Countrywide Classic

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Countrywide Classic
ATP Tour
Location	Los Angeles, California United States
Venue	Los Angeles Tennis Center
Category	International Series
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$525,000
Website	countrywideclassic.com

The Countrywide Classic (formerly known as the Mercedes-Benz Cup) is a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour International Series held in Los Angeles, California, United States. The tournament is held in July or August (August 4-10, 2008), and has hosted the top men (and until 1975, women) in the world since 1927.

The one-week tournament is held at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA, which also hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics. The current draw has 32 singles seeds and 16 doubles seeds. Notable past champions include Roy Emerson, Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, and Andre Agassi.

This tournaments is one of the tournaments included into the U.S. Open Series.

[edit] Past winners

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1927	Bill Tilden
1928	Henri Cochet
1929	John Doeg
1930	Ellsworth Vines
1931	Ellsworth Vines
1932	Fred Perry
1933	Fred Perry
1934	Fred Perry
1935	Don Budge
1936	Don Budge
1937	Don Budge
1938	Adrian Quist
1939	John Bromwich
1940	Robert Riggs
1941	Frank Parker
1942	Frank Parker
1943	Jack Kramer
1944	Frank Parker
1945	Frank Parker
1946	Jack Kramer
1947	Jack Kramer
1949	Pancho Gonzalez
1950	Frank Sedgman
1951	Frank Sedgman
1952	Vic Seixas
1953	Ken Rosewall
1954	Vic Seixas
1955	Tony Trabert
1956	Herbert Flam
1957	Vic Seixas
1958	Ham Richardson
1959	Roy Emerson
1960	Barry MacKay
1961	Jon Douglas
1962	Roy Emerson
1963	Arthur Ashe
1964	Roy Emerson
1965	Dennis Ralston
1966	Allen Fox
1967	Roy Emerson
1968	Rod Laver
1969	Pancho Gonzalez
1970	Rod Laver	John Newcombe	4-6, 6-4, 7-6
1971	Pancho Gonzalez	Jimmy Connors	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1972	Stan Smith	Roscoe Tanner	6-4, 6-4
1973	Jimmy Connors	Tom Okker	7-5, 7-6
1974	Jimmy Connors	Harold Solomon	6-3, 6-1
1975	Arthur Ashe	Roscoe Tanner	3-6, 7-5, 6-3
1976	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe	6-2, 6-2
1977	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried	7-5, 3-6 6-4
1978	Arthur Ashe	Brian Gottfried	6-2 6-4
1979	Peter Fleming	John McEnroe	6-4 6-4
1980	Gene Mayer	Brian Teacher	6-3 6-2
1981	John McEnroe	Sandy Mayer	6-7, 6-3, 6-3
1982	Jimmy Connors	Mel Purcell	6-2, 6-1
1983	Gene Mayer	Johan Kriek	7-6, 6-1
1984	Jimmy Connors	Eliot Teltscher	6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1985	Paul Annacone	Stefan Edberg	7-6, 6-7, 7-6
1986	John McEnroe	Stefan Edberg	6-2, 6-3
1987	David Pate	Stefan Edberg	6-4, 6-4
1988	Mikael Pernfors	Andre Agassi	6-2, 7-5
1989	Aaron Krickstein	Michael Chang	2-6, 6-4, 6-2
1990	Stefan Edberg	Michael Chang	7-6, 2-6, 7-6
1991	Pete Sampras	Brad Gilbert	6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3
1992	Richard Krajicek	Mark Woodforde	6-4, 2-6, 6-4
1993	Richard Krajicek	Michael Chang	0-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(5)
1994	Boris Becker	Mark Woodforde	6-2, 6-2
1995	Michael Stich	Thomas Enqvist	6-7(7), 7-6(4), 6-2
1996	Michael Chang	Richard Krajicek	6-4, 6-3
1997	Jim Courier	Thomas Enqvist	6-4, 6-4
1998	Andre Agassi	Tim Henman	6-4, 6-4
1999	Pete Sampras	Andre Agassi	7-6(3), 7-6(1)
2000	Michael Chang	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-7(2), 6-3, ret
2001	Andre Agassi	Pete Sampras	6-4, 6-2
2002	Andre Agassi	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-2, 6-4
2003	Wayne Ferreira	Lleyton Hewitt	6-3, 4-6, 7-5
2004	Tommy Haas	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(6), 6-4
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2005	Andre Agassi	Gilles Müller	6-4, 7-5
2006	Tommy Haas	Dmitry Tursunov	4-6, 7-5, 6-3
2007	Radek Štěpánek	James Blake	7-6(7) 5-7 6-2