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1971 Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships – Men's singles


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The 1971 Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships – Men's singles was an event of the 1971 Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships, tennis tournament played at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States from February 9 through February 14, 1971. The draw comprised 32 players and 12 of them were seeded. First-seeded Rod Laver was the defending singles champion. Third-seeded John Newcombe won the title, defeating Laver 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1), 6–4 in the final.

Seeds

  1. AUS Rod Laver (final)
  2. AUS Ken Rosewall (first round)
  3. AUS John Newcombe (champion)
  4. AUS Tony Roche (second round)
  5. USA Arthur Ashe (semifinals)
  6. AUS Roy Emerson (quarterfinals)
  7. NED Tom Okker (quarterfinals)
  8. ESP Andrés Gimeno (second round)
  9. GBR Roger Taylor (second round)
  10. USA Dennis Ralston (quarterfinals)
  11. YUG Nikola Pilić (second round, retired)
  12. AUS Fred Stolle (first round)

Draw

Finals

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| RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=AUS John Newcombe | RD1-score3-1=3 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-3=6 | RD1-score3-4=6 | RD1-score3-5=77 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=RSA Cliff Drysdale | RD1-score4-1=6 | RD1-score4-2=6 | RD1-score4-3=1 | RD1-score4-4=4 | RD1-score4-5=64

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=AUS Rod Laver | RD2-score1-1=65 | RD2-score1-2=61 | RD2-score1-3=4 | RD2-score1-4= | RD2-score1-5= | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=AUS John Newcombe | RD2-score2-1=77 | RD2-score2-2=77 | RD2-score2-3=6 | RD2-score2-4= | RD2-score2-5=

Top half

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| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=AUS J Alexander | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score03-2=711 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=USA M Riessen | RD1-score04-1=4 | RD1-score04-2=69 | RD1-score04-3=

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=GBR M Cox | RD1-score05-1=65 | RD1-score05-2=63 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=NZL B Fairlie | RD1-score06-1=77 | RD1-score06-2=77 | RD1-score06-3=

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=RSA R Maud | RD1-score07-1=2 | RD1-score07-2=0 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-seed08=8 | RD1-team08=ESP A Gimeno | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score08-2=6 | RD1-score08-3=

| RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team09=USA A Ashe | RD1-score09-1=6 | RD1-score09-2=6 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=USA C Pasarell | RD1-score10-1=4 | RD1-score10-2=2 | RD1-score10-3=

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=DEN T Ulrich | RD1-score11-1=3 | RD1-score11-2=4 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12=11 | RD1-team12=YUG N Pilić | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score12-2=6 | RD1-score12-3=

| RD1-seed13=10 | RD1-team13=USA D Ralston | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score13-2=6 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=GBR G Stilwell | RD1-score14-1=1 | RD1-score14-2=4 | RD1-score14-3=

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=AUS P Dent | RD1-score15-1=62 | RD1-score15-2=3 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-seed16=4 | RD1-team16=AUS T Roche | RD1-score16-1=77 | RD1-score16-2=6 | RD1-score16-3=

| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=AUS R Laver | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=AUS J Alexander | RD2-score02-1=4 | RD2-score02-2=2 | RD2-score02-3=

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=NZL B Fairlie | RD2-score03-1=5 | RD2-score03-2=77 | RD2-score03-3=78 | RD2-seed04=8 | RD2-team04=ESP A Gimeno | RD2-score04-1=7 | RD2-score04-2=62 | RD2-score04-3=66

| RD2-seed05=5 | RD2-team05=USA A Ashe | RD2-score05-1=610 | RD2-score05-2=7 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-seed06=11 | RD2-team06=YUG N Pilić | RD2-score06-1=712 | RD2-score06-2=5 | RD2-score06-3=r

| RD2-seed07=10 | RD2-team07=USA D Ralston | RD2-score07-1=7 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08=4 | RD2-team08=AUS T Roche | RD2-score08-1=5 | RD2-score08-2=4 | RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=AUS R Laver | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=NZL B Fairlie | RD3-score02-1=3 | RD3-score02-2=2 | RD3-score02-3=

| RD3-seed03=5 | RD3-team03=USA A Ashe | RD3-score03-1=7 | RD3-score03-2=4 | RD3-score03-3=6 | RD3-seed04=10 | RD3-team04=USA D Ralston | RD3-score04-1=5 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3=1

| RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=AUS R Laver | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=77 | RD4-score01-3=3 | RD4-score01-4=6 | RD4-score01-5= | RD4-seed02=5 | RD4-team02=USA A Ashe | RD4-score02-1=3 | RD4-score02-2=61 | RD4-score02-3=6 | RD4-score02-4=1 | RD4-score02-5=

