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1971 National Indoor Championships – Singles

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Singles
1971 National Indoor Championships
Final
ChampionRomania Ilie Năstase
Runner-upUnited States Clark Graebner
Score7–5, 6–4, 7–6(5–0)
Details
Draw32
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1970 · Hampton Grand Prix · 1972 →

The 1971 National Indoor Championships – Singles was an event of the 1971 National Indoor Championships tennis tournament held at the Hampton Roads Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia in the United States from March 1 through March 7, 1971. Stan Smith was the defending champion but did not take part in this edition. First-seeded Ilie Năstase won the singles title, defeating Ilie Năstase 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(5–0) in the final. Năstase had survived five match points during his semifinal match against Željko Franulović.[1][2]

Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
              
  Romania Ilie Năstase 1 6 6 5 7
  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 6 0 2 7 5
  Romania Ilie Năstase 7 6 7
  United States Clark Graebner 5 4 6
  United States Clark Graebner 6 6 7
  Romania Ion Țiriac 2 2 5

Top half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6
United States Bobby Heald 3 0 Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6
Jamaica Richard Russell 6 4 6 Jamaica Richard Russell 3 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Špear 2 6 4 Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6
United States Frank Froehling 4 6 7 United States Frank Froehling 4 1
United Kingdom Peter Curtis 6 0 6 United States Frank Froehling 6 6
United States Tom Gorman 1 7 6 United States Tom Gorman 1 4
New Zealand Ian Crookenden 6 5 4 Romania Ilie Năstase 1 6 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 6 6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 6 0 2
Australia Ray Keldie 4 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 4 7 6
South Africa Byron Bertram 7 3 7 South Africa Byron Bertram 6 5 4
West Germany Ingo Buding 6 6 6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 7 3 6
Brazil José Edison Mandarino 6 6 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6 6 3
New Zealand Onny Parun 2 3 Brazil José Edison Mandarino 6 4 1
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6 6 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 4 6 6
Austria Hans Kary 2 3

Bottom half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
United States Clark Graebner 6 3
Australia Terry Addison 2 0r United States Clark Graebner 6 6
Italy Martin Mulligan 4 6 6 Italy Martin Mulligan 4 2
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník 6 0 0 United States Clark Graebner 5 6 6
United States Tom Edlefsen 6 6 Chile Jaime Fillol 7 3 1
Hungary Péter Szőke 1 2 United States Tom Edlefsen 3 4
Chile Jaime Fillol 6 6 Chile Jaime Fillol 6 6
United States Frank Parker 3 4 United States Clark Graebner 6 6 7
Brazil Thomaz Koch 6 7 Romania Ion Țiriac 2 2 5
Mexico Joaquín Loyo-Mayo 4 5 Brazil Thomaz Koch 6 5 6
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček 6 7 Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček 1 7 4
United States Jim McManus 4 5 Brazil Thomaz Koch 5 7 1
Romania Ion Țiriac 6 7 Romania Ion Țiriac 7 6 6
Canada Mike Belkin 3 6 Romania Ion Țiriac 6 6 6
Spain Manuel Orantes 6 6 Spain Manuel Orantes 7 0 3
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick 3 3

References

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  1. ^ "1971 Hampton – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1972). World of Tennis '72. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 252. ISBN 9780362001037. OCLC 86035663.
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