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Madison Square Garden Pro, the Glossary

The Madison Square Garden Pro was a men's and women's tennis event for professionals.^[1]

16 relations: Ann Jones (tennis), ATP Finals, Billie Jean King, Hardcourt, History of tennis, Ken Rosewall, Madison Square Garden, Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era, Pancho Gonzales, Pancho Segura, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Tennis, Tennis pro tours and tournament ranking series, The Pittsburgh Press, Tony Roche.
Professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era
Tennis tournaments in New York City

Ann Jones (tennis)

Ann Shirley Jones, (née Adrianne Haydon on 17 October 1938, also known as Ann Haydon-Jones) is a British former table tennis and lawn tennis champion.

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ATP Finals

The ATP Finals is the season-ending championship of the ATP Tour.

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Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943), also known as BJK, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player.

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Hardcourt

A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. Madison Square Garden Pro and hardcourt are hard court tennis tournaments.

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The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today as a separate sport with more complex rules.

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Ken Rosewall

Kenneth Robert Rosewall (born 2 November 1934) is an Australian former world top-ranking professional tennis player.

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City.

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Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era

Before the advent of the Open era of tennis competitions in April 1968, only amateurs were allowed to compete in established tournaments, including the four majors. Madison Square Garden Pro and major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era are professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era.

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Pancho Gonzales

Ricardo Alonso "Pancho" González (May 9, 1928 – July 3, 1995), known sometimes as Richard Gonzales, was an American tennis player.

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Pancho Segura

Francisco Olegario Segura Cano (June 20, 1921 – November 18, 2017), better known as Pancho "Segoo" Segura, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional.

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Rod Laver

Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player.

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Roy Emerson

Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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Tennis pro tours and tournament ranking series

For many years before the Open Era of tennis in 1968, the usual format for the handful of touring tennis professionals was a series of two-man one-night stands across the United States and often in other countries as well.

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The Pittsburgh Press

The Pittsburgh Press, formerly The Pittsburg Press and originally The Evening Penny Press, was a major afternoon daily newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for over a century, from 1884 to 1992.

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Tony Roche

Anthony Dalton Roche AO MBE (born 17 May 1945) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden_Pro

Also known as Madison Square Garden Pro Championships, NTL Madison Square Garden Pro Championships.