1970 Pepsi-Cola Masters – Singles

1970 Pepsi-Cola Masters USA Stan Smith AUS Rod Laver 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 singles doubles no ATP Finals 1970 Pepsi-Cola Masters Stan Smith won the singles title at the 1970 Pepsi-Cola Masters. He defeated runner-up Rod Laver, although both had achieved the same number of wins.World of Tennis '71 1971 Queen Anne Press London 978-0-362-00091-7 John Barrett 134Smith Bows to Ashe, but Wins Round-Robin Tennis in Tokyo https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/16/archives/smith-bows-to-ashe-but-wins-roundrobin-tennis-in-tokyo.html The New York Times 15 December 1970 Round robin AUS Rosewall SFR Yugoslavia Franulović USA Ashe USA Smith AUS Laver CSK Kodeš AUS Ken Rosewall 6–3, 6–3 6–3, 6–4 4–6, 5–6 6–5, 3–6, 5–6 6–5, 6–4SFR Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 3–6, 3–6 5–6, 6–3, 2–6 1–6, 6–5, 1–6 5–6, 6–3, 2–6 6–2, 3–6, 6–3USA Arthur Ashe 3–6, 4–6 6–5, 3–6, 6–2 3–6, 6–3, 6–5 3–6, 2–6 6–3, 4–6, 6–3USA Stan Smith 6–4, 6–5 6–1, 5–6, 6–1 6–3, 3–6, 5–6 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 6–3, 6–5AUS Rod Laver 5–6, 6–3, 6–5 6–5, 3–6, 6–2 6–3, 6–2 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 6–4, 6–3CSK Jan Kodeš 5–6, 4–6 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 3–6, 5–6 4–6, 3–6 Standings Player RR W-L Sets W-L Games W-L Standings USA Stan Smith 4–1 9–4 71–53 1 AUS Rod Laver 4–1 9–4 69–55 2 AUS Ken Rosewall 3–2 6–4 59–51 3 USA Arthur Ashe 3–2 6–7 58–53 4 SFR Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 1–4 5–9 55–70 5 CSK Jan Kodeš 0–5 2–10 47–67 6 Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision. See also ATP World Tour Finals appearances References External links ATP Singles results Singles