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{{TennisEventInfo|1971| Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships|
| date=February 9–14
| edition=4th
| category={{nowrap|[[World Championship Tennis]] (men)}} [[Virginia Slims Circuit]] (women)
| prize_money=$50,000 (men) $12,500 (women)
| draw=32S (men) 16S (women)
| surface= [[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor
| location=[[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, United States
| venue=[[Wachovia Spectrum|Spectrum]]
| attendance=50,199
| champms={{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]]<ref name=ms>{{cite web|title=1971 Philadelphia – Men's singles draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/philadelphia/401/1971/draws?matchType=singles|publisher=[[Association of Tennis Professionals]] (ATP)}}</ref>
| champws={{flagicon|USA}} [[Rosie Casals]]
| before_name=ITPA Open Indoor
| after_name=U.S. Professional Indoor
}}

The '''1971 Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships'''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Amur |first1=Neil Amur |title=Rosewall Is Upset by Davidson in First Round of Philadelphia Open Tennis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/11/archives/rosewall-is-upset-by-davidson-in-first-round-of-philadelphia-open.html |access-date=8 October 2023 |work=The New York Times |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=11 February 1971 |location=New York City |page=62}}</ref> also called the '''Philadelphia International Indoor'''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tingay |first1=Lance |editor1-last=Barrett |editor1-first=John |title=World Tennis' 71 A BP YEARBOOK |date=1971 |publisher=The Queen Anne Press Ltd |location=London |isbn=0362000913 |page=145 |chapter=US Tournaments}}</ref> was a [[World Championship Tennis|WCT]] and [[Virginia Slims Circuit]] [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s. It was played at the [[Wachovia Spectrum|Spectrum]] in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania in the United States. It was the fourth edition of the [[U.S. Pro Indoor|tournament]] and was held from February 9 through February 14, 1971. [[John Newcombe]] and [[Rosie Casals]] won the singles titles.<ref name=dolan2011>{{cite book|title=Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide|year=2011|publisher=Remous|pages=81, 85|author=John Dolan}}</ref><ref name=wot1972>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis '72|year=1972|publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]]|location=London|isbn=9780362001037|oclc=86035663|pages=134–135|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Laver beaten|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mAQrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_uQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3320%2C6230023|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|page=22|date=February 16, 1971|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>

==Finals==
===Men's singles===
{{main article|1971 Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships – Men's singles}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]] 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
* It was Newcombe's 1st title of the year and the 12th of his professional career.

===Woman's singles===
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rosie Casals]] defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Françoise Dürr]] 6–2, 3–6, 6–2

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{U.S. Pro Indoor tournaments}}
{{1971 World Championship Tennis circuit}}
{{1971 Women's Tennis Circuit}}

[[Category:1971 World Championship Tennis circuit|U.S. Professional Indoor]]
[[Category:U.S. Pro Indoor]]
[[Category:1971 in American tennis|U.S. Professional Indoor]]
[[Category:1971 in sports in Pennsylvania|U.S. Professional Indoor]]
[[Category:February 1971 sports events in the United States|U.S. Professional Indoor]]

1971 Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships - Revision history

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