Bavarian International Championships 1970


General 1970-08-03 - 1970-08-10
Grand Prix Circuit
Clay
5
München (Munich)
Germany

Source World Tennis; Deutsche Tennis Zeitung


Report The 56th Bavarian International Championships were part of the first Grand Prix Series organized by the International Lawn Tennis Federation in 1970.
They were also the first Grand Prix tournament staged in Germany. The total price money was DM 100.000 (about $ 20.000),bigger than in the following week in Hamburg. Tiriac`s triumph in the final proved to be his only Grand Prix singles title and must be regarded as his greatest success in his singles career. Kuhnke`s non- appearance in the semi-final can be explained with a rained out Saturday and the postponement of the final to Monday. Since
the preparation of the german team for the Davis Cup Inter-Zone Final also started on Monday,he decided not to compete.



Media


Winner Ion Tiriac


Players
John Gillient Alexander
Byron Maxwell Bertram
John Graham Clifton
Owen Keir Davidson
Philip Clive (Phil) Dent
Harald Elschenbroich
Hansjörg Elzer
Hans Engert jr
Karl Fichtel
Robert Anthony John (Bob) Hewitt
Hans Kary
Christian Kuhnke
Jun Kuki
David Alan Lloyd
Robert (Bob) Maud
Frew Donald McMillan
Karl Meiler
Ilie Nastase
Andrew J. Pattison
Barry Phillips-Moore
Nikola (Niki) Pilic
Hans Joachim Ploetz (Plötz)
Peter Pokorny
Herwig Schönenberger
Arthur Schroder (Schröder)
Wolfgang Spannagel
Ion Tiriac
Kimberley (Kim) Grant Warwick


Rounds
Round 1
Ilie Nastase*
Andrew J. Pattison
9-7 6-1 6-3
Hans Joachim Plotz*
Karl Fichtel
6-1 6-0 6-0
Owen Davidson*
Herwig Schönenberger
7-5 6-0 6-1
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Arthur Schroder
6-0 6-1 6-3
Robert Maud*
Wolfgang Spannagel
6-1 6-3 6-2
Phil Dent*
Kim Warwick
6-4 6-1 6-1
Harald Elschenbroich*
Hans Engert jr
6-0 6-1 6-3
Hans Kary*
David Lloyd
6-3 6-3 4-6 7-5
Peter Pokorny*
Hansjörg Elzer
6-2 6-3 6-3
John Alexander*
Karl Meiler
6-2 7-5 7-5
Frew McMillan*
John Clifton
7-5 7-5 6-1
Ion Tiriac*
Byron Bertram
6-2 6-1 6-3

Round 2
Ilie Nastase*
Hans Joachim Plotz
6-3 6-0 6-4
Barry Phillips-Moore*
Owen Davidson
7-5 3-6 7-5 6-1
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Robert Maud
6-0 6-3 6-2
Harald Elschenbroich*
Phil Dent
6-3 6-0 6-2
Christian Kuhnke*
Hans Kary
6-0 6-3 6-2
John Alexander*
Peter Pokorny
6-2 6-4 6-4
Ion Tiriac*
Frew McMillan
6-2 6-1 6-4
Bob Hewitt*
Jun Kuki
6-0 6-1 6-1

Quarterfinals
Ilie Nastase*
Barry Phillips-Moore
6-3 8-6 5-7 6-4
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Harald Elschenbroich
6-2 6-3 6-2
Ion Tiriac*
Bob Hewitt
7-5 6-2 6-4
Christian Kuhnke*
John Alexander
7-9 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-1

Semifinals
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Ilie Nastase
4-6 2-6 6-3 6-1 6-4
Ion Tiriac*
Christian Kuhnke
?

Final
Ion Tiriac*
Nikola (Niki) Pilic
2-6 9-7 6-3 6-4


Tournament
Round 1
Ion Tiriac*
Byron Bertram
Frew McMillan*
John Clifton
Hans Kary*
David Lloyd
John Alexander*
Karl Meiler
Peter Pokorny*
Hansjörg Elzer
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Arthur Schroder
Robert Maud*
Wolfgang Spannagel
Harald Elschenbroich*
Hans Engert jr
Phil Dent*
Kim Warwick
Ilie Nastase*
Andrew J. Pattison
Hans Joachim Plotz*
Karl Fichtel
Owen Davidson*
Herwig Schönenberger
Round 2
Ion Tiriac*
Frew McMillan
Bob Hewitt*
Jun Kuki
Christian Kuhnke*
Hans Kary
John Alexander*
Peter Pokorny
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Robert Maud
Harald Elschenbroich*
Phil Dent
Ilie Nastase*
Hans Joachim Plotz
Barry Phillips-Moore*
Owen Davidson
Quarterfinals
Ion Tiriac*
Bob Hewitt
Christian Kuhnke*
John Alexander
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Harald Elschenbroich
Ilie Nastase*
Barry Phillips-Moore
Semifinals
Ion Tiriac*
Christian Kuhnke
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Ilie Nastase
Final
Ion Tiriac*
Nikola (Niki) Pilic