Rothmans International Tennis Tournament
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The Rothmans International Tennis Tournament was a men's
tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament held in
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, England between 1970 and 1977. The tournament was played on indoor
carpet court A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The International Tennis Federation describes the surface as a "textile or polymeric material supplied in rolls or sheets of finished product." It is one of the fastest court types, second only to grass co ...
s at Royal Albert Hall in London, except for the final edition in 1977 which was played at
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, and was held in the March. From 1973 until 1977 the tournament was organized as part of the
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circuit.


Past finals


Singles


Doubles


Notes


References

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