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18-1204: (Redirected from Nielsen USTA Pro Tennis Championship ) [REDACTED] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these messages ) [REDACTED] This article needs to be updated . Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( November 2024 ) [REDACTED] This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources:   "Nielsen Pro Tennis Championship"  –  news   · newspapers   · books   · scholar   · JSTOR ( November 2024 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Tennis tournament Nielsen Pro Tennis Championship ATP Challenger Tour Event name Winnetka Location Winnetka, Illinois , USA Venue A. C. Nielsen Tennis Center (a facility of

36-18529: A facility owned and operated by the Winnetka Park District. Past finals [ edit ] Singles [ edit ] Year Champion Runner-up Score 1984 [REDACTED] Marc Flur [REDACTED] Mike Leach 6–3, 6–4 1985 [REDACTED] Barry Moir [REDACTED] Harold Solomon 2–6, 7–5, 6–2 1986 not held 1987 [REDACTED] Simon Youl [REDACTED] Roberto Saad 5–7, 7–6, 6–3 1988 [REDACTED] Jeff Tarango [REDACTED] Gianluca Pozzi 7–5, 5–7, 6–2 1989 [REDACTED] Brian Garrow [REDACTED] Todd Martin 6–4, 6–2 1990 [REDACTED] Cristiano Caratti [REDACTED] Chris Garner 7–6, 6–1 1991 [REDACTED] Byron Black [REDACTED] Todd Martin 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 1992 [REDACTED] Chuck Adams [REDACTED] Steve Bryan 6–4, 6–4 1993 [REDACTED] Kevin Ullyett [REDACTED] Maurice Ruah 6–3, 6–2 1994 [REDACTED] Vince Spadea [REDACTED] Cristiano Caratti 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 1995-96 not held 1997 [REDACTED] Gianluca Pozzi [REDACTED] Wayne Black 6–4, 6–2 1998 [REDACTED] Geoff Grant [REDACTED] Diego Nargiso 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 1999 [REDACTED] Alex O'Brien [REDACTED] Max Mirnyi 6–2, 6–2 2000 [REDACTED] Takao Suzuki [REDACTED] Yoon Yong-Il 6–2, 6–4 2001-05 not held 2006 [REDACTED] Sam Querrey [REDACTED] Andrea Stoppini 6–2, 6–3 2007 [REDACTED] Noam Okun [REDACTED] Kevin Anderson 6–4, 6–3 2008 [REDACTED] Rajeev Ram [REDACTED] Scoville Jenkins 7–5, 6–4 2009 [REDACTED] Alex Kuznetsov [REDACTED] Tim Smyczek 6–4, 7–6(1) 2010 [REDACTED] Brian Dabul [REDACTED] Tim Smyczek 6–1, 1–6, 6–1 2011 [REDACTED] James Blake [REDACTED] Bobby Reynolds 6–3, 6–1 2012 [REDACTED] John-Patrick Smith [REDACTED] Ričardas Berankis 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 2013 [REDACTED] Jack Sock [REDACTED] Bradley Klahn 6–2, 6–2 2014 [REDACTED] Denis Kudla [REDACTED] Farrukh Dustov 6–2, 6–2 2015 [REDACTED] Somdev Devvarman [REDACTED] Daniel Nguyen 7–5, 4–6, 7–6 2016 [REDACTED] Yoshihito Nishioka [REDACTED] Frances Tiafoe 6–3, 6–2 2017 [REDACTED] Akira Santillan [REDACTED] Ramkumar Ramanathan 7–6, 6–2 2018 [REDACTED] Evgeny Karlovskiy [REDACTED] Jason Jung 6–3, 6–2 2019 [REDACTED] Bradley Klahn [REDACTED] Jason Kubler 6–2, 7–5 Doubles [ edit ] Year Champion Runner-up Score 1984 [REDACTED] Dan Goldie [REDACTED] Michael Kures [REDACTED] Ricardo Acuña [REDACTED] Belus Prajoux 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 1985 [REDACTED] Ricky Brown [REDACTED] Luke Jensen [REDACTED] Kelly Evernden [REDACTED] Brian Levine 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 1986 not held 1987 [REDACTED] Tobias Svantesson [REDACTED] Jon Treml [REDACTED] Pieter Aldrich [REDACTED] Warren Green 