U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945

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The U.S. Pro Tennis Championships were played each year from 1927 to 1999 (except 1944). Up to 1967, before the start of the "Open Era", this tournament was regarded as part of the professional grand slam. In 1963 the tournament failed financially but was revived in Boston without a break.

1927[]

September 23–25, Notlek Tennis Club, Manhattan, New York – Clay

	First Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Howard Kinsey	6	6
		James P. Reid	0	3							Howard Kinsey	6	6
		Warren Kruger	6	6							Warren Kruger	1	1
		John Cardegna	1	3																Howard Kinsey	6	6	6
		Paul Heston	6	6																Paul Heston	0	4	3
		William Ganley	0	1							Paul Heston	7	6
		Edwin Faulkner	6	6							Edwin Faulkner	5	4
		Arthur Rudolph	2	4																									Howard Kinsey	9	4	3
		Charles Wood	6	6																									Vinnie Richards	11	6	6
		Otto Glocker	1	4							Charles Wood	6	6
		George Agutter	6	6							George Agutter	2	4
		H. W. Hagemann	2	2																Charles Wood	0	1	2
		Vinnie Richards	6	6																Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
		Julius Boise	0	0							Vinnie Richards	6	6
		John Collom	6	6							John Collom	1	2
		Louis Volpe	2	3

1928[]

West Side Tennis Club, New York – Grass

	Second Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Howard Kinsey	6	6	6
			4	0	3						Howard Kinsey	6	8	8
			7	7	7							4	6	6
			5	5	5															Howard Kinsey	6	3	7	2	8
			6	6	6															Vinnie Richards	2	6	5	6	10
		James Kenney	4	4	2							0	1	0
		Vinnie Richards	6	6	6						Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
			1	4	3																								Vinnie Richards	8	6	0	6
		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6																								Karel Koželuh	6	3	6	2
		A. Geidel	0	1	0						Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
			6	1	6	6						0	1	0
			1	6	4	4														Karel Koželuh	8	6	6
			6	6	6																6	2	1
		Louis Volpe	3	4	1							1	2	2
			6	7	6							6	6	6
			3	5	1

1929[]

West Side Tennis Club, New York – Grass

	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
		J. Farrell	1	1	1						Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
		Wallace F. Johnson	6	6	6						Wallace F. Johnson	3	1	2
			2	2	3															Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
			4	6	6	6															1	3	4
			6	2	1	4						6	6	6
			4	6	6	5	6					3	4	2
			6	2	1	7	2																						Vinnie Richards	4	4	6	6	5
		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6																								Karel Koželuh	6	6	4	4	7
			1	2	2						Karel Koželuh	6	6	7
			6	6	6							0	2	5
			3	2	1															Karel Koželuh	6	6	7
		Howard Kinsey	6	6	6															Howard Kinsey	4	4	5
			1	2	2						Howard Kinsey	6	6	6
			7	6	4	2	6					4	2	1
			5	4	6	6	3

1930[]

West Side Tennis Club, New York – Grass

	Third Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
			0	0	0						Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
			7	6	6							3	2	4
			5	2	2															Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
		Howard Kinsey	6	6	6															Howard Kinsey	0	2	3
			0	3	2						Howard Kinsey	3	5	6	7	6
		Dan Maskell	6	6	6	10					Dan Maskell	6	7	2	5	1
			2	1	8	8																							Karel Koželuh	6	8	3	4
		Vinnie Richards	6	6	6																								Vinnie Richards	2	10	6	6
			0	3	4						Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
			6	6	6							1	4	3
		Wallace F. Johnson	3	3	4															Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
			7	5	6	6															1	3	2
			5	7	0	1						4	6	6	6
		Roman Najuch	6	6	9						Roman Najuch	6	0	4	3
			4	4	7

1931[]

West Side Tennis Club, New York – Grass

	Third Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Bill Tilden	6	6	6
			0	1	0						Bill Tilden	7	7	6
		Emmett Paré	6	6	6						Emmett Paré	5	5	4
			1	3	4															Bill Tilden	6	6	6
		Howard Kinsey	6	6	8															Howard Kinsey	4	0	3
			0	4	6						Howard Kinsey	10	8	6	6
		Albert Burke	6	6	6						Albert Burke	8	10	4	4
			2	1	0																								Bill Tilden	7	6	6
		Vinnie Richards	6	6	6																								Vinnie Richards	5	2	1
			3	0	4						Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
		Robert Seller	6	6	3	6					Robert Seller	3	4	4
			3	3	6	0														Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
		Frank Hunter	6	6	6															Karel Koželuh	2	4	3
			0	0	0						Frank Hunter	6	3	2	2
		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6						Karel Koželuh	3	6	6	6
			0	2	0

