1971 Women's Grand Prix (tennis)

1971 Women's Grand Prix
Details
Duration	3 May 1971 – 25 October 1971
Edition	1st
Tournaments	15
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Billie Jean King (6)
Prize money leader	Billie Jean King $10,000
Points leader	Billie Jean King 181
	1972 →

The 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix was a tennis circuit administered by the International Lawn Tennis Federation which served as a forerunner to the current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. This article covers all tournaments that were part of that year's Women's Grand Prix.[1]

Schedule

Key

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

May

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 May	Bio–Strath London Hard Court Championships London, England	Margaret Court 6–0, 6–3	Françoise Dürr	Gail Chanfreau Virginia Wade	Julie Heldman Nell Truman Judy Dalton Rosie Casals
10 May	Bio–Strath London Hard Court Championships London, England	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–1, 6–4	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	Gail Chanfreau Virginia Wade	Julie Heldman Nell Truman Judy Dalton Rosie Casals
17 May	Rothmans Open Hard Court Championships of Britain Bournemouth, England	Margaret Court 7–5, 6–1	Evonne Goolagong	Françoise Dürr Mary–Ann Curtis
17 May		Mary–Ann Curtis Françoise Dürr 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	Françoise Dürr Mary–Ann Curtis
23 May	Grand Prix German Open Hamburg, West Germany	Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–2	Helga Masthoff	Helga Hösl Rosie Casals	Heide Orth Valerie Ziegenfuss Kazuko Sawamatsu Kerry Melville
23 May	Grand Prix German Open Hamburg, West Germany	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–2, 6–1	Helga Masthoff Heide Orth	Helga Hösl Rosie Casals
24 May	French Open Paris, France Clay – 32S/16D	Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 7–5	Helen Gourlay Cawley	Marijke Schaar Nancy Richey	Françoise Dürr Gail Chanfreau Linda Tuero Lesley Bowrey
24 May	French Open Paris, France Clay – 32S/16D	Gail Chanfreau Françoise Dürr 6–4, 6–1	Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris	Marijke Schaar Nancy Richey	Françoise Dürr Gail Chanfreau Linda Tuero Lesley Bowrey

June

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
14 June	Queen's Club Championships London, England Grass – 64S/32D	Margaret Court 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals Virginia Wade	Kristy Pigeon Helen Gourlay
14 June	Queen's Club Championships London, England Grass – 64S/32D	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–2, 8–6	Mary–Ann Curtis Valerie Ziegenfuss	Rosie Casals Virginia Wade	Kristy Pigeon Helen Gourlay
21 June	Wimbledon Championships London, England Grass – 128S/32D	Evonne Goolagong 6–4, 6–1	Margaret Court	Billie Jean King Judy Dalton	Nancy Richey Winnie Shaw Françoise Dürr Kerry Melville
21 June	Wimbledon Championships London, England Grass – 128S/32D	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–2	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	Billie Jean King Judy Dalton	Nancy Richey Winnie Shaw Françoise Dürr Kerry Melville

July

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 July	Swedish Open Bastad, Sweden Clay – 32S/32D	Helga Masthoff 4–6, 6–1, 6–3	Ingrid Bentzer	Christina Sandberg Linda Tuero	Ana María Pinto Bravo Heide Orth Ann-Charlotte Dahlberg Odile de Roubin
	Swedish Open Bastad, Sweden Clay – 32S/32D	Helga Masthoff Heide Orth 6–2, 6–1	Ana María Pinto Bravo Linda Tuero	Christina Sandberg Linda Tuero
	Green Shield Open Welsh Championships Newport, Wales Grass – S32/D16	Virginia Wade 6–3, 6–4	Judy Tegart Dalton	Winnie Shaw Helen Gourlay
		Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris 6–3, 8–6	Gail Chanfreau Winnie Shaw	Winnie Shaw Helen Gourlay
	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland Clay – S32/D16	Françoise Dürr 6–3, 6–3	Lesley Hunt	Marijke Schaar Alena Palmeová-West	Lea Pericoli Fiorella Bonicelli Silvia Gubler Laura Rossouw
	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland Clay – S32/D16	Brenda Kirk Laura Rossouw 8–6, 6–3	Françoise Dürr Lea Pericoli	Marijke Schaar Alena Palmeová-West	Lea Pericoli Fiorella Bonicelli Silvia Gubler Laura Rossouw
12 July	Rothmans North of England Championships Hoylake, England Grass – 32S/16D	Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–3	Rosie Casals	Margaret Court Patti Hogan
12 July		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King walkover	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	Margaret Court Patti Hogan

August

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists
2 August	Cincinnati Open Cincinnati, United States Hard – 32S/16D	Virginia Wade 6–3, 6–3	Linda Tuero
2 August	Cincinnati Open Cincinnati, United States Hard – 32S/16D	Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris 6–4, 6–4	Gail Chanfreau Winnie Shaw
9 August	Women's Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, USA Clay – 32S/16D	Billie Jean King 6–4, 7–5	Linda Tuero	Helen Gourlay Gail Chanfreau
9 August		Judy Dalton Billie Jean King 6–1, 6–2	Julie Heldman Linda Tuero	Helen Gourlay Gail Chanfreau

September

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 September	Eastern Grass Court Championships East Orange NJ, United States Grass – 64S/32D	Chris Evert 6–4, 6–0	Helen Gourlay
1 September		Cancelled
2 September	US Open New York, United States Grass – 128S/32D	Billie Jean King 6–4, 7–6	Rosie Casals	Chris Evert Kerry Melville	Laura DuPont Joyce Williams Lesley Hunt Judy Tegart Dalton
2 September	US Open New York, United States Grass – 128S/32D	Rosie Casals Judy Tegart Dalton 6–3, 6–3	Gail Chanfreau Françoise Dürr	Chris Evert Kerry Melville	Laura DuPont Joyce Williams Lesley Hunt Judy Tegart Dalton

October

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 October	Embassy British Indoor Championships London, England Carpet– 32S/16D	Billie Jean King 6–1, 6–2	Rosie Casals
1 October		Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade 3–6, 7–5, 6–3	Evonne Goolagong Julie Heldman

Grand Prix Entry Rankings

As of 1 January 1971
Rk	Name	Nation

Year-end rankings (December 1971)
Rk	Name	Nation	Points	High	Low	Change

Titles won by player

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1971 Women's Grand Prix circuit: the Grand Slam tournaments and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:

1) total number of titles;
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Total titles	Player	Grand Slam tournaments			Regular tournaments		All titles
Total titles	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
17	Billie Jean King	1	1	2	6	9	7	10
6	Margaret Court		1		3	9	3	3
5	Evonne Goolagong	2				4	2	3

The following players won their first title in 1971:

References

John Barrett, ed. (1972). World of Tennis '72. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 143, 144. ISBN 9780362001037. OCLC 86035663.

External links

ATP Archive 1971: Pepsi Cola Grand Prix Tournaments
History Mens Professional Tours

1971 Grand Prix Tour « 1970 1972 »
A	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
B	Hamburg Bournemouth Brussels Båstad Washington Indianapolis Los Angeles Berkeley London Indoor Buenos Aires
C	Monte Carlo Charlotte Palermo Clemmons Cincinnati
D	Nice London (Queens)
Team events	Davis Cup
Pepsi-Cola Masters, Paris