World Championship Tennis (WCT) was a tour for professional male tennis players established in 1968 (the first players signed a contract at the end of 1967) and lasted until the emergence of the ATP Tour in 1990. A number of tennis tournaments around the world were affiliated to WCT and players were ranked in a special WCT ranking according to their results in those tournaments.
Read more about World Championship Tennis: History, WCT Year End Championship Finals, WCT Final Rankings By Year (Top Ten), WCT Challenge Cup
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