Atlanta WCT

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, a WCT tournament played in the 1980s.

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

Past finals

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970 Tom Okker[1] Dennis Ralston6–4, 10–8, 6–2
1971–72Not held
1973 Stan Smith[2] Rod Laver6–3, 6–4
1974 Dick Stockton[3] Jiří Hřebec6–2, 6–1
1975 Mark Cox[4] John Alexander6–3, 7–6
1976 Ilie Năstase[5] Jeff Borowiak6–2, 6–4

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

See also

References
  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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