WCT Invitational

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WCT Invitational
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour WCT Tour (1978–1981)
Founded 1978
Abolished 1981
Location Forest Hills, New York, United States (1978–1979)
Salisbury, Maryland, United States (1980–1981)
Surface Clay court, (1978-79) Indoor Carpet (1980-81)

The WCT Invitational was a professional tennis tournament held from 1978–1981. The tournament was held in Forest Hills, New York on clay courts from 1978–79 and in Salisbury, Maryland on indoor carpet from 1980–81. The singles event was played as a round-robin format and a doubles event was played when the tournament was held in Forest Hills, also in a round-robin format.

Results

Singles champions

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Forest Hills 1978 United States Vitas Gerulaitis Romania Ilie Năstase 6–2, 6–0
1979 United States Eddie Dibbs United States Harold Solomon 7–6, 6–1
Salisbury 1980 Sweden Björn Borg India Vijay Amritraj 7–5, 6–1, 6–3
1981 United States Bill Scanlon India Vijay Amritraj 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles champions

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Forest Hills 1978 Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart
7–6, 7–6
1979 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
United States Gene Mayer
United States Sandy Mayer
6–7, 7–6, 6–3

References