Challenge of Champions

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1 Challenge Of Champions
- 1.1 Past winners and runner-ups
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Challenge Of Champions

This used to be one of the world's richest invitational / exhibition tennis tournament. It was usually held closely before year-end Masters with 8 men round robin draw. The last two years of tournament (1988-89) were moved to spring season and played on Har-Tru green clay while before the surface was indoor carpet.

[edit] Past winners and runner-ups

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	Andres Gomez	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