Atlanta WCT

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

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 Championships, a WCT tournament played in the 1980s.

Past finals

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Singles

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

Doubles

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

See also

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References

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  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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