ATP World Tour Finals 1971


General 1971-12-04 - 1971-12-12
ATP
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Paris / Stade Cuberton
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Info Grand Prix Masters


Report The Masters tournament in Paris with a price money of $ 48.000 concluded the second ITLF Grand Prix Circuit which had expanded from 20 tournaments
In 1970 to 31 tournaments in 1971.These 31 Grand Prix events- which were divided into 4 classes (A,B,C,D)- were:
1. Nice Open(D)
2. Monte Carlo Open (C)
3. Sicilian International Championships (C)
4. Charlotte Open(C)
5. Catania Open (C)
6. River Oaks Tournament (C)
7. Paris International Championships (C)
8. British Hard Court Championships (B)
9. German International Championships (B)
10. Belgian International Championships (B)
11. French Open-Roland Garros (A)
12. Queens Club – Rothmans London Grass Court Championships(D)
13. South of England Championships (D)
14. Wimbledon (A)
15. Bastad-Swedish Open (B)
16. Gstaad-Swiss Open (B)
17. Welsh Championships (C)
18. Washington Star International (B9
19. Tanglewood Open (C)
20. Buckeye Open (D)
21. Cincinnati-Western Championships (C)
22. Senigallia Open (D)
23. U.S.Clay Court Championships (B)
24. Pennsylvania Grass Court Championships (D)
25 .Eastern Grass Court Championships (C)
26. U.S.Open (A)
27 .U.S.Hard Court Championships (C)
28 .Pacific South West Championships (B)
29 .Pacific Coast Championships (C)
30 .British Covered Court Championships (B)
31. Argentina International Championships-South American Open (B)
Unfortunately,it is almost impossible now to detect the exact price money of the 4 classes of Grand Prix tournaments. Class C had about $ 20.000,Class B
about § 50.000 and Class A about $90.000.It should also be noted that 2 Grand Prix events ( Washington,Pacific South West) were part of the WCT Series.
The Final Standings were:
1. Stan Smith 187 - $ 25.000
2. Ilie Nastase 172 - $ 17.000
3. Zeljko Franulovic 129 - $ 15.000
4. Jan Kodes 124 - $ 12.000
5. Cliff Richey 98 - $ 10.500
6. John Newcombe 94
7. Pierre Barthes 82 - $ 9.500
8. Ken Rosewall 82
9. Clark Graebner 79 - $ 8.500
10. Tom Gorman 69 - $ 7.500
11. Frank Froehling 68 - $ 6.500
12. Tom Okker 66
13. Roger Taylor 60 - $ 6.000
14. Marty Riessen 60 - $ 5.500
15. Arthur Ashe 59
16. Jaime Fillol 57 - $ 5.000
17. Rod Laver 56
18. Georges Goven 53 - $ 4.500
19. Andres Gimeno 46
20. Bob Lutz 45 - $ 4.000
21. Jan Leschly 44 - $ 3.500
22. Cliff Drysdale 44
23. Patrick Proisy 41 - $ 3.000
24. Gerald Battrick 39 - $ 2.500
25. Jimmy Connors 37
26. Pancho Gonzales 33
27. Adriano Panatta 32
28. Bob Carmichael 30 - $ 2.000
29. Ismail El Shafei 28 - $ 1.500
30 Francois Jauffret 28 - $ 1.000
Players only qualified for the bonus pool price money if they participated in at least 9 Grand Prix tournaments.Obviously,10 players competed in less than 9.
Most of them were the more successful WCT pros.



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Winner Ilie Nastase


Players


Rounds
Poule

Ilie Nastase d. Stan Smith 57,76,63 IN d. Cliff Richey 57,64,86 IN d. Pierre Barthes w/o IN d. Jan Kodes 57,62,62 IN d. Zeljko Franulovic 36,61,62 IN d. Clark Graebner 63,62 Stan Smith d. Richey 46,62,97 StS d. Barthes 64,67,63 StS d. Franulovic 64,64 StS d. Graebner 36,75,63 Cliff Richey d. Barthes 63,63 CR d. Kodes 62,36,63 CR d. Franulovic 64,63 Pierre Bathes d. Kodes 63,64 PB d. Franulovic 75,46,63 PB d. Graebner 61,76 Jan Kodes d. Smith 64,36,64 JK d. Franulovic 64,26,75 JK d. Graebner 76,64 Zeljko Franulovic d. Graebner 64,76 Clark Graebner d. Richey 67,64,63

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