Mercedes-Benz Cup
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The Mercedes-Benz Cup is a July tennis tournament that has hosted the top men and—until 1975—women competitors in the world since 1927. The Mercedes-Benz Cup presented by Countrywide is now an ATP International Series tournament in its 80th year. The one-week tournament is held at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA, which also hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics. The current draw has 32 singles seeds and 16 doubles seeds. Notable past champions include Roy Emerson, Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, and Andre Agassi.
[edit] Past Champions
| Year | Men's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Singles |
| 1927 | Bill Tilden | Tilden & Hunter | Kea Bouman |
| 1928 | Henry Cochet | Cochet & Doeg | May Sutton Bundy |
| 1929 | John Doeg | Brown & Sellers | Betty Nuthall |
| 1930 | Ellsworth Vines | Van Ryn & Allison | Ethel Burkhardt |
| 1931 | Ellsworth Vines | Vines & Gledhill | Anne McCune Harper |
| 1932 | Fred Perry | Van Ryn & Allison | Anne McCune Harper |
| 1933 | Fred Perry | Vines & Stoefen | Dorothy Round |
| 1934 | Fred Perry | Mako & Budge | Ethel B. Arnold |
| 1935 | Donald Budge | Van Ryn & Allison | Ethel B. Arnold |
| 1936 | Donald Budge | Mako & Budge | Gracyn Wheeler |
| 1937 | Donald Budge | Hughes & Hare | Alice Marble |
| 1938 | Adrian Quist | Hopman & Schwartz | Dorothy May Bundy |
| 1939 | John Bromwich | Bromwich & Quist | Gracyn Wheeler |
| 1940 | Robert Riggs | Parker & McNeil | Dorothy May Bundy |
| 1941 | Frank Parker | Kramer & Shroeder | Sarah Palfrey Cooke |
| 1942 | Frank Parker | Kramer & Olewine | Pauline Betz |
| 1943 | Jack Kramer | Kramer & Parker | Louise Brough |
| 1944 | Frank Parker | Parker & Segura | Pauline Betz |
| 1945 | Frank Parker | Parker & Segura | Margaret Osbourne |
| 1946 | Jack Kramer | Segura & Peliza | Pauline Betz |
| 1947 | Jack Kramer | Kramer & Schroeder | Beverly Baker |
| 1948 | Ted Schroeder | Schroeder & Parker | Louise Brough |
| 1949 | Pancho Gonzalez | Parker & Gonzalez | Helen Pastell Perez |
| 1950 | Frank Sedgman | Schroeder & Trabert | Helen Pastell Perez |
| 1951 | Frank Sedgman | Schroeder & Patty | Maureen Connolly |
| 1952 | Vic Seixas | Flam & Stewart | Maureen Connolly |
| 1953 | Ken Rosewall | Hoad & Rosewall | Doris Hart |
| 1954 | Vic Seixas | Hoad & Rosewall | Louise Brough |
| 1955 | Tony Trabert | Hoad & Harting | Beverly Baker Fleitz |
| 1956 | Herbert Flam | Hoad & Rosewall | Althea Gibson |
| 1957 | Vic Seixas | Cooper & Fraser | Althea Gibson |
| 1958 | Ham Richardson | Olmedo & Richardson | Beverly Baker Fleitz |
| 1959 | Roy Emerson | MacKay & Franks | Beverly Baker Fleitz |
| 1960 | Barry MacKay | Bucholz & McKinely | Ann Hayden |
| 1961 | Jon Douglas | Laver & Emerson | Beverly Baker Fleitz |
| 1962 | Roy Emerson | Laver & Emerson | Carole Caldwell |
| 1963 | Arthur Ashe | Edlefsen & Bond | Darlene Hard |
| 1964 | Roy Emerson | Emerson & Stolle | Maria Bueno |
| 1965 | Dennis Ralston | Emerson & Stolle | Carole Caldwell Graebner |
| 1966 | Allen Fox | Newcomber & Roche | Maria Bueno |
| 1967 | Roy Emerson | Emerson & Hewitt | Billie Jean King |
| 1968 | Rod Laver | Rosewall & Stolle | Rosemary Casals |
| 1969 | Pancho Gonzalez | Gonzalez & Holmberg | Billie Jean King |
| 1970 | Rod Laver | Okker & Riessen | Sharon Walsh |
| 1971 | Pancho Gonzalez | Alexander & Dent | |
| 1972 | Stan Smith | Gonzalez & Connors | Marita Redondo |
| 1973 | Jimmy Connors | Kodes & Zednik | Kathy May |
| 1974 | Jimmy Connors | Case & Masters | Linda Lewis |
| 1975 | Arthur Ashe | Amritaj & Amritaj | |
| 1976 | Brian Gottfried | Smith & Lutz | |
| 1977 | Stan Smith | Hewitt & McMillan | |
| 1978 | Arthur Ashe | Alexander & Dent | |
| 1979 | Peter Fleming | Reissen & Stewart | |
| 1980 | Gene Mayer | Teacher & Walts | |
| 1981 | John McEnroe | McEnroe & Taygen | |
| 1982 | Jimmy Connors | Stewart & Taygen | |
| 1983 | Gene Mayer | McEnroe & Fleming | |
| 1984 | Jimmy Connors | Seguso & Flach | |
| 1985 | Paul Annacone | S. Davis & Van't Hof | |
| 1986 | John McEnroe | Edberg & Jarryd | |
| 1987 | David Pate | Curren & Pate | |
| 1988 | Mikael Pernfors | McEnroe & Woodforde | |
| 1989 | Aaron Krickstein | M. Davis & Pawsat | |
| 1990 | Stefan Edberg | S. Davis & Pate | |
| 1991 | Pete Sampras | Frana & Pugh | |
| 1992 | Richard Krajicek | Galbraith & Pugh | |
| 1993 | Richard Krajicek | Ferreira & Stich | |
| 1995 | Michael Stich | Haygarth & Kinnear | |
| 1996 | Michael Chang | Barnard & Norval | |
| 1997 | Jim Courier | Lareau & O'Brien | |
| 1998 | Andre Agassi | Rafter & Stolle | |
| 1999 | Pete Sampras | Black & Ferreira | |
| 2000 | Michael Chang | Stolle & Kilderry | |
| 2001 | Andre Agassi | Bryan & Bryan | |
| 2002 | Andre Agassi | Grosjean & Kiefer | |
| 2003 | Wayne Ferreira | Gambill & Parrott | |
| 2004 | Tommy Haas | Bryan & Bryan | |
| 2005 | Andre Agassi | Leach & MacPhie | |
| 2006 | Tommy Haas | Bryan & Bryan |
