Winston-Salem Open: Porovnání verzí

Událost vznikla ve formě exhibice pro čtyři hráče dvouhry roku 1981 v newyorském Jerichu na Long Islandu. Původní název zněl ''Hamlet Challenge Cup''. Následně se turnaj rozrostl a účastnili se jej nejlepší hráči světa jako [[Ivan Lendl]] a v roce 1988 osmnáctiletý [[Andre Agassi]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Judy Weinberg|title= LI Sports: A Chronology| url = http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historysports-chron,0,6602613,full.story| accessdate =2008-09-11|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080516094839/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historysports-chron,0,6602613,full.story|archivedate=2008-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[The New York Times]]|title= Mayer Beats Kriek| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04EFD81738F933A0575BC0A964948260| date=1982-08-30| accessdate =2008-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[The New York Times]]|title= Gene Mayer Wins, Beating Gunthardt| url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70C1EF73F5C0C7A8EDDA10894DB484D81| date=1983-08-29| accessdate =2008-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[The New York Times]]|title= Gomez Is Beaten By Lendl, 6-2, 6-4| url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60E10FE3B5C0C748EDDA10894DC484D81| date=1984-08-27| accessdate =2008-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[The New York Times]]|title= Lendl Defeats Connors| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900EEDF1139F932A25753C1A963948260| date=1985-10-11| accessdate =2008-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[The New York Times]]|title= Lendl Dominates McEnroe To Win Final| url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50715F9385E0C768EDDA10894DE484D81| date=1986-08-25| accessdate =2008-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[The New York Times]]|title= Tennis; Manuela Maleeva Defeats Hanika| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFD8113BF932A0575BC0A961948260| date=1987-08-31| accessdate =2008-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[The Washington Post]]|title= Agassi, Graf Win Final Tune-Ups; Both Say They Are Ready for Beginning of U.S. Open Today| url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-1276005.html| date=1988-08-29| accessdate =2008-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[The New York Times]]|title= U.S. OPEN '89; Lendl Tested in Final But Prevails as Usual | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DD1530F93BA1575BC0A96F948260| date=1989-08-28| accessdate =2008-09-11}}</ref> V roce 1990 se stal součástí profesionálního okruhu ATP. Sponzoři se v jeho průběhu měnily, v letech 1990–1991 se hlavním donátorem stala [[Norstar Bank]],<ref name="long">http://longislandtennismagazine.com/article/girls-are-back-town</ref> v obdobích 1992–1995 a 1997–2000 [[Waldbaum's]],<ref name="long"/> v roce 1996 pro změnu [[Genovese Drug Stores]].<ref>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GENOVESE+DRUG+STORES%2c+INC.+TO+SPONSOR+HAMLET+CUP%3b+WORLD'S+TOP+PLAYERS...-a017114916</ref> Od roku 2002 do přesídlení do New Havenu se hlavním partnerem stala firma ''[[TD Waterhouse]]''.<ref>http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2002/08/Issue-221/Sponsorships-Advertising-Marketing/TD-Waterhouse-Inks-Title-Deal-For-Atps-Stop-On-The-Island.aspx</ref> Mezi vítěze se zařadili tenisté jako [[Stefan Edberg]], [[Jevgenij Kafelnikov]], [[Magnus Norman]], [[Paradorn Srichaphan]] a [[Lleyton Hewitt]].