- WCT Finals
The WCT Finals was a
tennis tournament that served as the season-ending championship for theWorld Championship Tennis circuit. The event was held annually inDallas, Texas , and played on indoor carpet courts. The 1971 quarterfinals and semifinals were played in Houston, and final played atMoody Coliseum in Dallas. The 1972-1979 editions were played at Moody Coliseum, and the 1980-1989 tournaments atReunion Arena in Dallas. The WCT, in 1974, was the first tennis tournament to experiment with electronic line callingThe first edition of the WCT Finals in 1971 was played in November, just a few days before The Masters, the equivalent of the WCT Finals for the rival Grand Prix circuit. Because of TV pressure, the second edition was held in May 1972 and most of the following editions were organized in between months of March and May.
In 1972 another edition, less important and with half the prize money, was held in November in
Rome . The prize money offered to the winner,Arthur Ashe , wasUS$ 25,000 compared to the US$50,000 won byKen Rosewall for the main edition in May. A decade later there were three editions of the WCT Finals; the most important one in Dallas, and the others in autumn inNaples ,Italy , and in winter (in January 1983) in Detroit.Results
easonal finals events
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External links
* [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/vault/ ATP Vault]
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