Champions' hall
Tournament
World Invitational Classic
Carpet · Main tour · 5 editions
Period1973–1977ATP + WTA
Editions5with results
Matches15in the database
Champions3different players
Participants8different players
Record book
1973–1977 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Bjorn Borg7 matches · 71.4% win rate5
- 2 Ilie Nastase5 matches · 80% win rate4
- 3 Rod Laver6 matches · 50% win rate3
- 4 Roscoe Tanner2 matches · 50% win rate1
- 5 Stan Smith3 matches · 33.3% win rate1
- 6 Arthur Ashe4 matches · 25% win rate1
- 7 Vitas Gerulaitis1 matches · 0% win rate0
- 8 John Newcombe2 matches · 0% win rate0
Champion countries
Registered nationality of tournament championsDynasties
Streaks across consecutive editions on the same tourAbsolute dominance
Consecutive titles
Final-round presence
Consecutive finals
How the champions got there
Age, seeding and campaigns without dropping a setAge records
Champion generations
ATP · youngest Bjorn Borg20 years, 4 months1976
ATP · oldest Rod Laver35 years, 1 month1973
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Perfect campaign
Champions without dropping a set
4campaigns
Record holder: Bjorn Borg · 2 times
Age is calculated at the start of the edition. A campaign without dropping a set is included only when every match played by the champion has identified sets; walkovers do not count as matches played.
Historic comebacks
Largest deficit overcome: 0–1 in setsComeback specialists
Most comebacks of this kind
Match archive
Most recent comebacks
Roscoe Tanner defeated Vitas Gerulaitis
6-7 6-3 7-6Arthur Ashe defeated Ilie Nastase
4-6 6-4 7-6Ilie Nastase defeated Rod Laver
5-7 7-6 6-4Bjorn Borg defeated Stan Smith
2-6 6-4 6-0Only completed matches are considered. A comeback from 0–2 requires a verified sequence of three won sets; retirements are not treated as complete comebacks.
Champions by edition
1973–1977 · ATP and WTA1977ATP
Champion
Bjorn BorgFinal: Bjorn Borg × Roscoe Tanner
6-4 7-5
September 26, 1977 · 3 matchesSee all results →1976ATP
Champion
Bjorn BorgFinal: Bjorn Borg × Arthur Ashe
6-1 6-2
October 12, 1976 · 3 matchesSee all results →1975ATP
Champion
Ilie NastaseFinal: Ilie Nastase × Rod Laver
5-7 7-6 6-4
October 20, 1975 · 3 matchesSee all results →1974ATP
Champion
Ilie NastaseFinal: Ilie Nastase × Bjorn Borg
7-6 6-3
October 29, 1974 · 3 matchesSee all results →1973ATP
Champion
Rod LaverFinal: Rod Laver × Stan Smith
7-6 7-5
September 10, 1973 · 3 matchesSee all results →