Alan King Tennis Classic

The Alan King Tennis Classic [1] was a men's tennis tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1972-1985. 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.

Alan King Tennis Classic
Defunct tennis tournament
TourWCT Tour (1972)
Grand Prix circuit (1978–1985)
Founded1972
Abolished1985
Editions13
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
VenueCaesars Palace
SurfaceHard / outdoor

Past finals

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1972 John Newcombe Cliff Drysdale6–3, 6–4
1973 Brian Gottfried Arthur Ashe6–1, 6–3
1974 Rod Laver Marty Riessen6–2, 6–2
1975 Roscoe Tanner Ross Case5–7, 7–5, 7–6
1976 Jimmy Connors Ken Rosewall6–1, 6–3
1977 Jimmy Connors Raúl Ramírez6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1978 Harold Solomon Corrado Barazzutti6–1, 3–0, RET.
1979 Björn Borg Jimmy Connors6–3, 6–2
1980 Björn Borg Harold Solomon6–3, 6–1
1981 Ivan Lendl Harold Solomon6–4, 6–2
1982 Jimmy Connors Gene Mayer5–2, RET.
1983 Jimmy Connors Mark Edmondson7–6, 6–1
1984Not Held
1985 Johan Kriek Jimmy Arias4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2

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

References
  1. "Navratilova wins 36th straight". The Dispatch Newspaper. April 25, 1983. p. 12 – via Google News Archive.
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