Australian Pro

The Australian Pro was a men's professional tennis tournament held in 1954. It was billed as the Australian Professional Championships. In many later years, separate pro events were held in various Australian state capitals. From 1957 to 1959 Tournament of Champions events were held in Australia (in 1957 and 1959 in Sydney and 1958 in Melbourne). The Ampol Masters was held in 1958 at White City, Sydney.^[1]

Australian Pro
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1954
Abolished	1966
Location	Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
Surface	Grass / outdoor

Singles finals

Australian Pro

Year	Location	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1954[2]	Perth	Frank Sedgman	Pancho Segura	5–7, 6–3, 6–4 [3]

Western Australia Pro

Year	Location	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1957	Perth	Tony Trabert	Frank Sedgman	6–4, 6–3 [4][5]
1959	Perth	Lew Hoad	Ashley Cooper	6–1, 6–3 [6]
1964	Perth	Rod Laver	Ken Rosewall	(Round Robin) [7]
1965	Perth	Rod Laver	Pancho Gonzales	7–5, 11–9
1966	Perth	Rod Laver	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 10–8 [8]

South Australia Pro

Year	Location	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1959 [9]	Adelaide	Lew Hoad	Ken Rosewall	5–7, 7–5, 6–4 [10]
1962	Adelaide	Ken Rosewall	Andrés Gimeno	7–9, 6–3, 12–10, 6–4
1964	Adelaide	Rod Laver	Lew Hoad	7–5, 3–6, 6–0
1965	Adelaide	Rod Laver	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–4 [11]
1966	Adelaide	Ken Rosewall	Pierre Barthès	9–7, 3–6, 6–2 [8]

See also

• Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era