Tennis Champions Classic 1970


General 1970-01-23 - 1970-07-16
Professional
Indoor
2
New York
United States of America


Report The 1st Annual Tennis Champions Classic was held in 1970 in a series of 11 head-to-head matches,each offering a $10.000 winner-takes-it-all prize.
The winner of each match would stay on to play the next challenger.The most successful players qualified for a semi-final.In the 8th match Rod Laver took
the advantage of a second chance given every entrant to reach the semi-finals.When he emerged as ultimate winner, he had earned $ 35.000.Rosewall had to console himself with $15.000.
The Challenge matches were held at the following dates and venues:
Gonzales vs.Laver on 23.I.1970 in Madison Square Garden (MSG),NYC
Gonzales vs.Newcombe on 31.I.1970 in Detroit,MI.
Emerson vs.Gonzales on 15.II.1970 in Miami,FL.
Emerson vs.Rosewall on 1.III.1970 in Los Angeles,CA.
Emerson vs.Gimeno on 5.IV.1970 in Brisbane,Australia.
Stolle vs.Emerson on 1.V.1970 in Dayton,OH.
Okker vs.Stolle on 20.V.1970 in Los Angeles,CA.
Laver vs.Roche on 23.V.1970 in West Orange,NJ.
Rosewall vs.Stolle on 3.VI.1970 in MSG,New York City.
Okker vs. Roche on 3.VI.1970 in MSG,New York City
Rosewall vs. Okker on 4.VI.1970 in MSG,New York City.
The Semi-Finals were held on 5.VI.1970 in MSG,New York City.
The Final was staged on 16.VII.1970 in MSG,New York City.



Media


Winner Rodney George (Rod) Laver


Players
Roy Stanley Emerson
Ricardo Alonso (Pancho) Gonzales
Rodney George (Rod) Laver
Kenneth Robert (Ken) Rosewall


Rounds
Semifinals
Rod Laver*
Pancho Gonzales
6-3 6-3 6-1
Ken Rosewall*
Roy Emerson
4-6 6-1 6-4 4-6 7-5

Final
Rod Laver*
Ken Rosewall
6-4 6-3 6-3


Tournament
Semifinals
Rod Laver*
Pancho Gonzales
Ken Rosewall*
Roy Emerson
Final
Rod Laver*
Ken Rosewall