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1968 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships

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Date
  
June 12 – September 10

Draw
  
16S

Surface
  
Grass / outdoor

Edition
  
41st

Prize money
  
$32,000

Location
  
Brookline, Boston, USA

The 1968 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships was a men's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, USA. It was the 41st edition of the tournament, the first edition of the Open Era, and was scheduled to be held from June 12 through June 16, 1968. Due to bad weather the final was postponed from July to September 10, 1968. Rod Laver won the singles title, his fourth at the event, and earned $8,000 first-prize money.

Singles

Rod Laver defeated John Newcombe 7–5, 6–4, 6–4

References

1968 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships Wikipedia