# Tennis pro tours and tournament ranking series

For many years before the Open Era of tennis in 1968, the usual format for the handful of touring tennis professionals was a series of two-man one-night stands across the United States and often in other countries as well. The most notable of these tours were the "World Series" or "World Professional Championships", in which the reigning world champion went head-to-head against a challenger, most often the leading amateur of the previous year who had just turned pro. Promoters would attempt to sign the leading amateur to a contract with a minimum guarantee against a percentage of gate receipts, making a similar type of deal with the reigning professional champion and sometimes giving smaller percentages to undercard players. The winners of the tours were described as being the "world champion".
After World War II, with an increasing number of prominent professional players, there were occasionally tournament series with point systems which created official rankings for the complete field of pros. The tournament ranking series were held in 1946, 1959 and 1960 and there were also World Championship tours in these same three years involving only a few pros. The last World Championship two-man tour was held in 1963, featuring a final set of matches of Ken Rosewall against Rod Laver. From 1964 until 1967, a tournament series with a point system determined the pro No. 1 player. Some shorter two-man or four-man tours continued to be held from 1964 onward, as there had been since the late 1920s, but without a world title at stake.

## World Championship tours

| Date | Pro tour | Standings | Head-to-head results | Head-to-head results | Ref. |
| 1928 Aug 25–Dec 7 | World tour | Principals: Karel Koželuh Vincent Richards Secondaries: Howard Kinsey Harvey Snodgrass | Koželuh–Richards | 15–4 | |
| 1931 Feb 18–Aug 16 | North America tour | Principals: Bill Tilden Karel Koželuh Secondaries: Francis Hunter Emmett Paré Albert Burke Bobby Seller Bruce Barnes | Tilden–Koželuh | 50–17 | |
| 1932 Jan 4–Jul 10 | U.S. tour | Principals: Bill Tilden Hans Nüsslein Secondaries: Francis Hunter Vincent Richards Albert Burke Roman Najuch Bruce Barnes Emmett Paré Karel Koželuh | Tilden–Nüsslein | 100–50 | [11] [12] |
| 1933 Jan–May | North America tour | Principals: Bill Tilden Hans Nüsslein Secondaries: Francis Hunter Bruce Barnes Emmett Paré | Tilden–Nüsslein | 56–22 | |
| 1934 Jan 10–May 13 | U.S. tour | Principals: Ellsworth Vines Bill Tilden Secondaries: Bruce Barnes Vincent Richards Keith Gledhill Alfred Chapin | Vines–Tilden | 38–19 | |
| 1935 Jan 9–Apr 29 | North America tour | Ellsworth Vines Hans Nüsslein Bill Tilden or George Lott or Les Stoefen | Vines–Stoefen | 25–1 | |
| 1935 Jan 9–Apr 29 | North America tour | Ellsworth Vines Hans Nüsslein Bill Tilden or George Lott or Les Stoefen | Vines–Nüsslein | 75%–25+%* | |
| 1935 Jan 9–Apr 29 | North America tour | Ellsworth Vines Hans Nüsslein Bill Tilden or George Lott or Les Stoefen | Vines–Tilden | 9–3 | |
| 1935 Jan 9–Apr 29 | North America tour | Ellsworth Vines Hans Nüsslein Bill Tilden or George Lott or Les Stoefen | Vines–Lott | 2–0 | |
| 1935 Jan 9–Apr 29 | North America tour | Ellsworth Vines Hans Nüsslein Bill Tilden or George Lott or Les Stoefen | Tilden–Lott | 35–6* | |
| 1935 Jan 9–Apr 29 | North America tour | Ellsworth Vines Hans Nüsslein Bill Tilden or George Lott or Les Stoefen | Vines/Tilden–Lott/Stoefen | 20–10 | |
