Wembley Championship (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Wembley Championship was a tennis event held from 1934-1990 with some periods of inactivity in between and is considered as a part of the professional grand slam from 1927 - 1967 until the advent of the open era. Ken Rosewall's five singles titles is the record for this event.It was first held in 1934 at the Empire Pool at Wembley.Prior to the open era, the Wembley Championship was the most prestigious professional tennis competition, after the United States Professional Championship and French Professional Championship. Until 1967, the Wembley Championship was considered the professional world championship. From 1970 until 1983 it was a major ranking tournament of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour as part of the Grand Prix Championship Series.