Barcelona Pro Championships

Barcelona Pro Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPro Tennis Tour (1953-1968)
ILTF World Open Circuit (1969)
Founded1966
Abolished1969
Editions3
LocationBarcelona, Catalonia
Spain
VenueReal Club de Tenis Barcelona (1966,69)
Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Barcelona (1967)
SurfaceClay / outdoor
(1966, 69)
Wood / indoor
(1967)

The Barcelona Pro Championships[1] was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1966. Also known as the Barcelona Pro[2] it was first played on outdoor clay courts at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, then on indoor wood courts at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Barcelona before moving back to clay, in Barcelona, Spain. The event ran annually until 1969 when it was discontinued.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1966[3] Spain Andrés Gimeno Australia Rod Laver 6–4, 10–8, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
1967 Spain Andrés Gimeno (2) Australia Ken Rosewall 6–3, 6–4
1969[4] Spain Andrés Gimeno (3) Australia Rod Laver 10–8, 2–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1

3rd & 4th Place (1967)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1967 Australia Fred Stolle France Pierre Barthes 6–4, 6–4

References

  1. ↑ Joseph McCauley The History of Professional Tennis (2000) forwards by Bud Collins and Tony Trabert. The Short Book Run Co Ltd. Windsor. ASIN: B001EOVE56. p.243.
  2. ↑ "Gimeno Captures Pro Tennis Title". Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph via Google News Archive. 26 September 1966. p. 5. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Gimeno Captures Pro Tennis Title". Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph via Google News Archive. 26 September 1966. p. 5.
  4. ↑ "Andres Gimeno Player Activity - Barcelona 2". ATP Tour. 7 November 1969. Retrieved 15 July 2026.

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