| 1936 Jan 11–Jun 7 | North America tour | Principals: Ellsworth Vines Les Stoefen Secondaries: George Lott Berkeley Bell | Vines–Stoefen | 33–5* | |
| 1937 Jan 6–May 12 | North America tour | Principals: Ellsworth Vines Fred Perry Secondaries: George Lott Bruce Barnes | Vines–Perry | 32–29 | |
| 1937 Jan 6–May 12 | North America tour | Principals: Ellsworth Vines Fred Perry Secondaries: George Lott Bruce Barnes | Tilden–Perry | 2–0 | |
| 1937 Jan 6–May 12 | North America tour | Principals: Ellsworth Vines Fred Perry Secondaries: George Lott Bruce Barnes | Barnes–Lott | 25-19* | |
| 1937 Jan 6–May 12 | North America tour | Principals: Ellsworth Vines Fred Perry Secondaries: George Lott Bruce Barnes | Perry/Vines–Barnes/Lott | 25–16* | |
| 1938 Jan 11–May 30 | North America tour | Principals: Ellsworth Vines Fred Perry Secondaries: Walter Senior Berkeley Bell | Vines–Perry | 49–35 | |
| 1938 Jan 11–May 30 | North America tour | Principals: Ellsworth Vines Fred Perry Secondaries: Walter Senior Berkeley Bell | Senior–Bell | 25–12* | |
| 1938 Jan 11–May 30 | North America tour | Principals: Ellsworth Vines Fred Perry Secondaries: Walter Senior Berkeley Bell | Senior/Vines–Bell/Perry | 33–21* | |
| 1939 Jan 3–Mar 6 | North America tour | Principals: Don Budge Ellsworth Vines Secondaries: Dick Skeen Bruce Barnes Alfred Chapin | Budge–Vines | 22–17 | |
| 1939 Jan 3–Mar 6 | North America tour | Principals: Don Budge Ellsworth Vines Secondaries: Dick Skeen Bruce Barnes Alfred Chapin | Skeen–Chapin | 13–2* | |
| 1939 Mar 10–May 8 | North America tour | Principals: Don Budge Fred Perry Secondaries: Ben Gorchakoff Walter Senior | Budge–Perry | 28–8 | |
| 1941 Jan 6–May 10 | North America tour | Don Budge Bill Tilden | Budge–Tilden | 47–6 | |
| 1941 Dec 26–Apr 5 | U.S. tour | Don Budge (52–18) Bobby Riggs (36–36) Frank Kovacs (25–26) Fred Perry (23–30) Lester Stoefen (3–31) | Budge–Riggs | 15–10 | [26] [27] |
| 1941 Dec 26–Apr 5 | U.S. tour | Don Budge (52–18) Bobby Riggs (36–36) Frank Kovacs (25–26) Fred Perry (23–30) Lester Stoefen (3–31) | Budge–Kovacs | 12–5 | [26] [27] |
| 1941 Dec 26–Apr 5 | U.S. tour | Don Budge (52–18) Bobby Riggs (36–36) Frank Kovacs (25–26) Fred Perry (23–30) Lester Stoefen (3–31) | Budge–Perry | 15–3 | [26] [27] |
| 1941 Dec 26–Apr 5 | U.S. tour | Don Budge (52–18) Bobby Riggs (36–36) Frank Kovacs (25–26) Fred Perry (23–30) Lester Stoefen (3–31) | Budge–Stoefen | 10–0 | [26] [27] |
| 1946 Mar 9–Jun 2 | North America tour | Principals: Bobby Riggs Don Budge Secondaries: Wayne Sabin John Faunce | Riggs–Budge | 24–22 | |
| 1947 Dec 26–1948 May 27 | North America tour | Principals: Jack Kramer Bobby Riggs Secondaries: Dinny Pails Pancho Segura | Kramer–Riggs | 69–20 | |
| 1949 Oct 25–1950 May 21 | World tour | Principals: Jack Kramer Pancho Gonzales Secondaries: Frank Parker Pancho Segura Bobby Riggs | Kramer–Gonzales | 94–29 | |
| 1950 Oct 28–1951 Mar | North America tour | Jack Kramer Pancho Segura | Kramer–Segura | 64–28 | |
| 1953 Jan 6–Jun 1 | North America tour | Principals: Jack Kramer Frank Sedgman Secondaries: Pancho Segura Ken McGregor | Kramer–Sedgman | 54–41 | [8] [31] |
| 1953 Jan 6–Jun 1 | North America tour | Principals: Jack Kramer Frank Sedgman Secondaries: Pancho Segura Ken McGregor | Segura–McGregor | 71–25 | [8] [31] |
