1989 Grand Prix (tennis)
Details | |
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Duration | January 2, 1989 – December 5, 1989 |
Edition | 20th |
Tournaments | 73 |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Ivan Lendl (10) |
Most tournament finals | Ivan Lendl (12) |
Prize money leader | Ivan Lendl ($2,344,367) |
Points leader | Ivan Lendl |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Boris Becker |
Doubles team of the year | |
Most improved player of the year | Michael Chang |
Comeback player of the year | Goran Prpić |
← 1988 1990 → |
The 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit for male players held that year. It incorporated the four Grand Slam tournaments, one World Championship Tennis tournament and the Grand Prix tournaments.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix (to become known in 1990 as the ATP Tour).
Grand Slam events |
Grand Prix Masters |
Grand Prix |
Team events |
January
February
March
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Mar | Eagle Classic (WCT) Scottsdale, Arizona, United States Hard – $297,500 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles |
Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–3 |
Stefan Edberg | Emilio Sánchez Amos Mansdorf |
Goran Ivanišević Jim Courier Brad Gilbert Kevin Curren |
Rick Leach Jim Pugh 6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |
Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg | ||||
13 Mar | Newsweek Champions Cup Indian Wells, California, United States Hard – $510,000 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles |
Miloslav Mečíř 3–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 |
Yannick Noah | Jay Berger Jimmy Connors |
Brad Gilbert Andre Agassi Tim Mayotte Michael Chang |
Boris Becker Jakob Hlasek 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Kevin Curren David Pate | ||||
20 Mar | Lipton International Championships Key Biscayne, United States Hard – $745,000 – 128S/64D Singles – Doubles |
Ivan Lendl W/O |
Thomas Muster | Kevin Curren Yannick Noah |
Aaron Krickstein Emilio Sánchez Carl-Uwe Steeb Jim Grabb |
Jakob Hlasek Anders Järryd 6–3 ret. |
Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe |
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Dec | 1989 Nabisco Masters (doubles) London, Great Britain Grand Prix Masters Carpet (i) – $200,000 – 8D Doubles |
Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe 7–5, 7–5, 5–7, 6–3 |
John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd |
Pieter Aldrich / Danie Visser Darren Cahill / Mark Kratzmann | |
11 Dec | Davis Cup: Final Stuttgart, West Germany – carpet (i) |
West Germany 3–2 |
Sweden |
Grand Prix rankings
List of tournament winners
List of players and Grand Prix singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
- Andre Agassi – Orlando (1)
- Ronald Agénor – Athens (1)
- Juan Aguilera – Bari (1)
- José Francisco Altur – San Marino (1)
- Paul Annacone – Vienna (1)
- Boris Becker – Milan, Philadelphia, Wimbledon, US Open, Paris Bercy (5)
- Jay Berger – Charleston (1)
- Paolo Canè – Båstad (1)
- Michael Chang – French Open, Wembley (2)
- Andrei Chesnokov – Nice, Munich (2)
- Jimmy Connors – Toulouse, Tel Aviv (2)
- Jim Courier – Basel (1)
- Kevin Curren – Frankfurt (1)
- Franco Davín – St. Vincent (1)
- Horacio de la Peña – Florence (1)
- Stefan Edberg – Tokyo, Season-Ending Championships (2)
- Kelly Evernden – Wellington (1)
- Marcelo Filippini – Prague (1)
- Guy Forget – Nancy (1)
- Brad Gilbert – Memphis, Stratton Mountain, Livingston, Cincinnati, San Francisco (5)
- Andrés Gómez – Boston, Barcelona (2)
- Jakob Hlasek – Rotterdam (1)
- Martín Jaite – Stuttgart, Madrid, São Paulo, Itaparica (4)
- Eric Jelen – Bristol (1)
- Kelly Jones – Singapore City (1)
- Aaron Krickstein – Sydney, Los Angeles, Tokyo Indoors (3)
- Ramesh Krishnan – Auckland (1)
- Niclas Kroon – Brisbane (1)
- Ivan Lendl – Australian Open, Scottsdale, Miami, Forest Hills, Hamburg, London, Canada, Bordeaux, Sydney Indoors, Stockholm (10)
- Alberto Mancini – Monte Carlo, Rome (2)
- Luiz Mattar – Guarujá, Rio de Janeiro (2)
- Tim Mayotte – Washington, D.C. (1)
- John McEnroe – Lyon, Dallas, Indianapolis (3)
- Miloslav Mečíř – Indian Wells (1)
- Karel Nováček – Hilversum (1)
- Guillermo Pérez Roldán – Palermo (1)
- Jim Pugh – Newport (1)
- Marc Rosset – Geneva (1)
- Emilio Sánchez – Kitzbühel (1)
- Javier Sánchez – Bologna (1)
- Carl-Uwe Steeb – Gstaad (1)
- Robert Van't Hof – Seoul (1)
- Christo van Rensburg – Johannesburg (1)
- Mark Woodforde – Adelaide (1)
- Simon Youl – Schenectady (1)
The following players won their first career title:
- Ronald Agénor
- José Francisco Altur
- Jim Courier
- Franco Davín
- Eric Jelen
- Kelly Jones
- Niclas Kroon
- Jim Pugh
- Marc Rosset
- Carl-Uwe Steeb
- Simon Youl
See also
References
- ^ "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ATP Archive 1989: Nabisco Grand Prix Tournaments:Accessed 22 October 2010.
- History Mens Professional Tours: Accessed 22 October 2010.
Further reading
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 9780942257700.