The 1974

World Championship Tennis World Championship Tennis (WCT) was a tour for professional male tennis players established in 1968 (the first players signed a contract at the end of 1967) and lasted until the emergence of the ATP Tour in 1990. A number of tennis tournaments arou ...

(WCT) circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1974, the other being the

Grand Prix circuit The Grand Prix tennis circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players that existed from 1970 to 1989. The Grand Prix and World Championship Tennis (WCT) were the two predecessors to the current tour for male players, the ATP Tour, with ...

. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). It was the fourth edition of the WCT circuit and a total of 84 players participated. All players took part in the opening U.S. Pro Indoor tournament in Philadelphia and afterwards were divided into three groups (red, blue and green) of 28 players, with each group playing eight further tournaments. The season final was played in

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by the eight best performers, the top two of each group plus the next two highest point winners, and was won by Australian

John Newcombe John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors, he won seven singles titles, a fo ...

who defeated

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from Sweden in four sets, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2. Newcombe ended the season as prize money and points leader.

Overview

Schedule

January

February

March

April

May

Standings

Red group

Blue group

Green group

^* Qualified for the

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. The best two players from each group qualified plus the next two players with the highest points total.

References

External links

ATP 1974 results archive
{{1974 in tennis World Championship Tennis circuit seasons