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Until the draw of Open tennis in 1968, the usual format for the handful of playing pros (outlaws beyond the boundary of traditional amateur tourneys) was a tour of one-night stands, indoors on a portable canvas court, across the United States and sometimes other countries as well. The champion of the previous tour went head-to-head against a challenger, most often the leader amateur who had turn pro. Whoever the promoter, he lured the leading amateur with a garantee against a percentage of gate receipts, making a similar type of deal with the champion and generally paying the others' salaries. Although the pros grow slightly in numbers and began leaning toward tournament format in 1964, hastening the day of the opens, tours continued into 1968, but merely as echibitions, lacking the king-of-the hill aspect.

World Championship Series
(*) = Parcial or aproximate result