Tournament of Champions | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Founded | 1956 |
Abolished | 1968 |
Location |
Los Angeles (1956) Forest Hills, New York (1957–1959) London (1968) |
Surface |
Hard (1956) Grass (1957–1959) |
The Tournament of Champions was a major professional tennis tournament between 1956 and 1959. The tournament was held on the indoor hardcourts at Los Angeles in 1956, and on the grass-courts of Forest Hills, New York, between 1957 and 1959. The 1956, 1957, and 1958 tournaments all had a round robin format. The tournament was picked up again in 1968 for a one off tournament during the open era and called Jack Kramer's Tournament of Champions held at Wembley Arena.