1971 World Championship Tennis circuit

1971 World Championship Tennis circuit
Rosewall won five titles
Details
Duration9 February 1971 – 19 November 1971
Edition4th
Tournaments21
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesAustralia Ken Rosewall (5)
Most finalsAustralia Rod Laver (8)
Prize money
leader
Australia Rod Laver ($289,841)
Points leaderAustralia Rod Laver (87.25)
1970
1972

The 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1971. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT) and was the first edition of the circuit. Points were awarded to players based on their tournament results (ten points for the tournament winner, seven points for the runner–up, four points for the semifinalists, two points for the quarterfinalists and one point for reaching the second round). The circuit included twenty regular events and a WCT circuit final taking place in Houston/Dallas in November for the eight players with the highest points total. Each tournament had a minimum prize money of $50,000.[1]

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1972). World of Tennis '72. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 145–153, 254. ISBN 9780362001037. OCLC 86035663.