The Tokyo Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played in Tokyo, Japan on indoor carpet courts from 1966 to 1995.
History The event was established in 1966 but had periods when it was not staged. It was played as part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour from 1978 to 1989 and part of the Grand Prix Super Series, the precursors to the Masters 1000, from 1978 to 1988. It became part of the ATP Championship Series between 1990 and 1995. The tournament was held at the Tokyo Municipal Gym in 1978 and 1979, then the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, before returning to the former for the 1990s. It was played on indoor carpet courts. The tournament was known for offering more prize money than most others.
Sponsorship names The tournament was also known by its sponsorship names such as the Seiko World Super Tennis and Seiko Super Tennis.
Past finals Singles YearTournament nameChampionsRunners-upScore1966 Tokyo Indoor Ishiguru Osama Keishioro Yanagi 4–6, 6–4, 6–01967-68 Not held1969 Tokyo Indoor John Bartlett Ichizo Konishi 6–3, 6–31970 Tokyo Indoor Tashiro Sakai Ian Fletcher 6–2, 6–31971 Tokyo Indoor Ian Fletcher Takeshi Koura 7–5, 6–41972-77 Not held1978 Seiko World Super Tennis Björn Borg Brian Teacher 6–3, 6–41979 Seiko World Super Tennis Björn Borg Jimmy Connors 6–2, 6–21980 Seiko World Super Tennis Jimmy Connors Tom Gullikson 6–1, 6–21981 Seiko World Super Tennis Vincent Van Patten Mark Edmondson 6–2, 3–6, 6–31982 Seiko World Super Tennis John McEnroe Peter McNamara 7–6, 7–51983 Seiko World Super Tennis Ivan Lendl Scott Davis 3–6, 6–3, 6–41984 Seiko Super Tennis Jimmy Connors Ivan Lendl 6–4, 3–6, 6–01985 Seiko Super Tennis Ivan Lendl Mats Wilander 6–0, 6–41986 Seiko Super Tennis Boris Becker Stefan Edberg 7–6, 6–11987 Seiko Super Tennis Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl 6–7, 6–4, 6–41988 Seiko Super Tennis Boris Becker John Fitzgerald 7–6, 6–41989 Seiko Super Tennis Aaron Krickstein Carl-Uwe Steeb 6–2, 6–21990 Seiko Super Tennis Ivan Lendl Boris Becker 4–6, 6–3, 7–61991 Seiko Super Tennis Stefan Edberg Derrick Rostagno 6–3, 1–6, 6–21992 Seiko Super Tennis Ivan Lendl Henrik Holm 7–6, 6–41993 Seiko Super Tennis Ivan Lendl Todd Martin 6–4, 6–41994 Seiko Super Tennis Goran Ivanišević Michael Chang 6–4, 6–41995 Seiko Super Tennis Michael Chang Mark Philippoussis 6–3, 6–41996 license sold to Singapore Open
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1978 Ross Case Geoff Masters Pat Du Pré Tom Gorman 6–3, 6–41979 Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart Mike Cahill Terry Moor 6–4, 7–61980 Victor Amaya Hank Pfister Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart 6–3, 3–6, 7–61981 Victor Amaya Hank Pfister Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy 6–4, 6–21982 Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson John McEnroe Peter Rennert 6–4, 3–6, 7–61983 Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart Steve Denton John Fitzgerald 6–1, 6–41984 Sammy Giammalva Jr. Tony Giammalva Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart 7–6, 6–41985 Ken Flach Robert Seguso Scott Davis David Pate 4–6, 6–3, 7–61986 Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly Andrés Gómez Ivan Lendl 6–3, 7–51987 Broderick Dyke Tom Nijssen Sammy Giammalva Jr. Jim Grabb 6–3, 6–21988 Andrés Gómez Slobodan Živojinović Boris Becker Eric Jelen 7–5, 5–7, 6–31989 Kevin Curren David Pate Andrés Gómez Slobodan Živojinović 4–6, 6–3, 7–61990 Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek Scott Davis David Pate 7–6, 7–51991 Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg Scott Davis David Pate 7–5, 2–6, 7–61992 Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg 7–6, 6–41993 Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen 6–3, 6–41994 Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith Byron Black Jonathan Stark 6–3, 3–6, 6–41995 Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Jakob Hlasek Patrick McEnroe 7–6, 6–4
Records
Singles Included: Most titles: / Ivan Lendl (5) Most finals: / Ivan Lendl (7) Most consecutive titles: Ivan Lendl, Björn Borg (2) Most consecutive finals: Ivan Lendl (3) (1983–85) Most matches played: / Ivan Lendl (48) Most matches won: / Ivan Lendl (42) Most consecutive matches won: Björn Borg (12) Most editions played: / Ivan Lendl (11) Best match winning %: / Ivan Lendl, 87.5% Oldest champion: / , Ivan Lendl, 33y 7m & 4d (1993) Youngest champion: Boris Becker, 18y 10m & 30d (1986) Longest final: Stefan Edberg v / Ivan Lendl result: 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, (33 games), in (1987) Shortest final: Jimmy Connors v Tom Gullikson result: 6-1 6-2, (15 games), in (1980)
Doubles Most titles (same partner): Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith: (2) Most tiles (different partner): Sherwood Stewart: (2)
References
External links ATP results archive