The 1974 ABN World Tennis Tournament was a men's
tennis
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tournament played on indoor
carpet court
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s at
Rotterdam Ahoy
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in the
Netherlands
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. It was part of the
1974 World Championship Tennis circuit. The tournament was held from 25 March through 31 March 1974. Second-seeded
Tom Okker
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* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Tom Okker
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
defeated
Tom Gorman 4–6, 7–6
(7–2), 6–1
Doubles
Bob Hewitt
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/
Frew McMillan
Frew Donald McMillan (born 20 May 1942) is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa who won five grand slam doubles titles including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. All together, he won 63 doubles titles, surpassed only by ...
defeated
Pierre Barthes /
Ilie Năstase
Ilie Theodoriu Năstase (, born 19 July 1946) is a former World No. 1 Romanian tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in singles from 23 August 1973 to 2 June 1974, and was the first man to hold the top position on the computerized ATP ranking ...
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
References
External links
Official website
Official website
ATP tournament profileITF tournament edition details
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ABN World Tennis Tournament
1974 in Dutch tennis