| 1954 Jan 3–May 30 | North America tour | Pancho Gonzales Pancho Segura Frank Sedgman Don Budge | Gonzales–Sedgman | 30–21 | |
| 1954 Jan 3–May 30 | North America tour | Pancho Gonzales Pancho Segura Frank Sedgman Don Budge | Gonzales–Segura | 30–21 | |
| 1954 Jan 3–May 30 | North America tour | Pancho Gonzales Pancho Segura Frank Sedgman Don Budge | Segura–Sedgman | 23–22 | |
| 1955 Dec 9–1956 Jun 3 | North America tour | Principals: Pancho Gonzales Tony Trabert Secondaries: Pancho Segura Rex Hartwig Jack Kramer | Gonzales–Trabert | 74–27 | |
| 1957 Jan–May | World tour | Principals: Pancho Gonzales Ken Rosewall Secondaries: Dinny Pails Pancho Segura | Gonzales–Rosewall | 50–26 | |
| 1958 Jan–May | World tour | Principals: Pancho Gonzales Lew Hoad Secondaries: Tony Trabert Pancho Segura Ken Rosewall Frank Sedgman | Gonzales–Hoad | 51–36 | |
| 1959 Feb 20–May 31 | North America tour | Pancho Gonzales (47–15) Lew Hoad (42–20) Ashley Cooper (21–40) Mal Anderson (13–48) | Gonzales–Cooper | 14–0 | |
| 1959 Feb 20–May 31 | North America tour | Pancho Gonzales (47–15) Lew Hoad (42–20) Ashley Cooper (21–40) Mal Anderson (13–48) | Gonzales–Anderson | 20–0 | |
| 1959 Feb 20–May 31 | North America tour | Pancho Gonzales (47–15) Lew Hoad (42–20) Ashley Cooper (21–40) Mal Anderson (13–48) | Hoad-Gonzales | 15–13 | |
| 1959 Feb 20–May 31 | North America tour | Pancho Gonzales (47–15) Lew Hoad (42–20) Ashley Cooper (21–40) Mal Anderson (13–48) | Hoad–Cooper | 18–2 | |
| 1959 Feb 20–May 31 | North America tour | Pancho Gonzales (47–15) Lew Hoad (42–20) Ashley Cooper (21–40) Mal Anderson (13–48) | Hoad–Anderson | 9–5 | |
| 1959 Feb 20–May 31 | North America tour | Pancho Gonzales (47–15) Lew Hoad (42–20) Ashley Cooper (21–40) Mal Anderson (13–48) | Cooper–Anderson | 19–8 | |
| 1960 Jan–Jun | World tour | Pancho Gonzales (49–8) Ken Rosewall (32–25) Pancho Segura (22–28) Alex Olmedo (11–44) | Gonzales–Rosewall | 20–4 | |
| 1960 Dec 30–1961 May 28 | World tour | Pancho Gonzales (33–14) Andrés Gimeno (27–20)= Lew Hoad (24–23) = Tony Trabert (24–23) Barry MacKay (tennis) (22–25) Alex Olmedo (18–29) Butch Buchholz (16–31) | — | — | |
| 1960 Dec 30–1961 May 28 | World tour | Finals: Pancho Gonzales Andrés Gimeno Frank Sedgman Barry MacKay | Gonzales–Gimeno (final) | 21–7 | |
| 1960 Dec 30–1961 May 28 | World tour | Finals: Pancho Gonzales Andrés Gimeno Frank Sedgman Barry MacKay | Sedgman–MacKay (3rd place) | 15–13 | |
| 1963 Feb–May 30 | North America tour | Ken Rosewall (31–10) Rod Laver (26–16) Butch Buchholz (23–18) Andrés Gimeno (21–20) Barry MacKay (12–29) Luis Ayala (11–30) | Rosewall–Laver | 5–3 | |
| 1963 Feb–May 30 | North America tour | Finals: Ken Rosewall Rod Laver Andrés Gimeno Butch Buchholz | Rosewall–Laver (final) | 14–4 | |
| 1963 Feb–May 30 | North America tour | Finals: Ken Rosewall Rod Laver Andrés Gimeno Butch Buchholz | Gimeno–Buchholz (3rd place) | 11–7 | |

### Winners

| Tours | Player | Years |
| 7 | Pancho Gonzales | 1954, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 |
| 5 | Ellsworth Vines | 1934, 35, 36, 37, 38 |
| 4 | Don Budge | 1939 (Mar), 39 (May), 41, 42 |
| 4 | Jack Kramer | 1948, 50, 51, 53 |
| 3 | Bill Tilden | 1931, 32, 33 |
| 1 | Karel Koželuh | 1928 |
| 1 | Bobby Riggs | 1946 |
| 1 | Ken Rosewall | 1963 |