1932[]

South Shore Country Club, Chicago – Clay

	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Bill Tilden	6	6	6
			3	2	2						Bill Tilden	6	6	9
		Albert Burke	6	6	6						Albert Burke	0	4	7
			2	4	0															Bill Tilden	3	6	5	1
		Emmett Paré	6	6	6															Karel Koželuh	6	3	7	6
			2	2	1						Emmett Paré	2	6	6	3
		Karel Koželuh	w/o								Karel Koželuh	6	8	3	6
		Robert Seller																											Karel Koželuh	6	6	7
		Vinnie Richards	6	6	6																								Hans Nüsslein	2	2	5
		Warren Kruger	1	2	0						Vinnie Richards	5	1	6	3
		Roman Najuch	6	6	6						Roman Najuch	7	6	2	6
			1	1	3															Roman Najuch	2	10	1
		Bruce Barnes	6	6	6															Hans Nüsslein	6	12	6
			1	3	1						Bruce Barnes	3	4	3
		Hans Nüsslein	6	6	6						Hans Nüsslein	6	6	6
			1	4	2

1933[]

	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
			1	2	0						Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
			6	6	6							2	4	3
		C. Kenyon	1	0	2															Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
		Robert Murray	6	6	6															Robert Murray	1	1	4
			0	2	3						Robert Murray	2	10	6	6
			7	6	4	6	6					6	8	4	0
			9	2	6	3	2																						Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
		Frank Hunter	1	6	6	1	6																						Frank Hunter	3	0	2
			6	2	3	6	2				Frank Hunter	6	6	2	6
			5	1	7	9	6					2	2	6	2
			7	6	5	7	4													Frank Hunter	1	6	6	7
			6	6	6																6	1	2	5
		W. Tyler	1	2	4							6	6	6
												1	0	1
			w/o

1934[]

	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
			2	2	0						Vinnie Richards	6	6	6
			8	6	7							3	2	2
		J. Castle	6	1	5															Vinnie Richards	2	6	0
		Bruce Barnes	6	6	6															Karel Koželuh	6	8	6
		F. Kukn	3	0	4						Bruce Barnes	2	4	3
		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6						Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
			0	1	0																								Karel Koželuh	4	2	6	5
		Ellsworth Vines	6	3	6	6																							Hans Nüsslein	6	6	1	7
			3	6	1	3					Ellsworth Vines	6	6	6
			6	7	7							3	2	3
			2	5	5															Ellsworth Vines	9	1	3	2
		Emmett Paré	6	6	4	6														Hans Nüsslein	7	6	6	6
			1	2	6	4					Emmett Paré	6	6	3	3	1
		Hans Nüsslein	6	6	6						Hans Nüsslein	0	2	6	6	6
			1	2	4

1935[]

	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
			1	0	1						Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
			6	7	6							4	1	2
			2	5	2															Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
		Lester Stoefen	6	6	6															Lester Stoefen	4	3	0
			2	0	3						Lester Stoefen	7	6	6
		Frank Hunter	9	6	7	6	7				Frank Hunter	5	4	1
			11	2	9	4	5																						Karel Koželuh	6	1	4	6	4
		Bill Tilden	6	6	6																								Bill Tilden	0	6	6	0	6
		Harold Blauer	3	3	3						Bill Tilden	7	6	6
			3	8	6	2	6					5	2	3
		Walter Wesbrook	6	6	2	6	2													Bill Tilden	6	5	6	6
		George Lott	6	7	4	6														George Lott	1	7	3	4
			4	5	6	0					George Lott	6	6	7
			6	8	6							2	4	5
		Joe Whalen	1	6	1

1936[]

