Verizon Tennis Challenge

Verizon Tennis Challenge
Verizon Tennis Challenge
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	Grand Prix circuit (1983–1989); ATP World Series (1990–1997); ATP International Series (1998–2001)
Founded	1983
Abolished	2001
Editions	19
Location	Fort Myers, Florida, US (1985–1986); Orlando, Florida, US (1987–1991); Atlanta, GA, US (1992–2001)
Surface	Hard (1985–1991); Clay (1992–2001)

The Verizon Tennis Challenge (ex Paine Webber Classic from 1983 in Dallas to 1987 in Orlando) was a Grand Prix tennis circuit and Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1983 to 2001. It was held in the United States, in Dallas, Texas in 1983, in Boca Raton, Florida in 1984, in Fort Myers, Florida in 1985 and 1986, in Orlando, Florida from 1987 to 1991, and at the Atlanta Athletic Club in what is now Johns Creek, Georgia from 1992 to 2001.^[1] The tournament was played on outdoor hard courts from 1985 to 1991 and on outdoor clay courts from 1992 to 2001.

Past finals

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Fort Myers United States	1985^[2]	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–2
Fort Myers United States	1986^[3]	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–0
Orlando United States	1987^[4]	Christo van Rensburg	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
	1988^[5]	Andrei Chesnokov	Miloslav Mečíř	7–6^(8–6), 6–1
	1989^[6]	Andre Agassi	Brad Gilbert	6–2, 6–1
	1990^[7]	Brad Gilbert	Christo van Rensburg	6–2, 6–1
	1991^[8]	Andre Agassi	Derrick Rostagno	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Atlanta United States	1992^[9]	Andre Agassi	Pete Sampras	7–5, 6–4
	1993^[10]	Jacco Eltingh	Bryan Shelton	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
	1994^[11]	Michael Chang	Todd Martin	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), 6–0
	1995^[12]	Michael Chang	Andre Agassi	6–2, 6–7^(6–8), 6–4
	1996^[13]	Karim Alami	Nicklas Kulti	6–3, 6–4
	1997^[14]	Marcelo Filippini	Jason Stoltenberg	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
	1998^[15]	Pete Sampras	Jason Stoltenberg	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
	1999^[16]	Stefan Koubek	Sébastien Grosjean	6–1, 6–2
	2000^[17]	Andrew Ilie	Jason Stoltenberg	6–3, 7–5
	2001^[18]	Andy Roddick	Xavier Malisse	6–2, 6–4

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Fort Myers United States	1985^[2]	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Sammy Giammalva Jr. David Pate	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Fort Myers United States	1986^[3]	Ivan Lendl Andrés Gómez	Peter Doohan Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Orlando United States	1987^[4]	Kim Warwick Sherwood Stewart	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
	1988^[5]	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
	1989^[6]	Scott Davis Tim Pawsat	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
	1990^[7]	Scott Davis David Pate	Alfonso Mora Brian Page	6–3, 7–5
	1991^[8]	Luke Jensen Scott Melville	Nicolás Pereira Pete Sampras	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Atlanta United States	1992^[9]	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	Dave Randall Mark Keil	6–3, 6–3
	1993^[10]	Paul Annacone Richey Reneberg	Todd Martin Jared Palmer	6–4, 7–6
	1994^[11]	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	Francisco Montana Jim Pugh	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
	1995^[12]	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
	1996^[13]	Christo van Rensburg David Wheaton	Bill Behrens Matt Lucena	7–6, 6–2
	1997^[14]	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	Scott Davis Kelly Jones	6–4, 6–4
	1998^[15]	Ellis Ferreira Brent Haygarth	Alex O'Brien Richey Reneberg	6–3, 0–6, 6–2
	1999^[16]	Patrick Galbraith Justin Gimelstob	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	5–7, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
	2000^[17]	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	Mark Knowles Justin Gimelstob	6–3, 6–4
	2001^[18]	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Rick Leach David Macpherson	6–3, 7–6^(9–7)

Verizon Tennis Challenge
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	Grand Prix circuit (1983–1989) ATP World Series (1990–1997) ATP International Series (1998–2001)
Founded	1983
Abolished	2001
Editions	19
Location	Fort Myers, Florida, US (1985–1986) Orlando, Florida, US (1987–1991) Atlanta, GA, US (1992–2001)
Surface	Hard (1985–1991) Clay (1992–2001)