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Rothmans International Tennis Tournament

Coordinates: 51°30′03.40″N 00°10′38.77″W / 51.5009444°N 0.1774361°W / 51.5009444; -0.1774361
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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

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.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970 United States Marty Riessen Australia Ken Rosewall 6–4, 6–2
1971 Australia Rod Laver Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1972 United States Cliff Richey United States Clark Graebner 7–5, 6–7, 7–5, 6–0
1973 New Zealand Brian Fairlie United Kingdom Mark Cox 2–6, 6–2, 6–2, 7–6
1974 Sweden Björn Borg United Kingdom Mark Cox 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1975 United Kingdom Mark Cox New Zealand Brian Fairlie 6–1, 7–5
1976 Not held
1977 United States Eddie Dibbs United States Vitas Gerulaitis 7–6, 6–7, 6–4

Doubles

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

Notes

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References

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

51°30′03.40″N 00°10′38.77″W / 51.5009444°N 0.1774361°W / 51.5009444; -0.1774361