	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Joe Whalen	6	7
		Teddy Rericha	2	5							Joe Whalen	6	8
		Harold Blauer	6	6							Harold Blauer	4	6
		R. McLeod	2	1																Joe Whalen	6	6	6
		Edwin Faulkner	4	6	6															Edwin Faulkner	2	4	4
		William Einsman	6	4	3						Edwin Faulkner	6	6
		Ellis Klingeman	6	8							Ellis Klingeman	2	4
		Thomas Iannicelli	4	6																									Joe Whalen	4	4	6	6	6
		Charles Wood	6	6																									Charles Wood	6	6	3	2	3
		Herbert Stead	2	4							Charles Wood	6	6
		Ed Burns	7	6							Ed Burns	2	1
		Henry Geidel	5	4																Charles Wood	6	6	6
		Dan Watson	6																	Dan Watson	2	2	3
		William Ellis	2	rtd.							Dan Watson	7	6
		James Mitchell	6	6							James Mitchell	5	2
		Selwyn Orcutt	2	3

1937[]

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
			4	2	1
											Karel Koželuh	6	6	6
											Joe Whalen	1	4	0
		Joe Whalen	6	6	6
		Alfred Chapin	1	2	3
																				Karel Koželuh	6	6	4	4	6
																				Bruce Barnes	2	3	6	6	1
		George Lott	3	6	2	6	6
			6	1	6	1	2
											George Lott	0	2	5
											Bruce Barnes	6	6	7
		Bruce Barnes	3	6	6	6
		Vinnie Richards	6	3	4	3

1938[]

	Second Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Fred Perry	6	6	6
			1	1	4						Fred Perry	6	6	6
			7	6	6							4	0	2
			5	2	4															Fred Perry	6	7	6
		Berkeley Bell	3	6	1	7	6													Berkeley Bell	2	5	3
			6	4	6	5	2				Berkeley Bell	6	8	3	6
		George Lott	6	6	6						George Lott	3	6	6	4
			1	2	3																								Fred Perry	6	6	6
		Bruce Barnes	6	6	6																								Bruce Barnes	3	2	4
			0	2	2						Bruce Barnes	6	6	2	6
		Joe Whalen	4	6	6	7					Joe Whalen	2	3	6	3
		Arthur Hendrix	6	4	4	5														Bruce Barnes	3	6	9	6
			6	6	6															Dick Skeen	6	4	7	4
		George Jennings	0	1	4							1	4	4
		Dick Skeen	7	8	6	8					Dick Skeen	6	6	6
		Vinnie Richards	9	6	1	6

1939[]

	Second Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Fred Perry	6	6	2	6
			1	2	6	3					Fred Perry	7	7	5	6
		Keith Gledhill	6	6	6						Keith Gledhill	5	5	7	2
		Vinnie Richards	0	3	2															Fred Perry	6	6	5	6
		Bill Tilden	6	6	4	6														Bill Tilden	3	1	7	2
			2	2	6	2					Bill Tilden	7	8	6
			7	6	6							5	6	4
		Bruce Barnes	5	4	3																								Fred Perry	6	8	1	18
		Ellsworth Vines	6	6	6																								Ellsworth Vines	8	6	6	20
			4	3	4						Ellsworth Vines	6	6	6
			4	6	6	10						1	3	0
			6	1	1	8														Ellsworth Vines	w/o
		Lester Stoefen	6	6	6															Dick Skeen
			1	4	4						Lester Stoefen	6	3	5
		Dick Skeen	6	6	6						Dick Skeen	8	6	7
			2	4	4

1940[]

	Second Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Don Budge	6	6	6
			3	3	0						Don Budge	6	6	6
			6	6	6							1	3	1
		E. Bax	1	1	1															Don Budge	6	6	6
		Bill Tilden	6	6	6															Bill Tilden	4	2	4
		P. Martin	4	1	3						Bill Tilden	6	6	7
		Joe Whalen	4	6	6	2	6				Joe Whalen	4	1	5
			6	1	2	6	2																						Don Budge	6	5	6	6
		John Nogrady	8	6	6	6																							Fred Perry	3	7	4	3
		Vinnie Richards	10	0	1	0					John Nogrady	6	6
		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6						Karel Koželuh	4	0	rtd.
			0	2	3															John Nogrady	4	3	6	4
		Arthur Hendrix	9	6	6	6														Fred Perry	6	6	4	6
			11	4	4	4					Arthur Hendrix	1	4	2
		Fred Perry	6	6	6						Fred Perry	6	6	6
			2	1	4

1941[]

