1970 ITPA Open Indoor | |
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Date | February 2–8 |
Edition | 3rd |
Category | ILTF World Circuit |
Draw | 64S / 32D |
Prize money | $60,000 |
Surface | Carpet / indoor |
Location | Philadelphia, PA, United States |
Venue | Spectrum |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Rod Laver [1] | |
Women's singles | |
Margaret Court | |
Men's doubles | |
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac [2] |
The 1970 International Tennis Players Association Open Indoor [3] or ITPA Open Indoor was an ILTF tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was played at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from February 2 through February 8, 1970.
The men's singles was won by Rod Laver, his second consecutive singles title at the event, and the women's singles was won by Margaret Court
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