Sponsors and Grand Prix Tour Names
Based on USLTA Tennis Yearbooks and Guides and World Of Tennis yearbooks the history of sponsors is as follows:
- 1970 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix
- 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix
- 1972 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix
- 1973 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix
- 1974 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix
- 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix
- 1976 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix
- 1977 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix
- 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix
- 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix
- 1980 Volvo Grand Prix
- 1981 Volvo Grand Prix
- 1982 Volvo Grand Prix
- 1983 Volvo Grand Prix
- 1984 Volvo Grand Prix
- 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix
- 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix
- 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix
- 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix
- 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix
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