Bottom half

| RD1-seed01=3 | RD1-team01=AUS J Newcombe | RD1-score01-1=6 | RD1-score01-2=6 | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=USA R Barth | RD1-score02-1=2 | RD1-score02-2=3 | RD1-score02-3=

| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=AUS B Bowrey | RD1-score03-1=5 | RD1-score03-2=2 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04=9 | RD1-team04=GBR R Taylor | RD1-score04-1=7 | RD1-score04-2=6 | RD1-score04-3=

| RD1-seed05=12 | RD1-team05=AUS F Stolle | RD1-score05-1=5 | RD1-score05-2=2 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=USA R Lutz | RD1-score06-1=7 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-score06-3=

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=RSA F McMillan | RD1-score07-1=1 | RD1-score07-2=3 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-seed08=7 | RD1-team08=NED T Okker | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score08-2=6 | RD1-score08-3=

| RD1-seed09=6 | RD1-team09=AUS R Emerson | RD1-score09-1=6 | RD1-score09-2=4 | RD1-score09-3=6 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10= I El Shafei | RD1-score10-1=4 | RD1-score10-2=6 | RD1-score10-3=2

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=AUS D Crealy | RD1-score11-1=3 | RD1-score11-2=4 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=AUS B Carmichael | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score12-2=6 | RD1-score12-3=

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=RSA C Drysdale | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score13-2=6 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=AUS A Stone | RD1-score14-1=2 | RD1-score14-2=1 | RD1-score14-3=

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=AUS O Davidson | RD1-score15-1=6 | RD1-score15-2=6 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-seed16=2 | RD1-team16=AUS K Rosewall | RD1-score16-1=3 | RD1-score16-2=4 | RD1-score16-3=

| RD2-seed01=3 | RD2-team01=AUS J Newcombe | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02=9 | RD2-team02=GBR R Taylor | RD2-score02-1=1 | RD2-score02-2=4 | RD2-score02-3=

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=USA R Lutz | RD2-score03-1=2 | RD2-score03-2=3 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04=7 | RD2-team04=NED T Okker | RD2-score04-1=6 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score04-3=

| RD2-seed05=6 | RD2-team05=AUS R Emerson | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=65 | RD2-score05-3=6 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=AUS B Carmichael | RD2-score06-1=4 | RD2-score06-2=77 | RD2-score06-3=3

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=RSA C Drysdale | RD2-score07-1=7 | RD2-score07-2=7 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=AUS O Davidson | RD2-score08-1=5 | RD2-score08-2=5 | RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-seed01=3 | RD3-team01=AUS J Newcombe | RD3-score01-1=4 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score01-3=77 | RD3-seed02=7 | RD3-team02=NED T Okker | RD3-score02-1=6 | RD3-score02-2=4 | RD3-score02-3=62

| RD3-seed03=6 | RD3-team03=AUS R Emerson | RD3-score03-1=5 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3=1 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=RSA C Drysdale | RD3-score04-1=7 | RD3-score04-2=4 | RD3-score04-3=6

| RD4-seed01=3 | RD4-team01=AUS J Newcombe | RD4-score01-1=3 | RD4-score01-2=2 | RD4-score01-3=6 | RD4-score01-4=6 | RD4-score01-5=77 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=RSA C Drysdale | RD4-score02-1=6 | RD4-score02-2=6 | RD4-score02-3=1 | RD4-score02-4=4 | RD4-score02-5=64

References

References

  1. (11 February 1971). "Rosewall Is Upset by Davidson in First Round of Philadelphia Open Tennis". The New York Times Company.
  2. (1971). "World Tennis' 71". The Queen Anne Press Ltd.
  3. (1972). "World of Tennis '72". [[Queen Anne Press]].
  4. (February 16, 1971). "Laver beaten". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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