The Grand Prix tennis circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players that existed from 1970 to 1989. It was the more prominent of two predecessors to the current tour for male players, the ATP Tour, the other being World Championship Tennis (WCT).
Read more about Grand Prix Tennis Circuit: Background, The Formation of The Grand Prix, ILTF—WCT Rivalry and The Association of Tennis Professionals, Integration and The End, Governance, Sponsors and Grand Prix Tour Names, Formation of The ATP Tour, Grand Prix Season End Rankings (Top 10) : 1970-1989
Famous quotes containing the words grand, tennis and/or circuit:
“You’re a grand old flag;
You’re a high-flying flag.
And forever in peace may you wave.”
—George M. Cohan (1878–1942)
“Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)
“each new victim treads unfalteringly
The never altered circuit of his fate,
Bringing twelve peers as witness
Both to his starry rise and starry fall.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)