6–3, 6–4 1988 [REDACTED] Ricardo Acuña [REDACTED] Royce Deppe [REDACTED] Jared Palmer [REDACTED] Pete Sampras 6–4, 6–4 1989 [REDACTED] Ville Jansson [REDACTED] Scott Warner [REDACTED] Bill Benjes [REDACTED] Arkie Engle 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 1990 [REDACTED] Zeeshan Ali [REDACTED] Menno Oosting [REDACTED] Doug Flach [REDACTED] Luis Herrera 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 1991 [REDACTED] Byron Black [REDACTED] Scott Melville [REDACTED] Keith Evans [REDACTED] Dave Randall 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 1992 [REDACTED] Andrew Kratzmann [REDACTED] Roger Rasheed [REDACTED] Rick Witsken [REDACTED] Todd Witsken 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 1993 [REDACTED] Wayne Arthurs [REDACTED] Mark Petchey [REDACTED] Pat Rafter [REDACTED] Sandon Stolle 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 1994 [REDACTED] Brian MacPhie [REDACTED] David Witt [REDACTED] Doug Flach [REDACTED] Wade McGuire 7–5, 6–2 1995-96 not held 1997 [REDACTED] Michael Sell [REDACTED] Myles Wakefield [REDACTED] Chad Clark [REDACTED] Ben Ellwood 6–3, 7–6 1998 [REDACTED] Grant Silcock [REDACTED] Myles Wakefield [REDACTED] Geoff Grant [REDACTED] Mark Merklein 1–6, 7–6, 7–6 1999 [REDACTED] James Blake [REDACTED] Thomas Blake [REDACTED] Max Mirnyi [REDACTED] Alexander Reichel 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 2000 [REDACTED] Lee Hyung-taik [REDACTED] Yoon Yong-il [REDACTED] Matthew Breen [REDACTED] Luke Smith 2–6, 7–5, 6–3 2001-05 not held 2006 [REDACTED] Cecil Mamiit [REDACTED] Eric Taino [REDACTED] Scoville Jenkins [REDACTED] Rajeev Ram 6–2, 6–4 2007 [REDACTED] Patrick Briaud [REDACTED] Chris Drake [REDACTED] Nicholas Monroe [REDACTED] Izak van der Merwe 7–6, 6–4 2008 [REDACTED] Todd Widom [REDACTED] Michael Yani [REDACTED] Chen Ti [REDACTED] Jose Statham 6–2, 6–2 2009 [REDACTED] Carsten Ball [REDACTED] Travis Rettenmaier [REDACTED] Brett Joelson [REDACTED] Ryan Sweeting 6–1, 6–2 2010 [REDACTED] Ryler DeHeart [REDACTED] Pierre-Ludovic Duclos [REDACTED] Rik de Voest [REDACTED] Somdev Devvarman 7–6(4), 4–6, [10–8] 2011 [REDACTED] Treat Conrad Huey [REDACTED] Bobby Reynolds [REDACTED] Jordan Kerr [REDACTED] Travis Parrott 7–6, 6–4 2012 [REDACTED] Devin Britton [REDACTED] Jeff Dadamo [REDACTED] John Peers [REDACTED] John-Patrick Smith 1–6, 6–2, [10–6] 2013 [REDACTED] Yuki Bhambri [REDACTED] Michael Venus [REDACTED] Somdev Devvarman [REDACTED] Jack Sock 2–6, 6–2, [10–8] 2014 [REDACTED] Thanasi Kokkinakis [REDACTED] Denis Kudla [REDACTED] Evan King [REDACTED] Raymond Sarmiento 6–2, 7–6 2015 [REDACTED] Johan Brunström [REDACTED] Nicholas Monroe [REDACTED] Sekou Bangoura [REDACTED] Frank Dancevic 4–6, 6–3, [10–8] 2016 [REDACTED] Stefan Kozlov [REDACTED] John-Patrick Smith [REDACTED] Sekou Bangoura [REDACTED] David O'Hare 6–3, 6–3 2017 [REDACTED] Sanchai Ratiwatana 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54-564: A score of 6–0. It was then popularized by commentator Bud Collins . Solomon played in the Davis Cup on the American team in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1978. He has a record of nine wins and four losses in this competition. The US team won the Davis Cup final in 1972 (3–2 against Romania) and 1978 (4–1 against Great Britain) although Solomon did not play in either final. Solomon served as president of

