1970_U.S._Pro_Tennis_Championships_–_Singles

1970 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles

1970 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles

1970 tennis event results

The 1970 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, USA. It was classified as a Glass 1 category tournament and was part of the 1970 Grand Prix circuit. It was the 43rd edition of the tournament and was held from August 3 through August 9, 1970. Fourth-seeded Tony Roche won the singles title and the accompanying $12,000 first prize money.[2]

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Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Australia Rod Laver (final)
  2. Australia Tony Roche (champion)
  3. Australia John Newcombe (first round)
  4. Australia Ken Rosewall (second round)
  5. United States Cliff Richey (first round)
  6. Australia Roy Emerson (semifinals)
  7. United States Arthur Ashe (quarterfinals)
  8. Spain Andrés Gimeno (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final[1]
              
2 Australia Tony Roche 2 6 6 6
6 Australia Roy Emerson 6 1 4 3
2 Australia Tony Roche 3 6 6 6
1 Australia Rod Laver 6 4 2 2
  South Africa Cliff Drysdale 3 0 0
1 Australia Rod Laver 6 6 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2 Australia T Roche 6 6
United States D Ralston 4 1 2 Australia T Roche 7 6 6
Australia F Stolle 6 7 Australia F Stolle 6 7 1
Chile P Cornejo 2 6 2 Australia T Roche 6 6
7 United States A Ashe 6 6 7 United States A Ashe 1 4
France P Barthès 4 2 7 United States A Ashe 6 6
United Arab Republic I El Shafei 1 6 7 United Arab Republic I El Shafei 3 4
Netherlands T Okker 6 4 5 2 Australia T Roche 2 6 6 6
United States C Graebner 6 6 6 Australia R Emerson 6 1 4 3
3 Australia J Newcombe 2 4 United States C Graebner 6 5 3
Chile J Fillol 7 3 7 Chile Jaime Fillol 4 7 6
United States T Gorman 6 6 6 Chile Jaime Fillol 3 2
6 Australia R Emerson 6 6 6 Australia R Emerson 6 6
Australia B Bowrey 3 2 6 Australia R Emerson 6 6
United Kingdom M Cox 6 6 6 United Kingdom M Cox 1 2
United States B Lutz 3 7 4

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Czechoslovakia J Kodeš 6 6
United Kingdom G Stilwell 4 1 Czechoslovakia J Kodeš 7 6
United States M Riessen 2 6 6 United States M Riessen 5 4
5 United States C Richey 6 4 3 Czechoslovakia J Kodeš 7 3 4
South Africa C Drysdale 6 5 7 South Africa C Drysdale 6 6 6
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Ž Franulović 2 7 6 South Africa C Drysdale 6 7
4 Australia K Rosewall 6 6 4 Australia K Rosewall 4 6
United Kingdom R Taylor 2 4 South Africa C Drysdale 3 0 0
Australia R Ruffels 7 6 1 Australia R Laver 6 6 6
Australia A Stone 6 4 Australia R Ruffels 6 4 6
8 Spain A Gimeno 6 6 6 8 Spain Andrés Gimeno 1 6 2
United States C Pasarell 7 2 0 Australia R Ruffels 1 2
South Africa R Moore 6 6 1 Australia R Laver 6 6
United States R Holmberg 2 3 South Africa R Moore 3 5
1 Australia R Laver 6 6 1 Australia R Laver 6 7
Denmark T Ulrich 3 2

References

  1. [1]
    "1970 Boston". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. [2]
    John Barrett, ed. (1971). World of Tennis '71 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.
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