1971 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
Appearance
Singles | |
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1971 World Championship Tennis Finals | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4) |
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.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
Tom Okker (Semifinals)
Rod Laver (Final)
Ken Rosewall (Champion)
Cliff Drysdale (Quarterfinals)
Arthur Ashe (Semifinals)
John Newcombe (Quarterfinals)
Marty Riessen (Quarterfinals)
Robert Lutz (Quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 77 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 4 | 6 | 63 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 |