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 Championships, a WCT tournament played in the 1980s.

Atlanta WCT
Defunct tennis tournament
TourWorld Championship Tennis
Founded1970
Abolished1976
Editions5
LocationAtlanta, Georgia, US
VenueAlexander Memorial Coliseum
SurfaceHard / outdoors (1970)
Carpet / indoors (1973–1976)

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
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
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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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).
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