1971 Grand Prix (tennis)

The 1971 Pepsi Cola Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year.[1] It incorporated three of the four grand slam tournaments,[lower-alpha 1] the Grand Prix tournaments. It was the second edition of the Grand Prix circuit and was run by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ITLF).[2] In addition to regular tournament prize money a bonus prize money pool of £60,000 ($150,000) was available to be divided among the 20 highest ranking players after the last tournament. To be eligible for a share of the bonus pool a player had to compete in a minimum of nine tournaments.[1] The circuit culminated in a Masters event in Paris, France for the seven highest point scoring players. Stan Smith was the winner of the circuit with 187 ranking points and four tournament victories.[3]

1971 Grand Prix circuit
Nastase playing in 1972 Davis Cup Final
Details
Duration1 April – 26 December
Edition2nd
Tournaments31
CategoriesGroup A (3)
Group B (11)
Group C (11)
Group D (5)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles Ilie Năstase (4)
Stan Smith (4)
Most tournament finals Ilie Năstase (6)
Points leader Stan Smith (187)
1970
1972

Schedule

Key
Group A tournaments
Group B tournaments
Group C tournaments
Group D tournaments
Grand Prix Masters
Team events

April

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 Apr Nice International Championships
Nice, France
Clay – 64S/32D
Group D
Ilie Năstase
10–8, 11–9, 6–1
Jan Kodeš Manuel Orantes
František Pála
François Jauffret
Péter Szőke
Ion Țiriac
Pierre Barthès
Ion Țiriac
Ilie Năstase
6–3, 6–3
Pierre Barthès
François Jauffret
12 AprMonte Carlo Open
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Clay – $20,000 – 32S/16D
Group C
Ilie Năstase
3–6, 8–6, 6–1, 6–1
Tom Okker Roger Taylor
Ion Țiriac
Pierre Barthès
Dick Crealy
Patrick Proisy
Boro Jovanović
Ion Țiriac
Ilie Năstase
1–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
Tom Okker
Roger Taylor
18 AprNorth Caroline National Bank Open
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Hard – 32S/16D
Group C
Arthur Ashe
6–3, 6–3
Stan Smith Cliff Richey
Tony Roche
Marty Riessen
Mark Cox
Charlie Pasarell
Željko Franulović
Marty Riessen
Tony Roche
6–2, 6–2
Arthur Ashe
Dennis Ralston
Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Clay – 63S/16D
Group C
Roger Taylor
6–3, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Pierre Barthès Ion Țiriac
Barry Phillips-Moore
Adriano Panatta
François Jauffret
Georges Goven
Ilie Năstase
Georges Goven
Pierre Barthès
6–2, 6–3
Ilie Năstase
Ion Țiriac
25 AprCatania Open
Catania, Italy
Clay – 64S/16D
Group C
Jan Kodeš
6–3, 6–0, 6–2
Georges Goven Pierre Barthès
Patrick Proisy
František Pala
Adriano Panatta
François Jauffret
Jean-Loup Rouyer
François Jauffret
Pierre Barthès
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Jan Kodeš
Jan Kukal
River Oaks International Tennis Tournament
Houston, Texas, USA
Hard – 32S/32D
Group C
Cliff Richey
6–1, 6–2, 6–2
Clark Graebner Mike Belkin
Bob Carmichael
Frank Froehling
Dick Crealy
Tom Gorman
Harold Solomon
Onny Parun
Milan Holeček
1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Tom Edlefsen
Frank Froehling

May

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 MayCity of Paris Open Championships
Paris, France
Clay – 32S/16D
Group C
Stan Smith
6–2, 6–4, 7–5
François Jauffret Michel Leclercq
Pierre Barthès
Barry Phillips-Moore
Patrice Dominguez
Raymond Moore
Patrick Proisy
Stan Smith
Tom Gorman
3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Pierre Barthès
François Jauffret
17 MayGerman Open Tennis Championships
Hamburg, Germany
Clay – $20,000 – 32S/16D
Group B
Andrés Gimeno
6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Péter Szőke Vladimír Zedník
Jan Kodeš
Christian Kuhnke
Manuel Orantes
István Gulyás
John Alexander
Andrés Gimeno
John Alexander
6–4, 7–5, 7–9, 6–4
Dick Crealy
Allan Stone
22 MayBritish Hard Court Championships
Bournemouth, England
Clay – $36,000 – 32S/16D
Group B
Gerald Battrick
6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–0
Željko Franulović Jaime Fillol
Mark Cox
Frank Sedgman
Pierre Barthès
Roger Taylor
Robert Maud
Owen Davidson
Bill Bowrey
8–6, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3
Patricio Cornejo
Jaime Fillol
Belgian Open Championships
Brussels, Belgium
Clay – 32S/16D
Group B
Cliff Drysdale
6–0, 6–1, 7–5
Ilie Năstase Boro Jovanović
Ismail El Shafei
Bob Carmichael
Cliff Richey
Stan Smith
Ion Țiriac
Marty Riessen
Tom Okker
Divided
Ilie Năstase
Ion Țiriac
24 MayFrench Open
Paris, France
Clay - S128/D128
Group A
Jan Kodeš
8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Ilie Năstase Frank Froehling
Željko Franulović
Arthur Ashe
Stan Smith
István Gulyás
Patrick Proisy
Arthur Ashe
Marty Riessen
6–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 11–9
Tom Gorman
Stan Smith
Françoise Dürr
Jean-Claude Barclay
6–2, 6–4
Winnie Shaw
Toomas Leius