## Tournament ranking series

There were occasionally important professional tournament series which were referred to as establishing full field rankings, necessitated by the increasing number of prominent professional players in the post-World War II period. In 1946, there was a professional tournament series of 18 events in the U.S. under the organization of the P.P.A.T. (Professional Players Association of Tennis) linked by a points system won by Bobby Riggs, which he relied upon as evidence of his mastery of the entire pro field. In 1959, Jack Kramer established a series of 15 tournaments in Australia, North America, and Europe linked by a points system which provided a full field ranking of all the contract professionals, plus a substantial money prize for the top finisher, with Lew Hoad emerging as world No. 1. The 1959 tournament series was officially named the "Ampol Open Trophy", after the principal sponsor of the tournaments, the Ampol oil company, and the trophy awarded to the winner. The 1959 tournament series was referred to as "the world series" in Kramer's brochure and a newspaper report. In 1960, Kramer again established a tournament series with a points system, but both Gonzales and Hoad withdrew from the field and the final results are unknown. In 1964, under Kramer's advice, the I.P.T.P.A. (International Professional Tennis Players Association) established a series of 17 tournaments in U.S. and Europe with a points system, and a world No. 1 and world champion was named as a result, Ken Rosewall. This system continued in subsequent years, with Rod Laver attaining the No. 1 ranking position for the 1965, 1966, and 1967 pro tournament series. The final results of these later tournament series were not published. In 1968–69, the two pro tennis tours, the NTL and the WCT, each had a tournament series ranking list which contributed four players from each tour to a combined final tournament at the Madison Square Garden. Tony Roche won the 1968 event, and Rod Laver won the 1969 event. Beginning in 1970, the ILTF authorized Kramer to arrange a year-end championship in which the pros with the highest tournament series points competed for the title of Grand Prix champion. This event was held in various locations and finally remained at Madison Square Garden from 1977 to 1989. In 1990, the ATP took over running the event and started awarding ranking points for the 8 qualifiers based on their results in the tournament. Currently, the championship is known as the "ATP Finals".
| Date | Tournament series | Standings | Points results | Ref. |
| 1946 June 11 – Nov 17 | P.P.A.T. 18 tournaments | Bobby Riggs Don Budge Frank Kovacs Welby Van Horn Carl Earn Wayne Sabin John Faunce Jack Jossi Fred Perry Bill Tilden | 278 164 149 143 94 74 68 60 50 36 | |
| 1959 Jan 8–1960 Jan 2 | Ampol Open Trophy 15 tournaments | Lew Hoad Pancho Gonzales Ken Rosewall Frank Sedgman Tony Trabert= Pancho Segura = Mal Anderson Ashley Cooper Mervyn Rose Alex Olmedo | 51 43 41 32 25 14 14 8 1 1 | [45] [46] |
| 1964 May 19–Oct 31 | I.P.T.P.A. 17 tournaments | Ken Rosewall Rod Laver Pancho Gonzales Andrés Gimeno Butch Buchholz Lew Hoad Alex Olmedo= Robert Haillet = Luis Ayala | — | [47] [48] |

### Winners

| Series | Player | Years |
| 4 | Rod Laver | 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969 |
| 1 | Bobby Riggs | 1946 |
| 1 | Lew Hoad | 1959 |
| 1 | Ken Rosewall | 1964 |
| 1 | Tony Roche | 1968 |

## Other professional tours
### Women

| Date | Pro Tour | Standings | Head-to-head results | Head-to-head results | Ref. |
