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Vancouver WCT
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameRothmans Vancouver International
TourWCT circuit
Founded1970 (1970)
Abolished1973
Editions4
LocationVancouver, Canada
VenuePNE Agrodome
SurfaceCarpet / indoor

The Vancouver WCT, also known by its sponsored name Rothmans Vancouver International, was a men's tennis tournament held at the PNE AgrodomeinVancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1970[1] to 1973.[2][3][4] The event was part of the WCT Tour and was played in indoor carpet courts. The tournament was cancelled in July 1973 due to diminishing interest and decreasing attendance.[5][6]

Finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970 Australia Rod Laver Australia Roy Emerson 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1971 Australia Ken Rosewall Netherlands Tom Okker 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1972 Australia John Newcombe United States Marty Riessen 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(14–12), 7–5
1973 United States Tom Gorman Czech Republic Jan Kodeš 3–6, 6–2, 7–5

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
France Pierre Barthès
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1971 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
5–7, 6–7, 6–0, 7–5, 7–6
1972 Australia John Newcombe
Australia Fred Stolle
South Africa Cliff Drysdale
Australia Allan Stone
7–6, 6–0
1973 France Pierre Barthès
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
United States Tom Gorman
United States Erik van Dillen
5–7, 6–3, 7–6

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis pros chase $10,000". The Vancouver Sun. 29 September 1970. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ John Barrett, ed. (1972). World of Tennis '72. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 149, 152. ISBN 9780362001037. OCLC 86035663.
  • ^ John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 141, 147. ISBN 9780671216238.
  • ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780362001686.
  • ^ Tony Gallagher (14 July 1973). "Championship circuit to bypass Vancouver". The Province. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com. The Rothmans International tournament, an annual event at the PNE Agrodome since 1970, has been discontinued as one of the stops of the Dallas centered WCT group because of the lack of attendance during the eight-day event.
  • ^ "Vancouver lays tennis egg". The Vancouver Sun. 16 July 1973. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com. After three years of apathetic interest in the Rothman's International tennis championships, the sponsoring company has sacked the event in Vancouver.
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