72-604: A wife named Jan, a daughter named Rachel, and a son named Jesse. Solomon began playing tennis when he was five. Ranked as high as second in the United States in his junior career, Solomon won the Clay Court Championship when he was 18. He was named an All-American at Rice University , where he was a political science major and a member of Wiess College . He turned professional when he finished university in 1972, and first won pro matches in 1974. Among his shots

90-665: Is as follows: Players have usually had success at the Futures tournaments of the ITF Men's Circuit before competing in Challengers. Due to the lower level of points and money available at the Challenger level, most players in a Challenger have a world ranking of 100 to 500 for a $ 35K tournament and 50 to 250 for a $ 150K tournament. An exception happens during the second week of a Grand Slam tournament, when top-100 players who have already lost in

108-419: Is the longest running ATP Challenger event. Cofa faulcambridge by marcos automocion Harold Solomon Harold Solomon (born September 17, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player who played during the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 5 in singles in 1980, and of No. 4 in doubles in 1976. Over the course of his career, he won 22 singles titles. Solomon

126-699: The Association of Tennis Professionals from 1980 to 1983 and later on its board of directors. Solomon was inducted into the USTA Mid Atlantic Section Hall of Fame in 1994 and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. He was named to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame (player) in 2013. He was inducted into the D.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. Solomon began coaching in

144-498: The ATP Tour announced an overhaul of the tournaments system from 2023 season. Challenger 110 and Challenger 90 events were scrapped, Challenger 80 reduced to the Challenger 75 while the prize money requirements for it and Challenger 100 were increased. It also introduced the new highest category − Challenger 175 to be inaugurally held in the second week of Indian Wells, Rome and Madrid ATP Tour Masters 1000 events. The new points system

162-595: The Slam try to take a wild card entry into a Challenger tournament beginning that second week. In February 2007, Tretorn became the official ball of the Challenger Series, and the sponsor of a new series consisting of those Challenger tournaments with prize money of $ 100,000 or more. They renewed the sponsorship with the ATP in 2010 and extended it until the end of 2011. Updated as of 10 May 2024 The Tampere Open

180-630: The Winnetka Park District) Category ATP Challenger Tour Surface Hard, outdoors Draw 32S/4Q/16D Prize money $ 75,000 The Nielsen Pro Tennis Championship is a tennis tournament held intermittently in Winnetka, Illinois , USA since 1984. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor hard courts at the A. C. Nielsen Tennis Center,

198-747: The following week in Pasadena . A final event was played a month later in Kyoto . In comparison, the 2008 schedule saw 178 events played in more than 40 countries. In efforts to further the progression of college and junior players into the professional tour, the ATP Challenger Tour has partnered with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to give players more opportunities on

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216-553: The partnership with the ITA, the Challenger Tour also partnered with the ITF. This partnership granted those with year-end rankings inside the top 10 in the world eligible for eight main draw Challenger Tour wildcards, and those who finished the year between 11 and 20 in the world receiving eight Challenger Tour qualifying wildcards. In 2022, during the most numerous season in the tour's history,

234-474: The professional tour. Those that finish in the top 10 of the end-of-year college rankings are now eligible for six wild cards into the main draw of Challenger events, and if they have finished their college education, they receive 8 of those wild cards. Those that finish in the 11 through 20 range of the collegiate rankings are eligible for six qualifying wild cards, with those who have completed their college education being eligible for eight wild cards. Much like

252-929: The week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Hobart . The next events were held one at a time beginning June 18 and ending August 18 in the following U.S. locations, in order: Shreveport , Birmingham , Asheville , Raleigh , Hilton Head , Virginia Beach , Wall , Cape Cod , and Lancaster . Events continued after a one-month hiatus with two begun September 24 and 25, one in Tinton Falls, New Jersey and in Lincoln, Nebraska respectively. The following week saw one event played, in Salt Lake City , then two played simultaneously in Tel Aviv and San Ramon, California , then one played

270-468: Was 64–23 and he was ranked No. 5 in the world. He appeared in Playgirl Magazine ' s list of 10 sexiest men that same year. Solomon played doubles with Eddie Dibbs . In 1976 they were ranked No. 4 worldwide, and were among the top ten in 1974, 1975, and 1976. They were nicknamed "The Bagel Twins." Solomon is credited with coining the term ' Bagel ', referring to a set in tennis that ends with

288-403: Was a finalist at the 1976 and 1978 United States Pro Championships. Solomon captured a total of 22 professional singles titles. His lifetime professional win–loss record is 564–315, and he earned over $ 1.8 million. He was ranked among the top 10 singles players worldwide in 1976, 1978, 1979, and 1980, and was among the top 20 from 1974 to 1980. His best year was in 1980 when his win–loss record

306-567: Was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame, the USTA Mid Atlantic Section Hall of Fame, the D.C. Sports Hall of Fame, and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . Solomon is Jewish. He grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended Springbrook High School and later lived in Pompano Beach, Florida . He lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida , has

324-570: Was the moonball —a high and deep shot, normally hit with a lot of spin. At the French Open , Solomon's best showing was when he reached the finals in singles play in 1976. He reached the quarterfinals in 1972 and 1976, and made it to the semifinals in 1974 and 1980. At the US Open , he was a semifinalist in 1977. He won the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Open twice (in 1977 and 1980) and

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