Atlanta WCT

The Atlanta WCT was a men's tennis tournament played in Atlanta, Georgia from 1970–1976. The event was part of the WCT Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in 1970, and on indoor carpet courts at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in 1973–76. This tournament is not to be confused with the WCT Atlanta, a WCT tournament played in the 1980s.

Atlanta WCT
Defunct tennis tournament
TourWorld Championship Tennis
Founded1970
Abolished1976
Editions5
LocationAtlanta, Georgia, US
VenueAlexander Memorial Coliseum
SurfaceHard / outdoors (1970)
Carpet / indoors (1973–1976)

Past finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970Netherlands Tom Okker[1]United States Dennis Ralston6–4, 10–8, 6–2
1971–72Not held
1973United States Stan Smith[2]Australia Rod Laver6–3, 6–4
1974United States Dick Stockton[3]Czech Republic Jiří Hřebec6–2, 6–1
1975United Kingdom Mark Cox[4]Australia John Alexander6–3, 7–6
1976Romania Ilie Năstase[5]United States Jeff Borowiak6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
South Africa Robert Maud
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
7–6, 6–3
1974United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith
United States Brian Gottfried
United States Dick Stockton
6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1975India Anand Amritraj
India Vijay Amritraj
United Kingdom Mark Cox
South Africa Cliff Drysdale
6–3, 6–2
1976Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
Poland Wojciech Fibak
Germany Karl Meiler
6–3, 6–4

See also

References

  1. "1970 Atlanta WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "1973 Atlanta WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. "1974 Atlanta WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  4. "1975 Atlanta WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  5. "1976 Atlanta WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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