| 1926 Oct 9–1927 Feb | North America tour | Suzanne Lenglen Mary K. Browne | Lenglen–Browne | 38–0 | |
| 1927 Jul 5–Jul | U.K. tour | Suzanne Lenglen Dorothea Köring Evelyn Dewhurst | — | incomplete results | |
| 1936 Jan 11–Apr | U.S. tour | Ethel Burkhardt Arnold Jane Sharp | Arnold–Sharp | — | |
| 1936 Oct 9– | Asia tour | Jane Sharp Sanae Okada | Marble–Hardwick | incomplete results | |
| 1941 Jan 6–May 10 | North America tour | Alice Marble Mary Hardwick | Marble–Hardwick | 58–3 | [52] [27] |
| 1942 Jun 6– | U.S. tour | Principals: Dorothy Round Mary Hardwick Secondaries: Bobby Riggs Wayne Sabin | Round–Hardwick | — | |
| 1943 Jun 9– | U.S. tour (military posts) | Principals: Alice Marble Mary Hardwick Secondaries: Charles Hare | Marble–Hardwick | — | |
| 1943 | U.S. tour (Women's Army Corps bases) | Eveleen Donelley Lezlie Harrington | Donelley-Harrington | — | |
| 1943 Sep– | U.S. Tour (colleges) | Alice Marble Mary Hardwick | Marble–Hardwick | — | |
| 1944 | Canal Zone and Caribbean tour | Alice Marble Mary Hardwick | Marble–Hardwick | — | |
| 1947 Jun 8– | U.S. & Europe tour | Pauline Betz Sarah Palfrey Cooke | Betz–Palfrey Cooke | — | [8] [54] |
| 1951 | U.S. tour | Pauline Betz Gussie Moran | Betz–Moran | — | |
| 1959 Dec 28–1960 | U.S. tour | Althea Gibson Karol Fageros | Gibson–Fageros | 114–4 | [8] [56] |

### Men

| Date | Pro tour | Standings | Head-to-head results | Head-to-head results | Ref. |
| 1926 Oct 9–1927 Feb | North America tour | Vincent Richards Paul Féret Howard Kinsey Harvey Snodgrass | — | incomplete results | |
| 1927 Jul 5–Jul | U.K. tour | Karel Koželuh Howard Kinsey | Koželuh–Kinsey | incomplete results | |
| 1929 Sep–Oct 27 | U.S. tour | Karel Koželuh Vincent Richards | Koželuh–Richards | 5–2 | |
| 1930 | U.S. tour | Principals: Karel Koželuh Vincent Richards Secondaries: Dan Maskell Allen Behr Roman Najuch Charles Wood | Koželuh–Richards | 4–2 | |
| 1931 May 9–17 | North America tour | Bill Tilden Vincent Richards | Tilden–Richards | 4–0* | |
| 1931 Oct 21–Nov 9 | Europe tour | Bill Tilden Albert Burke Karel Koželuh Martin Plaa Francis Hunter Hans Nüsslein Roman Najuch | — | incomplete results | |
| 1932 Sep 17–Nov 27 | Europe tour | Bill Tilden Hans Nüsslein Roman Najuch Bruce Barnes Various local playeres | — | incomplete results | |
| 1933 | Europe tour | Bill Tilden Bruce Barnes Hans Nüsslein Roman Najuch Various local players | — | incomplete results | |
| 1933 | U.S. tour | Bill Tilden Francis Hunter Bruce Barnes Vincent Richards Theodore Rericha Emmett Paré | — | incomplete results | |
| 1933 | South America tour | Hans Nüsslein Karel Koželuh Various local players | Nüsslein–Koželuh | incomplete results | |
| 1933–1934 | South America tour | Henri Cochet Martin Plaa Various local players | — | incomplete results | |
| 1934 Feb 19–Mar 19 | North America tour | United States (10) Bill Tilden Ellsworth Vines France (0) Henri Cochet Martin Plaa | Vines–Cochet | 10–0 | |
| 1934 Feb 19–Mar 19 | North America tour | United States (10) Bill Tilden Ellsworth Vines France (0) Henri Cochet Martin Plaa | Vines–Plaa | 8–2 | |
| 1934 Feb 19–Mar 19 | North America tour | United States (10) Bill Tilden Ellsworth Vines France (0) Henri Cochet Martin Plaa | Tilden–Cochet | 8–2 | |
| 1934 Feb 19–Mar 19 | North America tour | United States (10) Bill Tilden Ellsworth Vines France (0) Henri Cochet Martin Plaa | Tilden–Plaa | 10–0 | |
