1975 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships

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1975 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
Date13–19 October
Edition3rd
Category Grand Prix (Group AA)
Draw64S / 32D
Prize money$100,000
SurfaceHard / Indoor
Location Sydney, Australia
Venue Hordern Pavilion
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith [1]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Gottfried / Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez [2]
  1974  · Australian Indoor Tennis Championships ·  1976  

The 1975 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships was a men's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia and was part of the 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix as a Group AA category event. The tournament was held from 13 October through 19 October 1975. Unseeded Stan Smith won the singles title. [3] [4]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith defeated Flag of the United States.svg Robert Lutz 7–6, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Brian Gottfried / Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Case / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Masters 6–4, 6–2

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  2. "1975 Sydney Indoor – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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