Legg Mason Tennis Classic

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Legg Mason Tennis Classic
ATP Tour
Location	Washington, DC United States
Venue	William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
Category	International Series
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Draw	48S/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$600,000
Website	leggmasontennisclassic.com

The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held (as the Washington Star International) in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. The tournament was played on a clay court until 1986, after which it switched to hard. It has remained a hard court tournament ever since.

The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is now one of the United States Open Series of hard-court tournaments leading up to the US Open in September.

The tournament is produced by SFX Media & Events, a Blue Equity Company. Its lead sponsor is Legg Mason, a financial services company. Throughout its existence, the tournament has been closely associated with Donald Dell, founder of ProServ International, who was instrumental in creation of the tournament. The location of the tournament in Washington D.C. was chosen at the urging of Arthur Ashe, an early supporter.

It is held at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park, a U.S. National Park.

[edit] Past finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1969	Thomas Koch	Arthur Ashe	7-5, 9-7, 4-6, 2-6, 6-4
1970	Cliff Richey	Arthur Ashe	7-5, 6-2, 6-1
1971	Ken Rosewall	Marty Riessen	6-2, 7-5, 6-1
1972	Tony Roche	Marty Riessen	3-6, 7-6, 6-4
1973	Arthur Ashe	Tom Okker	6-4, 6-2
1974	Harold Solomon	Guillermo Vilas	1-6, 6-3, 6-4
1975	Guillermo Vilas	Harold Solomon	6-1, 6-3
1976	Jimmy Connors	Raúl Ramírez	6-2, 6-4
1977	Guillermo Vilas	Brian Gottfried	6-4, 7-5
1978	Jimmy Connors	Eddie Dibbs	7-5, 7-5
1979	Guillermo Vilas	Víctor Pecci Sr.	7-6, 7-6
1980	Brian Gottfried	José-Luis Clerc	7-5, 4-6, 6-4
1981	José-Luis Clerc	Guillermo Vilas	7-5, 6-2
1982	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Arias	6-3, 6-3
1983	José-Luis Clerc	Jimmy Arias	6-3, 3-6, 6-0
1984	Andrés Gómez	Aaron Krickstein	6-2, 6-2
1985	Yannick Noah	Martín Jaite	6-4, 6-3
1986	Karel Nováček	Thierry Tulasne	6-1, 7-6
1987	Ivan Lendl	Brad Gilbert	6-1, 6-0
1988	Jimmy Connors	Andrés Gómez	6-1, 6-4
1989	Tim Mayotte	Brad Gilbert	3-6, 6-4, 7-5
1990	Andre Agassi	Jim Grabb	6-1, 6-4
1991	Andre Agassi	Petr Korda	6-3, 6-4
1992	Petr Korda	Henrik Holm	6-4, 6-4
1993	Amos Mansdorf	Todd Martin	7-6(3), 7-5
1994	Stefan Edberg	Jason Stoltenberg	6-4, 6-2
1995	Andre Agassi	Stefan Edberg	6-4, 2-6, 7-5
1996	Michael Chang	Wayne Ferreira	6-2, 6-4
1997	Michael Chang	Petr Korda	5-7, 6-2, 6-1
1998	Andre Agassi	Scott Draper	6-2, 6-0
1999	Andre Agassi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-6(3), 6-1
2000	Àlex Corretja	Andre Agassi	6-2, 6-3
2001	Andy Roddick	Sjeng Schalken	6-2, 6-3
2002	James Blake	Paradorn Srichaphan	1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
2003	Tim Henman	Fernando González	6-3, 6-4
2004	Lleyton Hewitt	Gilles Müller	6-3, 6-4
2005	Andy Roddick	James Blake	7-5, 6-3
2006	Arnaud Clément	Andy Murray	7-6(3), 6-2
2007	Andy Roddick	John Isner	6-4, 7-6(4)

[edit] External links

Official site

Legg Mason Tennis Classic is at coordinates 38°57′15″N 77°02′18″W / 38.954069, -77.038450 (Legg Mason Tennis Classic)Coordinates: 38°57′15″N 77°02′18″W / 38.954069, -77.038450 (Legg Mason Tennis Classic)
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