| 1934 April 2–May | U.S. tour | Vincent Richards Bruce Barnes Henri Cochet Martin Plaa | — | incomplete results | |
| 1934 Aug–Sep | Europe tour | Bill Tilden Martin Plaa Keith Gledhill Alfred Estrabeau Henri Cochet Robert Ramillon | — | incomplete results | |
| 1935 | World tour | Henri Cochet R. O. Cummings James Willard James Anderson Various other local players | — | incomplete results | |
| 1936 Jan–Jun | U.S. tour | Principals: Bill Tilden Bruce Barnes Secondaries: Jimmy McClure | Tilden–Barnes | — | |
| 1936 Oct 9–Nov | Asian tour | Ellsworth Vines Bill Tilden | Vines–Tilden | — | |
| 1937 Jan–Apr | North America tour | Bill Tilden Martin Plaa Hytaro Satoh Alfred Chapin | — | incomplete results | |
| 1937 Mar 24–Apr 10 | U.S. tour | Principals: Fred Perry Bill Tilden Secondaries: Vincent Richards George Lott Bruce Barnes | Perry–Tilden | 4–1* | |
| 1937 Mar 24–Apr 10 | U.S. tour | Principals: Fred Perry Bill Tilden Secondaries: Vincent Richards George Lott Bruce Barnes | Perry/Vines–Richards/Tilden | 5–0 | |
| 1937 May–Jun 15 | Europe Tour | Principals: Fred Perry Ellsworth Vines Secondaries: Hans Nüsslein Bill Tilden Martin Plaa Lester Stoefen Alfred Estrabeau Henri Cochet Various local players | Perry–Vines | 6–3 | |
| 1937 Oct | Italy tour | Henri Cochet Bill Tilden Robert Ramillon Hans Nüsslein | — | incomplete results | |
| 1937 Nov 20–1938 Mar 24 | Egypt & Asia tour | Henri Cochet Bill Tilden Robert Ramillon Albert Burke Various local players | Cochet–Tilden | incomplete results | [66] [67] |
| 1937 Nov 20–1938 Mar 24 | Egypt & Asia tour | Henri Cochet Bill Tilden Robert Ramillon Albert Burke Various local players | Ramillon–Burke | incomplete results | [66] [67] |
| 1938 | U.S. tour | Vincent Richards Fred Perry Karel Koželuh Berkeley Bell Bruce Barnes | — | incomplete results | |
| 1938 Nov 15–Nov 29 | Caribbean tour | Ellsworth Vines Fred Perry | Vines–Perry | 4–4 | |
| 1939 May 25–Aug 30 | Europe tour | Don Budge Ellsworth Vines Bill Tilden or Lester Stoefen | Budge–Vines | 15–5 | |
| 1939 May 25–Aug 30 | Europe tour | Don Budge Ellsworth Vines Bill Tilden or Lester Stoefen | Budge–Tilden | — | |
| 1939 May 25–Aug 30 | Europe tour | Don Budge Ellsworth Vines Bill Tilden or Lester Stoefen | Budge–Stoefen | — | |
| 1939 Oct–1940 Jan | U.S. & Mexico tour | Fred Perry Bill Tilden Lester Stoefen Ben Gorchakoff Bruce Barnes | — | incomplete results | [69] [70] |
| 1940 | U.S. tour | Fred Perry Bill Tilden Vincent Richards Ben Gorchakoff | Perry–Tilden | incomplete results | |
| 1941 Jun–Sep 1 | U.S. tour | Principals: Fred Perry Bill Tilden Secondaries: Vincent Richards Karel Koželuh | Perry–Tilden | incomplete results | |
| 1941 Jun–Sep 1 | U.S. tour | Principals: Fred Perry Bill Tilden Secondaries: Vincent Richards Karel Koželuh | Koželuh–Richards* | incomplete results | |
| 1946 Feb–Aug | U.S. tour | Fred Perry Bill Tilden | | incomplete results | |
| 1946 Dec–1947 Jan | South African tour | Don Budge Bobby Riggs | Budge–Riggs | incomplete results | |
| 1947 Feb | Europe tour | Don Budge Bobby Riggs | Budge–Riggs | incomplete results | |
| 1947 Apr–Sep | USA Pro Challenge Tour | Frank Kovacs (6–5) Bobby Riggs (5–6) | Kovacs–Riggs | — | |
| 1948 Jun–Jul | South America tour | Jack Kramer Pancho Segura Dinny Pails Bobby Riggs | — | incomplete results | |
| 1948 Sep–Nov | Australia tour | Jack Kramer Pancho Segura Dinny Pails Bobby Riggs | — | incomplete results | |
