Rothmans International Tennis Tournament

The Rothmans International Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament held in London, England between 1970 and 1977. The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts at Royal Albert Hall in London, except for the final edition in 1977 which was played at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, and was held in the March.[1] From 1973 until 1977 the tournament was organized as part of the World Championship Tennis circuit.

Rothmans International Tennis Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
TourWCT (1973–1977)
Founded1970
Abolished1977
Editions7
LocationLondon, England
VenueRoyal Albert Hall (1970–1975)
Earls Court Exhibition Centre (1977)
SurfaceCarpet / indoor

Past finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970United States Marty RiessenAustralia Ken Rosewall6–4, 6–2
1971Australia Rod LaverSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1972United States Cliff RicheyUnited States Clark Graebner7–5, 6–7, 7–5, 6–0
1973New Zealand Brian FairlieUnited Kingdom Mark Cox2–6, 6–2, 6–2, 7–6
1974Sweden Björn BorgUnited Kingdom Mark Cox6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1975United Kingdom Mark CoxNew Zealand Brian Fairlie6–1, 7–5
1976Not held
1977United States Eddie DibbsUnited States Vitas Gerulaitis7–6, 6–7, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
Australia Rod Laver
Australia Owen Davidson
6–3, 13–11, 9–11, 2–6, 7–5
1971Not held
1972United States Clark Graebner
United States Tom Gorman
South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
6–7, 6–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1973Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
6–3, 6–3
1974Sweden Björn Borg
Sweden Ove Bengtson
United Kingdom Mark Farrell
United Kingdom John Lloyd
7–6, 6–3
1975Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta
West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
6–3, 6–4

Notes

    References

    1. Matt Griffin (July 4, 2012). "Tennis at the Hall". Royal Albert Hall. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013.

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