The 1977 World Championship Tennis Finals was a
tennis tournament played on
indoor carpet courts. It was the 7th edition of the
WCT Finals and was part of the
1977 World Championship Tennis circuit
The 1977 season of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1977. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT) and consisted of a preliminary series of twelve tournaments leadi ...
. It was played at the
Moody Coliseum in
Dallas, Texas in the United States and was held from May 10 through May 15, 1977.
Final
Singles
Jimmy Connors
James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He held the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 ...
defeated
Dick Stockton
Richard Edward Stokvis (born November 22, 1942), known professionally as Dick Stockton, is an American retired sportscaster. Stockton began his career in Philadelphia, then moved to Pittsburgh, where he worked as the sports director for KDKA-TV ...
6–7
(5–7), 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
* It was Connors' 4th title of the year and the 70th of his career.
See also
*
1977 WCT World Doubles
The 1977 WCT World Doubles was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Kansas City, Missouri, United States that was part of the 1977 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the tour finals for the doubles season of the WCT ...
References
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