| 1950 Nov–Dec | New Zealand tour | Dinny Pails Pancho Gonzales Don Budge Frank Parker | — | incomplete results | |
| 1951 Jan–Feb | Australia tour | Pancho Gonzales (36–6) Dinny Pails (27–15) Frank Parker (14–28) Don Budge (9–33) | — | — | |
| 1951 Oct–Nov | South America tour | Pancho Segura Pancho Gonzales | Segura–Gonzales | incomplete results | |
| 1953 Aug–Sep | Europe tour | Dinny Pails Ken McGregor Pancho Segura Frank Sedgman | — | incomplete results | |
| 1954 Sep–Oct | Asia tour | Frank Sedgman (10–7–1) Pancho Gonzales (10–8) Pancho Segura (10–8) Jack Kramer (5–12–1) | — | — | [88] [89] |
| 1954 Nov–Dec | Australia tour | Pancho Gonzales Frank Sedgman or Pancho Segura Ken McGregor | Gonzales–Sedgman | 16–9 | |
| 1954 Nov–Dec | Australia tour | Pancho Gonzales Frank Sedgman or Pancho Segura Ken McGregor | Gonzales–Segura | 4–2 | |
| 1954 Nov–Dec | Australia tour | Pancho Gonzales Frank Sedgman or Pancho Segura Ken McGregor | Gonzales–McGregor | 15–0 | |
| 1955 Jan–Feb | Australia tour | Frank Sedgman Pancho Gonzales Ian Ayre Pancho Segura | — | incomplete results | |
| 1955 Jul–Sep | Europe tour | Ken McGregor Pancho Gonzales Pancho Segura Frank Sedgman Fred Perry | — | incomplete results | |
| 1956 Jun–Jul | South America tour | Pancho Gonzales Tony Trabert Frank Sedgman Jack Kramer | — | incomplete results | |
| 1956 Aug–Oct | Europe tour | Pancho Gonzales Tony Trabert Frank Sedgman Rex Hartwig | — | incomplete results | |
| 1956 Oct–Nov | South Africa tour | Pancho Gonzales (9–4) Frank Sedgman (7–6) Tony Trabert (6–7) Rex Hartwig (4–9) | — | | |
| 1957 Jun–Jul | South America tour | Pancho Segura Dinny Pails Ken Rosewall Jack Kramer | — | incomplete results | |
| 1957 Aug–Oct | Europe tour | Ken Rosewall Pancho Segura Lew Hoad Jack Kramer | — | incomplete results | |
| 1957 Oct–Nov | South Africa tour | Ken Rosewall Pancho Segura Lew Hoad Jack Kramer | — | incomplete results | |
| 1957 Nov | Asia tour | Ken Rosewall Pancho Segura Lew Hoad Jack Kramer | — | incomplete results | |
| 1957 Nov–Dec | Australian tour | Ken Rosewall Lew Hoad Frank Sedgman Pancho Segura | — | incomplete results | [97] [98] |
| 1958 Jul–Oct | Europe tour | Ken Rosewall Lew Hoad Tony Trabert Pancho Segura | — | incomplete results | |
| 1958 2 Aug–25 Oct | Perrier Trophy tour | Ken Rosewall Lew Hoad or Tony Trabert or Pancho Segura | — | incomplete results | |
| 1958 Nov–Dec | Asia tour | Ken Rosewall Frank Sedgman Tony Trabert Pancho Segura | — | incomplete results | |
| 1959 Jan–Feb | Australia tour | Ken Rosewall Lew Hoad Tony Trabert Pancho Segura Mal Anderson Ashley Cooper Pancho Gonzales Frank Sedgman Ken McGregor Mervyn Rose | — | incomplete results | [102] [103] |
| 1959 Feb–Mar | New Zealand tour | Ken Rosewall Tony Trabert Frank Sedgman Mervyn Rose | — | incomplete results | |
| 1959 Jul–Oct | Grand Prix de Europe | Frank Sedgman (18) Ken Rosewall (17) Lew Hoad (11) Tony Trabert (8) | — | — | |
| 1959 Nov | South African tour | Ken Rosewall (12–2) Pancho Segura (9–5) Ashley Cooper (7–7) Mal Anderson (4–10) Mervyn Rose (3–11) | — | — | |
| 1960 April | New Zealand tour | Lew Hoad (7–3) Mal Anderson (7–3) Frank Sedgman (4–6) Ashley Cooper (2–8) | Hoad–Anderson | 1–0 | |
| 1960 Jun–Aug | Grand Prix de Europe | Ashley Cooper (72%) Andrés Gimeno (66%) Pancho Segura (43%) Mal Anderson (43%) Alex Olmedo (37%) | — | — | |
