Alan King Tennis Classic

The Alan King Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1972-1985 and was part of the WCT Tour from 1972 until 1977 then it became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1978 until 1985, and one of the major ranking tournaments of both tour's it was part of the Grand Prix Super Series between 1972 and 1981. The event was hosted by American comedian Alan King and was played on outdoor hard courts of the Caesars Palace hotel.

Results

Singles champions

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1972	John Newcombe	Cliff Drysdale	6–3, 6–4
1973	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–3
1974	Rod Laver	Marty Riessen	6–2, 6–2
1975	Roscoe Tanner	Ross Case	5–7, 7–5, 7–6
1976	Jimmy Connors	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–3
1977	Jimmy Connors	Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1978	Harold Solomon	Corrado Barazzutti	6–1, 3–0, RET.
1979	Björn Borg	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–2
1980	Björn Borg	Harold Solomon	6–3, 6–1
1981	Ivan Lendl	Harold Solomon	6–4, 6–2
1982	Jimmy Connors	Gene Mayer	5–2, RET.
1983	Jimmy Connors	Mark Edmondson	7–6, 6–1
1984	Not Held
1985	Johan Kriek	Jimmy Arias	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	John Newcombe Tony Roche	DEF
1973	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1974	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	Frew McMillan John Newcombe	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1975	John Alexander Phil Dent	Bob Carmichael Cliff Drysdale	6–1, 6–4
1976	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–4, 6–2
1977	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1978	Álvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol	Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
1979	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	Adriano Panatta Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1980	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	Wojtek Fibak Gene Mayer	6–2, 7–5
1981	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Tracy Delatte Trey Waltke	6–3, 7–6
1982	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	Carlos Kirmayr Van Winitsky	7–6, 6–4
1983	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	Tracy Delatte Johan Kriek	6–3, 7–5
1984	Not Held
1985	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	7–6, 6–7, 7–6

References

• ATP Vault