1971 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

January 2025 1971 World Championship Tennis Finals AUS Ken Rosewall AUS Rod Laver 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4) 8 singles no Ken Rosewall won the singles title of the 1971 World Championship Tennis Finals with a 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4) victory in the final against Rod Laver.1971 WCT Dallas – Singles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/dallas/610/1971/draws?matchtype=singles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)World of Tennis '72 1972 Queen Anne Press London 9780362001037 86035663 147–148, 152 John Barrett John Barrett (tennis)Joe Jares Winner takes $50,000 loser, $1 million Sports Illustrated December 6, 1971 35 23 28–29 https://vault.si.com/vault/1971/12/06/winner-takes-50000-loser-1-million https://web.archive.org/web/20210614061807/https://vault.si.com/vault/1971/12/06/winner-takes-50000-loser-1-million dead June 14, 2021 Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. 30em NED Tom Okker (semifinals) AUS Rod Laver (final) AUS Ken Rosewall (champion) RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale (quarterfinals) USA Arthur Ashe (semifinals) AUS John Newcombe (quarterfinals) USA Marty Riessen (quarterfinals) USA Robert Lutz (quarterfinals) Draw Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 NED Tom Okker 6 6 6     7 USA Marty Riessen 3 3 0     3 AUS Ken Rosewall 7 6 5 6   6 AUS John Newcombe 5 2 7 3   5 USA Arthur Ashe 4 7 6 6   4 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale 6 6 4 3   8 USA Robert Lutz 3 4 4     2 AUS Rod Laver 6 6 6     1 NED Tom Okker 3 3 1     3 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 6     5 USA Arthur Ashe 3 6 3 3   2 AUS Rod Laver 6 1 6 6   3 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 1 77 77   2 AUS Rod Laver 4 6 63 64   References External links ITF tournament edition details Singles