	Second Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
			6	6	6
		Don Budge	4	1	3							1	2	7	6	6
		Karel Koželuh	3	6	7	6					Karel Koželuh	6	6	5	3	2
		Vinnie Richards	6	4	5	1															3	6	6	3
		Dick Skeen	6	6	6															Dick Skeen	6	8	2	6
		Dan Watson	4	2	2						Dick Skeen	6	6	6
		Joe Whalen	9	2	6	7	7				Joe Whalen	2	4	4
		Lester Stoefen	7	6	4	9	5																						Dick Skeen	4	8	2	3
		Fred Perry	6	7	7																								Fred Perry	6	6	6	6
			4	5	5						Fred Perry	6	9	6
		John Nogrady	6	6	6						John Nogrady	4	7	1
			1	2	1															Fred Perry	6	6	6	7
		Bill Tilden	6	6	6															Keith Gledhill	1	8	4	5
			1	3	0						Bill Tilden	2	3	3
		Keith Gledhill	6	4	6	6					Keith Gledhill	6	6	6
		Berkeley Bell	4	6	0	4

1942[]

	Second Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Don Budge	6
		Karel Koželuh	2	rtd.							Don Budge	6	2	6	6
		John Nogrady	6	6	6						John Nogrady	1	6	4	1
			1	1	2															Don Budge	6	7	6
		Wayne Sabin	6	6	6															Wayne Sabin	2	5	3
			0	1	0						Wayne Sabin	7	5	6	6
		Bruce Barnes	w/o								Bruce Barnes	5	7	1	4
																													Don Budge	6	6	6
		Bobby Riggs	6	6	6																								Bobby Riggs	2	2	2
		Frank Hunter	2	2	2						Bobby Riggs	6	3	6	4	6
			9	6	6							3	6	1	6	1
			7	1	1															Bobby Riggs	6	3	8	6
		Frank Kovacs	6	6	8															Frank Kovacs	4	6	6	2
		William Kenney	1	2	6						Frank Kovacs	6	3	6	9
			6	6	6							2	6	0	7
			3	1	4

1943[]

	Second Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Bruce Barnes	6	6	6
			1	0	2						Bruce Barnes	6	6	8
		Gene Mako	6	6	6						Gene Mako	0	4	6
			3	1	3															Bruce Barnes	6	6	6
		Berkeley Bell	6	6	6															Karel Koželuh	0	2	3
		Harold Duncan	3	0	0						Berkeley Bell	6	0	3	6
		Karel Koželuh	6	6	6						Karel Koželuh	3	6	6	8
			1	0	0																								Bruce Barnes	6	7	7	4	6
		John Nogrady	6	6	6																								John Nogrady	1	9	5	6	3
			2	0	3						John Nogrady	6	6	6
			6	6	6							3	1	3
		Vinnie Richards	2	3	0															John Nogrady	6	6	13	6
		Welby Van Horn	6	6	5	6														Welby Van Horn	3	4	15	3
			3	3	7	3					Welby Van Horn	4	6	6	10
		Bill Tilden	6	6	6						Bill Tilden	6	1	4	8
			2	2	3

1945[]

	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Welby Van Horn	6	6
			1	1							Welby Van Horn	6	6	8
		Robert Decker	4	6	6						Robert Decker	2	3	6
			6	2	4															Welby Van Horn	6	6	6
		Bill Tilden	7	6																Bill Tilden	0	2	1
			5	1							Bill Tilden	6	6	3	3	6
		Karel Koželuh	6	7							Karel Koželuh	3	0	6	6	4
			2	5																									Welby Van Horn	6	6	6
		Dick Skeen	6	6																									John Nogrady	4	2	2
		A. Hopper	0	2							Dick Skeen	6	6	6
		Vinnie Richards	6	6							Vinnie Richards	1	4	3
		E. Epstein	3	0																Dick Skeen	3	3	1
		John Nogrady	6	6																John Nogrady	6	6	6
		Jack March	1	1							John Nogrady	7	4	6	4	6
			6	6								5	6	3	6	3
		George Rogers	2	2

See also[]

• U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1946–1967

External links[]

• "U.S. Pro Champìonships 1927-1967 at Grand Slam Tennis Archive".
• "US Pro Championships at Tennis Archives". Archived from the original on July 28, 2014.