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St. Louis WCT
Defunct tennis tournament
TourWCT Tour
Founded1970
Abolished1978
Editions8
LocationSt. Louis, Missouri, USA
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
Clay / outdoor (1974–75)

The St. Louis WCT was a men's tennis tournament played in St. Louis, Missouri from 1970 to 1978. The event was part of the WCT Tour and was held on indoor carpet courts except from 1974 to 1975, when it was held on outdoor clay courts.

Finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970 Australia Rod Laver Australia Ken Rosewall 6–1, 6–4
1971 Not held
1972 Australia John Newcombe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 6–3, 6–3
1973 United States Stan Smith Australia Rod Laver 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1974 United States Stan Smith Soviet Union Alex Metreveli 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1975 United States Vitas Gerulaitis United States Roscoe Tanner 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1976 Argentina Guillermo Vilas India Vijay Amritraj 4–6, 6–0, 6-4
1977 United States Jimmy Connors Australia John Alexander 7–6, 6–2
1978 United States Sandy Mayer United States Eddie Dibbs 7–6, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970 Spain Andrés Gimeno
Australia John Newcombe
Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
6–4, 6–0
1971 Not held
1972 Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
7–6, 3–6, 6–4
1973 Sweden Ove Nils Bengtson
United States Jim McManus
Australia Terry Addison
Australia Colin Dibley
6–2, 7–5
1974 Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1975 Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Ray Ruffels
Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
6–4, 6–4
1976 United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
6–4, 6–2
1977 Romania Ilie Năstase
Italy Adriano Panatta
India Vijay Amritraj
United States Dick Stockton
6–4, 3–6, 7–6
1978 South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
Poland Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–3, 6–2

References