1971 Women's Grand Prix (tennis)

The 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix was a tennis circuit administered by the International Lawn Tennis Federation which served as a forerunner to the current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. This article covers all tournaments that were part of that year's Women's Grand Prix.[1]

1971 Women's Grand Prix

Details
Duration	3 May 1971 – 25 October 1971
Edition	1st
Tournaments	15
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Billie Jean King (6)
Prize money leader	Billie Jean King $10,000
Points leader	Billie Jean King 181
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Schedule

Key

Group A tournaments

Group B tournaments

Group C tournaments

Group D tournaments

Grand Prix Masters

Team events

May

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 May	Bio–Strath London Hard Court Championships London, England	Margaret Court 6–0, 6–3	Françoise Dürr	Gail Chanfreau Virginia Wade	Julie Heldman Nell Truman Judy Dalton Rosie Casals
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–1, 6–4	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong
17 May	Rothmans Open Hard Court Championships of Britain Bournemouth, England	Margaret Court 7–5, 6–1	Evonne Goolagong	Françoise Dürr Mary–Ann Curtis
		Mary–Ann Curtis Françoise Dürr 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong
23 May	Grand Prix German Open Hamburg, West Germany	Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–2	Helga Masthoff	Helga Hösl Rosie Casals	Heide Orth Valerie Ziegenfuss Kazuko Sawamatsu Kerry Melville
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–2, 6–1	Helga Masthoff Heide Orth
24 May	French Open Paris, France Clay – 32S/16D	Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 7–5	Helen Gourlay Cawley	Marijke Schaar Nancy Richey	Françoise Dürr Gail Chanfreau Linda Tuero Lesley Bowrey
		Gail Chanfreau Françoise Dürr 6–4, 6–1	Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris

June

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
14 June	Queen's Club Championships London, England Grass – 64S/32D	Margaret Court 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Billie Jean King	Rosie Casals Virginia Wade	Kristy Pigeon Helen Gourlay
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–2, 8–6	Mary–Ann Curtis Valerie Ziegenfuss
21 June	Wimbledon Championships London, England Grass – 128S/32D	Evonne Goolagong 6–4, 6–1	Margaret Court	Billie Jean King Judy Dalton	Nancy Richey Winnie Shaw Françoise Dürr Kerry Melville
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–2	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong

July

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 July	Swedish Open Bastad, Sweden Clay – 32S/32D	Helga Masthoff 4–6, 6–1, 6–3	Ingrid Bentzer	Christina Sandberg Linda Tuero	Ana María Pinto Bravo Heide Orth Ann-Charlotte Dahlberg Odile de Roubin
		Helga Masthoff Heide Orth 6–2, 6–1	Ana María Pinto Bravo Linda Tuero
	Green Shield Open Welsh Championships Newport, Wales Grass – S32/D16	Virginia Wade 6–3, 6–4	Judy Tegart Dalton	Winnie Shaw Helen Gourlay
		Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris 6–3, 8–6	Gail Chanfreau Winnie Shaw
	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland Clay – S32/D16	Françoise Dürr 6–3, 6–3	Lesley Hunt	Marijke Schaar Alena Palmeová-West	Lea Pericoli Fiorella Bonicelli Silvia Gubler Laura Rossouw
		Brenda Kirk Laura Rossouw 8–6, 6–3	Françoise Dürr Lea Pericoli
12 July	Rothmans North of England Championships Hoylake, England Grass – 32S/16D	Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–3	Rosie Casals	Margaret Court Patti Hogan
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King walkover	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong

August

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 August	Cincinnati Open Cincinnati, United States Hard – 32S/16D	Virginia Wade 6–3, 6–3	Linda Tuero
		Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris 6–4, 6–4	Gail Chanfreau Winnie Shaw
9 August	Women's Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, USA Clay – 32S/16D	Billie Jean King 6–4, 7–5	Linda Tuero	Helen Gourlay Gail Chanfreau
		Judy Dalton Billie Jean King 6–1, 6–2	Julie Heldman Linda Tuero

September

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 September	Eastern Grass Court Championships East Orange NJ, United States Grass – 64S/32D	Chris Evert 6–4, 6–0	Helen Gourlay
		Cancelled
2 September	US Open New York, United States Grass – 128S/32D	Billie Jean King 6–4, 7–6	Rosie Casals	Chris Evert Kerry Melville	Laura DuPont Joyce Williams Lesley Hunt Judy Tegart Dalton
		Rosie Casals Judy Tegart Dalton 6–3, 6–3	Gail Chanfreau Françoise Dürr

October

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 October	Embassy British Indoor Championships London, England Carpet– 32S/16D	Billie Jean King 6–1, 6–2	Rosie Casals
		Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade 3–6, 7–5, 6–3	Evonne Goolagong Julie Heldman

Grand Prix Entry Rankings

As of 1 January 1971 Rk Name Nation

Year-end rankings (December 1971) Rk Name Nation Points High Low Change

Titles won by player

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1971 Women's Grand Prix circuit: the Grand Slam tournaments and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:

1) total number of titles;
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Total titles	Player	Grand Slam tournaments			Regular tournaments		All titles
		Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
17	Billie Jean King	1	1	2	6	9	7	10
6	Margaret Court		1		3	9	3	3
5	Evonne Goolagong	2				4	2	3

The following players won their first title in 1971:

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1972). World of Tennis '72. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 143, 144. ISBN 9780362001037. OCLC 86035663.

External links

• ATP Archive 1971: Pepsi Cola Grand Prix Tournaments
• History Mens Professional Tours

Further reading

• Collins Bud History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). USA: New Chapter Press. 2010. ISBN 0-942257-70-7.

See also

• 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit
• 1971 Men's Grand Prix (tennis)