Alan King Tennis Classic

Template:Infobox tennis tournament The Alan King Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1972 to 1985. It was an event of the WCT Tour in 1972 before joining the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1978 until 1985, and was one of the major ranking tournaments of both tours. It was part of the Grand Prix Super Series between 1972 and 1981. The event was hosted by American comedian Alan King and was played on outdoor hard courts of the Caesars Palace hotel.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1972	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale	6–3, 6–4
1973	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–3
1974	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–2, 6–2
1975	Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	5–7, 7–5, 7–6
1976	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–3
1977	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1978	Template:Flagicon Harold Solomon	Template:Flagicon Corrado Barazzutti	6–1, 3–0, RET.
1979	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–2
1980	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg	Template:Flagicon Harold Solomon	6–3, 6–1
1981	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	Template:Flagicon Harold Solomon	6–4, 6–2
1982	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer	5–2, RET.
1983	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson	7–6, 6–1
1984	Not Held
1985	Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Arias	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1972	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	DEF
1973	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1974	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1975	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale	6–1, 6–4
1976	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–4, 6–2
1977	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1978	Template:Flagicon Álvaro Fillol Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
1979	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1980	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer	6–2, 7–5
1981	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon Tracy Delatte Template:Flagicon Trey Waltke	6–3, 7–6
1982	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	Template:Flagicon Carlos Kirmayr Template:Flagicon Van Winitsky	7–6, 6–4
1983	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	Template:Flagicon Tracy Delatte Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek	6–3, 7–5
1984	Not Held
1985	Template:Flagicon Pat Cash Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald	Template:Flagicon Paul Annacone Template:Flagicon Christo van Rensburg	7–6, 6–7, 7–6

See also

• Tennis Channel Open
• Las Vegas Challenger

External links

• ATP World Tour archive