This used to be one of the richest prize money tennis events in the world. It was usually held before the Masters and featured the top mens players in the world according to their ranking on the ATP pole. In 1985, the Challenge of Champions became a major player in professional tennis when 28 year old Mark Myden, the youngest producer in professional tennis history, introduced AT&T, VISA, Cadillac, Fila Sportswear, DeBeers Diamonds, and NBC to the International Challenge.

Past winners and runners-up

Year	Date Final	Venue	Prize Money	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final	Commercial name
1989	Apr 26-30	Atlanta	$500,000	Andre Agassi Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...	Michael Chang Michael Chang Michael Te-Pei Chang is a former American professional tennis player. He is best remembered for becoming the youngest-ever male player to win a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17....	6-3, 6-2	AT&T Challenge of Champions
1988	Apr 28-May 1	Atlanta	$500,000	Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...	Stefan Edberg Stefan Edberg Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...	2-6, 6-1, 6-3	AT&T Challenge of Champions
1987	Oct 6-11	Atlanta	$500,000	John McEnroe John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...	Paul Annacone Paul Annacone Paul Annacone is a former touring professional tennis player and current well-known tennis coach.-As a college player:...	6-4, 7-5	AT&T Challenge of Champions
*1986	Nov 25-30	Atlanta	$500,000	Boris Becker Boris Becker Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...	John McEnroe John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...	3-6, 6-3, 7-5	AT&T Challenge of Champions
1986	Jan 6-12	Atlanta	$500,000	Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...	Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors James Scott "Jimmy" Connors is an American former world no. 1 tennis player....	6-2, 6-3	AT&T Challenge of Champions
1985	Jan 1-6	Las Vegas	$1,000,000	John McEnroe John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...	Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Apolinario Vilas is a retired and former World No. 2 professional tennis player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Career:...	7-5, 6-0	AT&T Challenge of Champions
1984	Jan 3-8	Rosemont Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...	$250,000	Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors James Scott "Jimmy" Connors is an American former world no. 1 tennis player....	Andrés Gómez Andrés Gómez Andrés Gómez Santos is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990.-Career:...	6-3, 6-2, 6-1	Lite Challenge of Champions
1983	Jan 4-9	Rosemont Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...	$250,000	Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...	Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors James Scott "Jimmy" Connors is an American former world no. 1 tennis player....	4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4	Lite Challenge of Champions
1982	Jan 6-11	Rosemont Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...	$310,000	Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors James Scott "Jimmy" Connors is an American former world no. 1 tennis player....	John McEnroe John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...	6-7, 7-5, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4	Michelob Light Challenge of Champions
1981	Jan 7-12	Rosemont Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...	$310,000	John McEnroe John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...	Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors James Scott "Jimmy" Connors is an American former world no. 1 tennis player....	6-2, 6-4, 6-1	Challenge of Champions

• in 1986 played two times as well as Nabisco Masters