Sports
Pilot Pen Corp., sponsor of the $435,000 men’s tennis tournament at Grand Champions, will not renew its option for another three years of sponsorship.
Feb. 22, 1987
Business
Ronald G.
Sept. 29, 1996
To say it was a promoter’s nightmare might be overstating the case, but the Pilot Pen tournament final between David Pate and Larry Stefanki two years ago at La Quinta was no great sell.
Jan. 25, 1987
Julie Cart’s story on Boris Becker (Feb. 26) caused quite a stir in the players’ locker room at the Pilot Pen tournament.
March 8, 1986
Caroline Wozniacki wins third consecutive Pilot Pen title
Aug. 28, 2010
Jimmy Connors’ default from the Lipton International Players Championship Friday will not affect his participation in the Pilot Pen tournament that begins Monday at the La Quinta Hotel Tennis Club near Palm Springs.
Feb. 22, 1986
They threw up a 340-room resort, a dozen courts, including a 10,500-seat stadium here, and immediately proclaimed it a world-class tennis facility.
Feb. 1, 1987
They built a 340-room resort, a dozen courts, including a 10,500-seat stadium here, and immediately proclaimed it a world-class tennis facility.
Feb. 8, 1987
Feb. 4, 1987
Defending champion Jimmy Connors has been seeded first in the $375,000 Pilot Pen tennis tournament, which begins Monday at the La Quinta Hotel Tennis Club, but Yannick Noah, who reached last year’s final, has withdrawn from the event.
Feb. 17, 1985