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Duration | 1 April 1971 – 26 December 1971 |
Edition | 2nd |
Tournaments | 31 |
Categories | Group A (3) Group B (11) Group C (11) Group D (5) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Ilie Năstase (4) Stan Smith (4) |
Most tournament finals | Ilie Năstase (6) |
Points leader | Stan Smith (187) |
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The 1971 Pepsi Cola Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. [1] It incorporated three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, [lower-alpha 1] the Grand Prix tournaments. It was the second edition of the Grand Prix circuit and was run by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ITLF). [2] In addition to regular tournament prize money a bonus prize money pool of £60,000 ($150,000) was available to be divided among the 20 highest ranking players after the last tournament. To be eligible for a share of the bonus pool a player had to compete in a minimum of nine tournaments. [1] The circuit culminated in a Masters event in Paris for the seven highest point scoring players. Stan Smith was the winner of the circuit with 187 ranking points and four tournament victories. [3]
Group A tournaments |
Group B tournaments |
Group C tournaments |
Group D tournaments |
Grand Prix Masters |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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14 Jun | Queen's Club Championships London, England Grass – 64S/32D Group D Singles – Doubles | Stan Smith 8–6, 6–3 | John Newcombe | Owen Davidson Tom Gorman | Ross Case Roy Emerson Marty Riessen Rod Laver |
Marty Riessen Tom Okker 8–6, 4–6, 10–8 | Stan Smith Erik van Dillen | ||||
21 Jun | Wimbledon London, England Grass– 128S/64D Grand Slam / Group A Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | John Newcombe 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 | Stan Smith | Tom Gorman Ken Rosewall | Rod Laver Onny Parun Cliff Richey Colin Dibley |
Roy Emerson Rod Laver 4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4 | Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston | ||||
Billie Jean King Owen Davidson 3–6, 6–2, 15-13 | Margaret Court Marty Riessen |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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25 Oct | Embassy British Indoor Championships London, England Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Group B | Ilie Năstase 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | Rod Laver | Tom Gorman Bob Hewitt | John Newcombe Frew McMillan Cliff Drysdale Ray Ruffels |
Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 7–5, 9–7, 6–2 | Bill Bowrey Owen Davidson |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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1 Dec | Buenos Aires Grand Prix Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay – 32S/16D Group B Singles | Željko Franulović 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 | Ilie Năstase | Jan Leschly Stan Smith | István Gulyás Cliff Richey Frank Froehling Roberto Aubone |
Ilie Năstase Željko Franulović 6–4, 6–4 | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | ||||
4 Dec | Pepsi–Cola Masters Paris, France Hard (i) – $48,000 – S7 | Ilie Năstase | N.A. (round robin) | N.A. (round robin) | N.A. (round robin) |
Player | Tournaments | Points | Prize Money |
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Stan Smith | 14 | 187 | $25,000 |
Ilie Năstase | 10 | 172 | $17,000 |
Željko Franulović | 16 | 129 | $15,000 |
Jan Kodeš | 14 | 124 | $12,000 |
Cliff Richey | 15 | 98 | $10,500 |
John Newcombe | 7 | 94 | $0 [lower-alpha 3] |
Pierre Barthès | 22 | 82 | $9,500 |
Ken Rosewall | 6 | 82 | $0 [lower-alpha 3] |
Clark Graebner | 12 | 79 | $4,200 |
Tom Gorman | 16 | 69 | $7,500 |
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