The 1971 Pepsi Cola Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments. It was the second edition of the Grand Prix circuit and was run by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ITLF). In addition to regular tournament prize money a bonus prize money pool of ã60,000 ($150,000) was available to be divided among the 20 highest ranking players after the last tournament. To be eligible for a share of the bonus pool a player had to compete in a minimum of nine tournaments. The circuit culminated in a Masters event in Paris for the seven highest point scoring players. Stan Smith was the winner of the circuit with 187 ranking points and four tournament victories.
Schedule
Key
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
December
Standings
Grand Prix rankings
List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of singles titles won, listed alphabetically by last name:
- Arthur Ashe (2) Charlotte, Stockholm Open
- Gerald Battrick (2) Bournemouth, Hilversum
- Bob Carmichael (1) Auckland
- Phil Dent (1) Sydney Outdoor
- Cliff Drysdale (2) Miami WCT, Brussels
- Jaime Fillol (1) Tanglewood
- Ã
½eljko Franulovià(4) New York, Macon, Indianapolis, Buenos Aires
- Andrés Gimeno (1) Hamburg
- Pancho Gonzalez (1) Los Angeles
- Tom Gorman (1) Columbus
- Clark Graebner (3) Salisbury, Merion, South Orange
- Thomaz Koch (1) Caracas
- Jan KodeÃ
¡ (2) Catania, French Open
- Rod Laver (5) London, Rome, Fort Worth WCT, Berkeley, Bologna WCT
- Robert Lutz (1) Sacramento
- Alex Metreveli (1) Hobart
- Ilie NÃÂstase (6) Richmond, Hampton, Nice, Monte Carlo, BÃÂ¥stad, Masters
- John Newcombe (6) Philadelphia, Chicago WCT, Dallas WCT, Wimbledon, Gstaad, Montreal
- Tom Okker (2) Louisville WCT, Quebec WCT
- Manuel Orantes (1) Barcelona WCT
- Cliff Richey (1) Houston
- Marty Riessen (1) Tehran WCT
- Ken Rosewall (7) Australian Open, Newport, Washington WCT, Boston WCT, Vancouver WCT, Dallas, Australian Open
- Stan Smith (4) Paris, Queen's Club, Cincinnati, US Open
- Roger Taylor (1) Palermo
The following players won their first title in 1971:
See also
Notes
References
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Further reading