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General Date1971-01-02 - 1971-03-19
Tournament typeProfessional
SurfaceIndoor
Rounds2
CityNew York
CountryUnited States of America

Source World Tennis; Deutsche Tennis Zeitung

Info The 11 matches were:
Rod Laver d. Ken Rosewall 63,62,75
Laver d. John Newcombe 64,62,46,57,64
Laver d.Tony Roche 75,46,36,75,61
Laver d. Roy Emerson 62,63,75
Laver d. Arthur Ashe 75,64,75
Laver d.Tom Okker 57,57,62,62,62
Laver d. Ashe 36,63,63,64
Laver d. Roger Taylor 63,75,62
Laver d. Okker 61,64,63
Laver d.Dennis Ralston 36,61,64,63
Laver d. Emerson 63,57,63,36,63

Report The Tennis Champions Classic was held for the second time in 1971.The rules had stayed the same: 11 head-to-head-matches,
each offering a $10.000 winner-takes-it-all-price, and a semi-final and final.The matches were held at the following dates and venues:
Laver vs.Rosewall on 2.I.1971 in New York City
Laver vs.Newcombe on 10.I.1971 in Rochester,NY
Laver vs. Roche on 13.I.1971 in Boston,MS
Laver vs.Emerson I on 17.I.1971 in Philadelphia,PN
Laver vs. Ashe I on 21.I.1971 in New York City
Laver vs.Okker I on 23.I.1971 in Detroit,MI
Laver vs. Ashe II on 28.I.1971 in New York City
Laver vs.Taylor on 4.II.1971 in Inglewood,CAL
Laver vs.Okker II on 6.II.1971 in New York City
Laver vs.Ralston on 17.II.1971 in New York City
Laver vs.Emerson II on 19.II.1971 in New Haven,CT
The semi-finals and the final were stages 18.-19.III.1971 in New York City.
After winning the 13 matches Rod Laver had won the total price money of $140.000,the largest in Tennis yet.

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Winner Player Rodney George (Rod) Laver


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