June

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
14 Jun Queen's Club Championship
London, England
Grass – 64S/32D
Group D
Stan Smith
8–6, 6–3
John Newcombe Owen Davidson
Tom Gorman
Ross Case
Roy Emerson
Marty Riessen
Rod Laver
Marty Riessen
Tom Okker
8–6, 4–6, 10–8
Stan Smith
Erik van Dillen
21 JunWimbledon
London, England
Grass– S128/D64
Group A
John Newcombe
6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Stan Smith Tom Gorman
Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver
Onny Parun
Cliff Richey
Colin Dibley
Roy Emerson
Rod Laver
4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Arthur Ashe
Dennis Ralston
Billie Jean King
Owen Davidson
3–6, 6–2, 15-13
Margaret Court
Marty Riessen

July

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 Jul Swedish Open
Båstad, Sweden
Clay – 32S/32D
Group B
Ilie Năstase
6–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
Jan Leschly Ray Ruffels
Manuel Santana
Patrick Proisy
Per Jemsby
Pierre Barthès
Stan Smith
Ilie Năstase
Ion Ţiriac
7–6, 6–1
Jaime Pinto-Bravo
Butch Seewagen
Swiss Open
Gstaad, Switzerland
Clay – $20,000 - 32S/16D
Group B
John Newcombe
6–2, 5–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Tom Okker Roy Emerson
Ismail El Shafei
Phil Dent
Robert Maud
Nikola Pilić
Jeff Borowiak
Phil Dent
John Alexander
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
John Newcombe
Tom Okker
Greenshields Welsh Open
Newport, Wales
Grass – 32S/16D
Group C
Ken Rosewall
6–1, 9–8
Roger Taylor Gerald Battrick
Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau
Onny Parun
Wanaro N'Godrella
Stephen Warboys
Andrew Pattison
Roger Taylor
Ken Rosewall
7–5, 3–6, 6–2
John Clifton
John Paish
12 JulWashington Star International [lower-alpha 2]
Washington D.C., USA
Clay – 64S/16D
Group B
Ken Rosewall
6–2, 7–5, 6–1
Marty Riessen Stan Smith
John Newcombe
Dennis Ralston
Ismail El Shafei
Cliff Drysdale
Andrés Gimeno
Tom Okker
Marty Riessen
7–6, 6–2
Bob Carmichael
Ray Ruffels
24 JulTanglewood International Tennis Classic
Clemmons, North Carolina, USA
Hard – 64S/16D
Group C
Jaime Fillol
4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Željko Franulović Cliff Richey
Mike Belkin
Pierre Barthès
Harold Solomon
Erik van Dillen
Jimmy Connors
Jim McManus
Jim Osborne
6–2, 6–4
Jimmy Connors
Jeff Austin

August

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 Aug Buckeye Open
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Hard – 32S/16D
Group D
Tom Gorman
6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Jimmy Connors Erik van Dillen
Raymond Moore
Željko Franulović
Haroon Rahim
Jim Osborne
Georges Goven
Jim Osborne
Jim McManus
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Jimmy Connors
Roscoe Tanner
2 AugCincinnati Open
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Clay – $30,000 – 64S/32D
Group C
Stan Smith
7–6, 6–3
Juan Gisbert Erik van Dillen
Patrick Proisy
Harold Solomon
Tom Gorman
Jaime Fillol
Georges Goven
Erik van Dillen
Stan Smith
6–4, 6–4
Sandy Mayer
Roscoe Tanner
Senigallia Open
Italy
Clay – 64S/32D
Group D
Adriano Panatta
6–3, 7–5, 6–1
Martin Mulligan František Pála
Paolo Bertolucci
Atet Wijono
Sergio Palmieri
Ezio Di Matteo
Giordano Maioli
Gondo Widjojo
Atet Wijono
6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Ezio Di Matteo
Antonio Zugarelli
16 AugU.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Clay – $50,000 - 64S/32D
Group B
Željko Franulović
6–3, 6–4, 0–6, 6–3
Cliff Richey Jaime Fillol
Clark Graebner
Eddie Dibbs
Pierre Barthès
Roscoe Tanner
Patricio Cornejo
Jan Kodeš
Željko Franulović
7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Clark Graebner
Erik van Dillen
22 Aug Pennsylvania Championships
Merion, Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA
Hard – $15,000 - 64S/32D
Group D
Clark Graebner
6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 7–5
Dick Stockton Frank Froehling
Colin Dibley
Roscoe Tanner
Jan Leschly
Milan Holeček
Herb Fitzgibbon
Jim Osborne
Clark Graebner
7–6, 6–3
Robert McKinley
Dick Stockton

