in professional tennis when 28 year old Mark Myden, the youngest producer in professional tennis history, introduced AT&T, VISA, Cadillac, Fila Sportswear, DeBeers Diamonds, and NBC to the International Challenge.

Past winners and runners-up

Year	Date Final	Venue	Prize Money	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final	Commercial name
1989	Apr 26-30	Atlanta	$500,000	Andre Agassi	Michael Chang	6-3, 6-2	AT&T Challenge of Champions
1988	Apr 28-May 1	Atlanta	$500,000	Ivan Lendl	Stefan Edberg	2-6, 6-1, 6-3	AT&T Challenge of Champions
1987	Oct 6-11	Atlanta	$500,000	John McEnroe	Paul Annacone	6-4, 7-5	AT&T Challenge of Champions
*1986	Nov 25-30	Atlanta	$500,000	Boris Becker	John McEnroe	3-6, 6-3, 7-5	AT&T Challenge of Champions
1986	Jan 6-12	Atlanta	$500,000	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Connors	6-2, 6-3	AT&T Challenge of Champions
1985	Jan 1-6	Las Vegas	$1,000,000	John McEnroe	Guillermo Vilas	7-5, 6-0	AT&T Challenge of Champions
1984	Jan 3-8	Rosemont	$250,000	Jimmy Connors	Andrés Gómez	6-3, 6-2, 6-1	Lite Challenge of Champions
1983	Jan 4-9	Rosemont	$250,000	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Connors	4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4	Lite Challenge of Champions
1982	Jan 6-11	Rosemont	$310,000	Jimmy Connors	John McEnroe	6-7, 7-5, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4	Michelob Light Challenge of Champions
1981	Jan 7-12	Rosemont	$310,000	John McEnroe	Jimmy Connors	6-2, 6-4, 6-1	Challenge of Champions

• in 1986 played two times as well as Nabisco Masters

See also

References

• World of Tennis annuals

External links