Tennis: The World Championship of tennis The champions
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Your support makes all the difference.The World
Championship
of tennis
The champions
1970 Tokyo
Stan Smith (US)
1971 Paris
Ilie Nastase (Rom)
1972 Barcelona
Ilie Nastase (Rom)
1973 Boston
Ilie Nastase (Rom)
1974 Melbourne
Guillermo Vilas (Arg)
1975 Stockholm
Ilie Nastase (Rom)
1976 Houston
Manuel Orantes (Sp)
1977 New York
Jimmy Connors (US)
1978 New York
John McEnroe (US)
1979 New York
Bjorn Borg (Swe)
1980 New York
Bjorn Borg (Swe)
1981 New York
Ivan Lendl (Cz)
1982 New York
Ivan Lendl (Cz)
1983 New York
John McEnroe (US)
1984 New York
John McEnroe (US)
1985 New York
Ivan Lendl (Cz)
1986 New York
Ivan Lendl (Cz)
1987 New York
Ivan Lendl (Cz)
1988 New York
Boris Becker (WG)
1989 New York
Stefan Edberg (Swe)
1990 Frankfurt
Andre Agassi (US)
1991 Frankfurt
Pete Sampras (US)
1992 Frankfurt
Boris Becker (Ger)
1993 Frankfurt
Michael Stich (Ger)
1994 Frankfurt
Pete Sampras (US)
1995 Frankfurt
Boris Becker (Ger)
1996 Hannover
Pete Sampras (US)
The 1997 line-up
Pete Sampras (US)
Michael Chang (US)
Patrick Rafter (Aus)
Jonas Bjorkman (Swe)
Greg Rusedski (GB)
Carlos Moya (Sp)
7th and 8th places rest between Sergi Bruguera (Sp), Thomas Muster (Aut) Marcelos Rios (Chile) and Yevgeny Kefelnikov (Rus) and depend on results this weekend
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