September

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 Sep US Open
Forest Hills, New York, USA
Grass – $88,300 - S128/D64 ,
Group A
Stan Smith
3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–6
Jan Kodeš Arthur Ashe
Tom Okker
Frank Froehling
Manuel Orantes
Clark Graebner
Marty Riessen
John Newcombe
Roger Taylor
6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Stan Smith
Erik van Dillen
Billie Jean King
Owen Davidson
6–3, 7–5
Betty Stöve
Robert Maud
South Orange Open
South Orange, New Jersey, USA
Grass – $25,000 - 64S/32D
Group C
Clark Graebner
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Pierre Barthès Marty Riessen
Onny Parun
Roscoe Tanner
Alejandro Olmedo
Jimmy Connors
Patrick Proisy
Tom Leonard
Bob Carmichael
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Clark Graebner
Erik van Dillen
20 Sep Pacific Southwest Open
Los Angeles, California, USA
Hard – $52,500 -64S/32D
Group B
Pancho Gonzales
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Jimmy Connors Stan Smith
Cliff Richey
Robert Lutz
Bob Carmichael
John Alexander
Roscoe Tanner
Phil Dent
John Alexander
7–6, 6–4
Clark Graebner
Frank Froehling
Central California Hardcourt Championships
Sacramento, California, USA
Hard – 64S/32D
Group C
Robert Lutz
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Alejandro Olmedo Pierre Barthès
Roger Taylor
Georges Goven
Frank Froehling
Cliff Richey
Jan Kodeš
Jim Osborne
Jim McManus
7–6, 6–3
Frew McMillan
Robert Maud
27 SepRedwood Bank Pacific Coast Open [lower-alpha 2]
Berkeley, California, USA
Hard – $50,000 - 64S/32D
Group B
Rod Laver
6–4, 6–4, 7–6
Ken Rosewall Tom Okker
Arthur Ashe
Robert Lutz
Cliff Richey
Marty Riessen
Cliff Drysdale
Rod Laver
Roy Emerson
6–3, 6–3
Ken Rosewall
Fred Stolle

October

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
25 OctEmbassy British Indoor Championships
London, England
Hard – $50,000 - 32S/16D
Group B
Ilie Năstase
3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Rod Laver Tom Gorman
Bob Hewitt
John Newcombe
Frew McMillan
Cliff Drysdale
Ray Ruffels
Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan
7–5, 9–7, 6–2
Bill Bowrey
Owen Davidson

December

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 DecBuenos Aires Grand Prix
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Clay – 32S/16D
Group B
Željko Franulović
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Ilie Năstase Jan Leschly
Stan Smith
István Gulyás
Cliff Richey
Frank Froehling
Roberto Aubone
Ilie Năstase
Željko Franulović
6–4, 6–4
Patricio Cornejo
Jaime Fillol
4 Dec Pepsi–Cola Masters
Paris, France
Carpet – $48,000 – S7
Ilie Năstase N.A. (round robin) N.A. (round robin) N.A. (round robin)

Standings

Player Tournaments Points Prize Money
Stan Smith 14 187 $25,000
Ilie Năstase 10 172 $17,000
Željko Franulović 16 129 $15,000
Jan Kodeš 14 124 $12,000
Cliff Richey 15 98 $10,500
John Newcombe 7 94 $0[lower-alpha 3]
Pierre Barthès 22 82 $9,500
Ken Rosewall 6 82 $0[lower-alpha 3]
Clark Graebner 12 79 $4,200
Tom Gorman 16 69 $7,500

Grand Prix rankings

As of 1 January 1971
Rank Name Nation
1 (3-way tie) Rod Laver
1 (3-way tie) Ken Rosewall
1 (3-way tie) John Newcombe
4 Tony Roche
5 Arthur Ashe
6 Cliff Richey
7 Tom Okker
8 Roy Emerson
9 Ilie Năstase
10 Andrés Gimeno
Year-end rankings (December 1971)
Rank Name Nation Change
1 (tie) Stan Smith
1 (tie) John Newcombe =
3 Ken Rosewall –2
4 Rod Laver –3
5 Jan Kodeš
6 Tom Okker +1
7 Arthur Ashe –2
8 Ilie Năstase +1
9 Cliff Drysdale
10 Marty Riessen

List of tournament winners

The list of winners and number of singles titles won, listed alphabetically by last name:

The following players won their first title in 1971:

See also

Notes

  1. The 1971 Australian Open was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit.
  2. Tournament was also part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit.[1]
  3. Played too few Grand Prix tournaments to qualify for bonus pool prize money.

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1972). World of Tennis '72. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 145–153, 254. ISBN 9780362001037. OCLC 86035663.
  2. "Distaff Netters In Grand Prix For First Time". Bangor Daily News. AP. Apr 7, 1971.
  3. "Stan Smith Pepsi pick". Ellensburg Daily Record. UPI. Dec 6, 1971.

Further reading

  • Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
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