Singles | |
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1971 World Championship Tennis Finals | |
Champion | Ken Rosewall |
Runner-up | Rod Laver |
Score | 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4) |
Draw | 8 |
Ken Rosewall won the singles title of the 1971 World Championship Tennis Finals with a 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4) victory in the final against Rod Laver.[1][2][3]
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
- Tom Okker (semifinals)
- Rod Laver (final)
- Ken Rosewall (champion)
- Cliff Drysdale (quarterfinals)
- Arthur Ashe (semifinals)
- John Newcombe (quarterfinals)
- Marty Riessen (quarterfinals)
- Robert Lutz (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Tom Okker | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Marty Riessen | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Tom Okker | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Ken Rosewall | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | John Newcombe | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Ken Rosewall | 6 | 1 | 77 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Rod Laver | 4 | 6 | 63 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Arthur Ashe | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Cliff Drysdale | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Arthur Ashe | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Rod Laver | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Robert Lutz | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Rod Laver | 6 | 6 | 6 |
References
- ^ "1971 WCT Dallas – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1972). World of Tennis '72. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 147–148, 152. ISBN 9780362001037. OCLC 86035663.
- ^ Joe Jares (December 6, 1971). "Winner takes $50,000 loser, $1 million". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 35, no. 23. pp. 28–29.