International tennis championships of Germany 1971
◄ International Tennis Championships of Germany ►
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| date | May 17-23, 1971 |
| venue |
Hamburg BR Germany
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| First run | 1892 |
| Tournament type | Free place tournament |
| Game surface | sand |
| Defending champion | |
| Men's singles |
 Tom Okker
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| Ladies singles |
Helga Hösl
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| Men's doubles |
.svg){kind=small} Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
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| Ladies doubles |
 Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville
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| Mixed |
Judy Dalton Frew McMillan
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| Title holder | |
| Men's singles |
.svg){kind=small} Andrés Gimeno
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| Ladies singles |
 Billie Jean King
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| Men's doubles |
John Alexander Andrés Gimeno
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| Ladies doubles |
Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King
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| Mixed |
Heide Orth Jürgen Fassbender
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The 65th International Tennis Championships in Germany took place from May 17 to May 23, 1971 on the Rothenbaum in Hamburg .
The tournament was part of the Grand Prix Circuit set up by the ILTF (for both men and women) . To do this, the tournament had to be moved from the traditional July / August date to May and shortened by another day, so that the final day was now Sunday. At the same time as this tournament, two other Grand Prix tournaments took place: the British hard court championships in Bournemouth and the men's clay court tournament in Brussels . For the first time, the tie-break was played when the score was 8: 8.
For the first time, female professional players took part in the tournament. These were the Americans Rosemary Casals , Billie Jean King , Cecilia Martinez and Valerie Ziegenfuss from the Virginia Slim Circuit , the South African Esme Emanuel and the Australian Kerry Melville . The women's singles were then won by Billie Jean King, who was also successful in the women's doubles together with Rosemary Casals. The meanwhile married Helga Masthoff stood in both finals, in a double together with Heide Orth . The defending champion Helga Hösl reached the semi-finals in singles by taking a set from King.
For the men, nine professional players from the World Championship Tennis took part: John Alexander , Dick Crealy , Andrés Gimeno , Bob Lutz . John Newcombe , Charles Pasarell , Nikola Pilić , Allan Stone and Torben Ulrich . The defending champion Tom Okker played in Brussels. The singles won Andrés Gimeno, who was also successful in doubles together with John Alexander.
In the mixed doubles, which was not contested by the professionals, there was a purely German final, which Heide Orth and Jürgen Faßbender won against Helga Hösl and Harald Elschenbroich .
Prize money
It is known that the winner in the men's singles received $ 4,500 , the winning pairing in the men's doubles $ 2,000 and the winner in the ladies singles $ 2,500.
Results
Men's singles
| final | |||||||
| Andrés Gimeno
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6th | 6th | 6th | ||||
 Péter Szőke
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3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Ladies singles
| final | |||||
| Billie Jean King
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6th | 6th | |||
| Helga Masthoff
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3 | 4th | |||
Men's doubles
| final | |||||||
| John Alexander Andrés Gimeno
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6th | 5 | 9 | 6th | |||
| Dick Crealy Allan Stone
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4th | 7th | 7th | 4th | |||
Ladies doubles
| final | |||||
| Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King
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6th | 6th | |||
| Helga Masthoff Heide Orth
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2 | 1 | |||
Mixed
| final | |||||
| Heide Orth Jürgen Fassbender
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6th | 3 | 6th | ||
| Helga Hösl Harald Elschenbroich
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4th | 6th | 2 | ||
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- Hamburger Abendblatt , issues from May 17 to 24, 1971, available in the online archive of http://www.abendblatt.de (subject to a charge)
- Tennis, official organ of the German Tennis Federation , Volume 25, Issue 11 (June 1st, 1971 edition)