Atlanta WCT

Tennis tournament

Atlanta WCT

Defunct tennis tournament
Tour| World Championship Tennis
Founded| 1970
Abolished| 1976
Editions| 5
Location| Atlanta, Georgia, US
Venue| Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Surface| Hard / outdoors (1970)
Carpet / indoors (1973–1976)

The Atlanta WCT was a men's tennis tournament played in Atlanta, Georgia from 1970–1976. The event was part of the WCT Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in 1970, and on indoor carpet courts at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in 1973–76. This tournament is not to be confused with the WCT Atlanta, a WCT tournament played in the 1980s.

## Past finals

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### Singles

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1970 |  Tom Okker[1] |  Dennis Ralston | 6–4, 10–8, 6–2
1971–72 | Not held
1973 |  Stan Smith[2] |  Rod Laver | 6–3, 6–4
1974 |  Dick Stockton[3] |  Jiří Hřebec | 6–2, 6–1
1975 |  Mark Cox[4] |  John Alexander | 6–3, 7–6
1976 |  Ilie Năstase[5] |  Jeff Borowiak | 6–2, 6–4

### Doubles

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Year  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Score

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1973 |  Roy Emerson
Rod Laver |  Robert Maud
Andrew Pattison | 7–6, 6–3
1974 |  Robert Lutz
Stan Smith |  Brian Gottfried
Dick Stockton | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1975 |  Anand Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj |  Mark Cox
Cliff Drysdale | 6–3, 6–2
1976 |  John Alexander
Phil Dent |  Wojciech Fibak
Karl Meiler | 6–3, 6–4

## See also

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* Atlanta Open \- men's tournament (since 2010)
* WTA Atlanta – women's tournament (1975–1983)

## References

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1. ^ "1970 Atlanta WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. ^ "1973 Atlanta WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
3. ^ "1974 Atlanta WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
4. ^ "1975 Atlanta WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
5. ^ "1976 Atlanta WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

## External links

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* ATP World Tour archive

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