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 YearChampionRunner-upScore1972 John Newcombe Cliff Drysdale 6–3, 6–41973 Brian Gottfried Arthur Ashe 6–1, 6–31974 Rod Laver Marty Riessen 6–2, 6–21975 Roscoe Tanner Ross Case 5–7, 7–5, 7–61976 Jimmy Connors Ken Rosewall 6–1, 6–31977 Jimmy Connors Raúl Ramírez 6–4, 5–7, 6–21978 Harold Solomon Corrado Barazzutti 6–1, 3–0, RET.1979 Björn Borg Jimmy Connors 6–3, 6–21980 Björn Borg Harold Solomon 6–3, 6–11981 Ivan Lendl Harold Solomon 6–4, 6–21982 Jimmy Connors Gene Mayer 5–2, RET.1983 Jimmy Connors Mark Edmondson 7–6, 6–11984 Not Held1985 Johan Kriek Jimmy Arias 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Doubles YearChampionRunner-upScore 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 Wojciech 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 1984 Not Held 1985 Pat Cash John Fitzgerald Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg 7–6, 6–7, 7–6
See also Tennis Channel Open Las Vegas Challenger
References
External links ATP Tour archive