| 1960 Oct–Dec | Asia tour | Ken Rosewall Tony Trabert Ashley Cooper Lew Hoad Andrés Gimeno Pancho Segura Mal Anderson Alex Olmedo | — | incomplete results | |
| 1961 Feb | Europe tour | Tony Trabert Mike Davies Robert Haillet Kurt Nielsen | — | incomplete results | |
| 1961 Apr | South America tour | Pancho Segura (18–5) Alex Olmedo (13–11) Ashley Cooper (12–12) Butch Buchholz (5–20) | — | — | |
| 1961 July | Soviet Union tour | Tony Trabert Butch Buchholz Pancho Segura Lew Hoad | — | — | |
| 1961 Aug–Sep | British Isles tour | Lew Hoad (6–4) Pancho Gonzales (4–6) | Hoad–Gonzales | 6–4 | [110] [111] |
| 1962 Mar | New Zealand tour | Ken Rosewall Andrés Gimeno Frank Sedgman Luis Ayala | Rosewall–Ayala | 4–1 | |
| 1962 Mar | New Zealand tour | Ken Rosewall Andrés Gimeno Frank Sedgman Luis Ayala | Gimeno–Sedgman | 3–2 | |
| 1962 Jul–Oct | Facis trophy | Lew Hoad Pancho Segura Mal Anderson Tony Trabert Ashley Cooper Ken Rosewall Alex Olmedo Butch Buchholz Andrés Gimeno Mike Davies Barry MacKay (tennis) | Winner: Hoad | — | |
| 1962 | European Cup | Ashley Cooper Andrés Gimeno | Winner: Cooper | |
| 1962 Aug–Sep | Europe Tour | Ashley Cooper Andrés Gimeno Lew Hoad Tony Trabert Mal Anderson Luis Ayala Butch Buchholz Mike Davies Robert Haillet Barry MacKay Kurt Nielsen Alex Olmedo Ken Rosewall Pancho Segura | | [115] [116] |
| 1963 Jan | Australasia tour | Lew Hoad Rod Laver Ken Rosewall | Rosewall–Laver | 11–2 | [117] [118] [119] |
| 1963 Jan | Australasia tour | Lew Hoad Rod Laver Ken Rosewall | Hoad–Laver | 8–0 | [117] [118] [119] |
| 1963 Jan–Feb | New Zealand tour | Ken Rosewall (7–0) Rod Laver (0–7) Andrés Gimeno (5–2) Luis Ayala (2–5) | — | incomplete results | |
| 1963 Jul–Sep | Europe Tour | Lew Hoad Luis Ayala Mike Davies Andrés Gimeno Robert Haillet Rod Laver Kurt Nielsen Alex Olmedo Ken Rosewall Frank Sedgman | — | incomplete results | |
| 1963 | European Cup | | | | |
| 1963 Jul–Sep | Facis trophy | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall Andrés Gimeno Frank Sedgman Lew Hoad Robert Haillet Luis Ayala Alex Olmedo Mike Davies Kurt Nielsen | Winner: Laver | incomplete results | |
| 1964 Jan | Australia tour | Rod Laver Lew Hoad Mal Anderson Ashley Cooper | — | incomplete results | |
| 1964 Feb–Mar | New Zealand tour | Lew Hoad (7–5) Rod Laver (7–5) Ken Rosewall (6–6) Mal Anderson (4–8) | Hoad–Laver | 3–1 | [123] [124] |
| 1964 Jul–Sep | Europe Tour | Rod Laver Lew Hoad Ken Rosewall Frank Sedgman Alex Olmedo Pancho Gonzales Andrés Gimeno Butch Buchholz Luis Ayala | — | incomplete results | |
| 1964 Jul–Oct | Facis trophy | Ken Rosewall Andrés Gimeno Frank Sedgman Lew Hoad Butch Buchholz Luis Ayala Alex Olmedo Pancho Gonzales | Winner: Rosewall | incomplete results | |
| 1964 Nov | France tour | Rod Laver Robert Haillet Andrés Gimeno Butch Buchholz | — | incomplete results | |
| 1965 Jul–Oct | Europe Tour | Rod Laver Robert Haillet Andrés Gimeno Butch Buchholz Mal Anderson Luis Ayala Mike Davies Ken Rosewall Pancho Segura Frank Sedgman | — | incomplete results | |
| 1966 Apr | Europe tour | Rod Laver Pierre Barthès Andrés Gimeno Lew Hoad | — | incomplete results | |
| 1966 Aug–Sep | Europe Tour | Rod Laver Pierre Barthès Mal Anderson Butch Buchholz | — | incomplete results | |
| 1967 Jan–Feb | Australasia tour | Rod Laver Dennis Ralston Fred Stolle Pancho Gonzales Ken Rosewall | — | incomplete results | |
| 1967 Apr | France tour | Rod Laver Dennis Ralston Fred Stolle Pierre Barthès | — | incomplete results | |