Tennis tournament
TheTokyo Indoor was a men'stennis tournament played inTokyo ,Japan on indoorcarpet courts from 1966 to 1995.
The event was established in 1966 but had periods when it was not staged. It was played as part of theGrand Prix Tennis Tour from 1978 to 1989 and part of theGrand Prix Super Series , the precursors to theMasters 1000 , from 1978 to 1988. It became part of theATP Championship Series between 1990 and 1995. The tournament was held at theTokyo Municipal Gym in 1978 and 1979, then theYoyogi National Gymnasium , before returning to the former for the 1990s. It was played on indoorcarpet courts . The tournament was known for offering more prize money than most others.
The tournament was also known by its sponsorship names such as theSeiko World Super Tennis [ 1] Seiko Super Tennis .[ 2] [ 3]
Year Tournament name Champions Runners-up Score 1966 Tokyo Indoor Ishiguru Osama [ 4] Keishioro Yanagi 4–6, 6–4, 6–0 1967-68 Not held 1969 Tokyo Indoor John Bartlett [ 5] Ichizo Konishi 6–3, 6–3 1970 Tokyo Indoor Tashiro Sakai [ 6] Ian Fletcher 6–2, 6–3 1971 Tokyo Indoor Ian Fletcher [ 7] Takeshi Koura 7–5, 6–4 1972-77 Not held 1978 Seiko World Super Tennis Björn Borg [ 8] Brian Teacher 6–3, 6–4 1979 Seiko World Super Tennis Björn Borg [ 9] Jimmy Connors 6–2, 6–2 1980 Seiko World Super Tennis Jimmy Connors [ 10] Tom Gullikson 6–1, 6–2 1981 Seiko World Super Tennis Vincent Van Patten [ 11] Mark Edmondson 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 1982 Seiko World Super Tennis John McEnroe [ 12] Peter McNamara 7–6, 7–5 1983 Seiko World Super Tennis Ivan Lendl [ 13] Scott Davis 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 1984 Seiko Super Tennis Jimmy Connors [ 14] Ivan Lendl 6–4, 3–6, 6–0 1985 Seiko Super Tennis Ivan Lendl [ 15] Mats Wilander 6–0, 6–4 1986 Seiko Super Tennis Boris Becker [ 16] Stefan Edberg 7–6, 6–1 1987 Seiko Super Tennis Stefan Edberg [ 17] Ivan Lendl 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 1988 Seiko Super Tennis Boris Becker [ 18] John Fitzgerald 7–6, 6–4 1989 Seiko Super Tennis Aaron Krickstein [ 19] Carl-Uwe Steeb 6–2, 6–2 1990 Seiko Super Tennis Ivan Lendl [ 20] Boris Becker 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 1991 Seiko Super Tennis Stefan Edberg [ 21] Derrick Rostagno 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 1992 Seiko Super Tennis Ivan Lendl [ 22] Henrik Holm 7–6, 6–4 1993 Seiko Super Tennis Ivan Lendl [ 23] Todd Martin 6–4, 6–4 1994 Seiko Super Tennis Goran Ivanišević [ 24] Michael Chang 6–4, 6–4 1995 Seiko Super Tennis Michael Chang [ 25] Mark Philippoussis 6–3, 6–4 1996 license sold toSingapore Open
Year Champions Runners-up Score 1978 Ross Case Geoff Masters Pat Du Pré Tom Gorman 6–3, 6–4 1979 Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart Mike Cahill Terry Moor 6–4, 7–6 1980 Victor Amaya Hank Pfister Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 1981 Victor Amaya Hank Pfister Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy 6–4, 6–2 1982 Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson John McEnroe Peter Rennert 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 1983 Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart Steve Denton John Fitzgerald 6–1, 6–4 1984 Sammy Giammalva Jr. Tony Giammalva Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart 7–6, 6–4 1985 Ken Flach Robert Seguso Scott Davis David Pate 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 1986 Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly Andrés Gómez Ivan Lendl 6–3, 7–5 1987 Broderick Dyke Tom Nijssen Sammy Giammalva Jr. Jim Grabb 6–3, 6–2 1988 Andrés Gómez Slobodan Živojinović Boris Becker Eric Jelen 7–5, 5–7, 6–3 1989 Kevin Curren David Pate Andrés Gómez Slobodan Živojinović 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 1990 Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek Scott Davis David Pate 7–6, 7–5 1991 Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg Scott Davis David Pate 7–5, 2–6, 7–6 1992 Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg 7–6, 6–4 1993 Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen 6–3, 6–4 1994 Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith Byron Black Jonathan Stark 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 1995 Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Jakob Hlasek Patrick McEnroe 7–6, 6–4
Included:[ 26]
Most titles:Ivan Lendl (5) Most finals:Ivan Lendl (7) Most consecutive titles:Ivan Lendl ,Björn Borg (2) Most consecutive finals:Ivan Lendl (3) (1983–85) Most matches played:Ivan Lendl (48) Most matches won:Ivan Lendl (42) Most consecutive matches won:Björn Borg (12) Most editions played:Ivan Lendl (11) Best match winning %:Ivan Lendl , 87.5% Oldest champion:Ivan Lendl , 33y 7m & 4d (1993) Youngest champion:Boris Becker , 18y 10m & 30d (1986) Longest final:Stefan Edberg vIvan Lendl result: 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, (33 games), in (1987) Shortest final:Jimmy Connors vTom Gullikson result: 6-1 6-2, (15 games), in (1980)
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Ivan Lendl (5)
Björn Borg (2)
Boris Becker, 18y 10m & 30d (1986)
Grant Connell and
