Wembley Championship

Wembley Championship
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1934
Abolished	1990
Location	London, England
Venue	Empire Pool
Surface	Indoor (Wood)

The Wembley Championships was a men's professional tennis tournament held from 1934–1990 with some periods of inactivity in between and is considered as a part of the professional grand slam from 1927–1967 until the advent of the open era. Ken Rosewall's and Rod Laver's six singles titles are the record for this event. The tournament only had a men's draw.

It was first held in 1934 at the Empire Pool at Wembley Park, Wembley, north-west London.

In the mid-1960s it was considered as one of the three major professional tournaments, alongside the United States Professional Championship and French Professional Championship.

In 1970 it was the penultimate event on the Grand Prix Tennis Tour.

It was officially called the Wembley Professional Championships, although it was later named the London Indoor Professional Championships.

Notes:

^r1 For 1934, the tournament was played under Round Robin format with Vines 5-0 and Nüsslein 4-1 as final standings.

^r1 For 1939, the tournament was played under Round Robin format with Budge 3-0 and Nüsslein, Tilden and Vines as 1-2 as final standings.

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