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{{TennisEventInfo|1971|World Championship Tennis Finals|<br />
| date=November 18–26<br />
| edition=1st<br />
| draw=8S<br />
| prize_money=$100,000<br />
| category=[[World Championship Tennis]]<br />
| surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor<br />
| location=[[Houston, Texas]], United States <br/>[[Dallas, Texas]], United States (final)<br />
| venue=[[Hofheinz Pavilion]] <br/>[[Dallas Memorial Auditorium|Memorial Auditorium]] (final)<br />
| champs={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ken Rosewall]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1971 WCT Dallas – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/dallas/610/1971/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref><br />
| main_name=WCT Finals <br />
}}<br />
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The '''1971 World Championship Tennis Finals''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor Sportface [[carpet court]]s. It was the first edition of the [[WCT Finals]] and the concluding event of the [[1971 World Championship Tennis circuit]]. The eight top players in ranking points after the initial 20 tournaments of the circuit qualified for the play-off event. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played at the [[Hofheinz Pavilion]] in [[Houston, Texas]] from November 19 through November 21 while the final, watched by 8,200 spectators, was played at the [[Dallas Memorial Auditorium|Memorial Auditorium]] in [[Dallas, Texas]], United States on November 26.<ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Richard|title=Open Tennis : 25 Years of Seriously Defiant Success on and off the Court|year=1993|publisher=Bloomsbury|location=London|isbn=0747515204|pages=58–64|edition=Updated}}</ref> [[Ken Rosewall]] win the event and the accompanying $50,000 first-prize money.<ref name="si">{{cite magazine |author1=Joe Jares |title=Winner takes $50,000 loser, $1 million |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=December 6, 1971 |volume=35 |issue=23 |pages=28–29 |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1971/12/06/winner-takes-50000-loser-1-million}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=1972 USLTA Yearbook|publisher=H.O. Zimman|location=Lynn, Massachusetts, USA|page=69|oclc=28486319}}</ref> [[Neil Armstrong]] presented the prizes.<ref name=wot1972>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis '72|year=1972|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London|isbn=9780362001037|oclc=86035663|pages=147–148, 152|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref><br />
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==Final==<br />
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===Singles===<br />
{{main|1971 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles}}<br />
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ken Rosewall]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]] 6–4, 1–6, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup><br />
* It was Rosewall's 8th title of the year and the 16th of his open professional career.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[1971 Pepsi-Cola Masters]]<br />
* [[Laver–Rosewall rivalry]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/wct-finals/usa/1971/m-gp-usa-22a-1971/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]<br />
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