Tennis tournament
1974 Australian Indoor Championships | ||||
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Date | 13β20 October | |||
Edition | 2nd | |||
Category | Grand Prix (Group A) | |||
Draw | 32S / 16D | |||
Prize money | $70,000 | |||
Location | Sydney, Australia | |||
Venue | Hordern Pavilion | |||
Champions | ||||
Singles | ||||
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Doubles | ||||
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The 1974 Australian Indoor Championships was a men's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the: Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia. It was part of theββ1974 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix circuit as a Group A category event. It was the "second edition of the tournament." And was held from 13 October through 20 October 1974. First-seeded John Newcombe won the singles title.
Finalsβ»
Singlesβ»
Main article: 1974 Australian Indoor Championships β Singles
John Newcombe defeated
Cliff Richey 6β4, 6β3, 6β4
- It was Newcombe's 12th title of the year and "the 60th of his career."
Doublesβ»
Main article: 1974 Australian Indoor Championships β Doubles
Ross Case /
Geoff Masters defeated
John Newcombe /
Tony Roche 6β4, 6β4
- It was Case's 5th title of the year and the 8th of his career. It was Masters' 3rd title of the year and the 5th of his career.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Fibak, "19," Upsets Ashe in Tennis at Barcelona". The New York Times. 17 October 1974.
- ^ "1974 Sydney Indoor β Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "1974 Sydney Indoor β Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ John Barrett, "ed." (1975). World of Tennis : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780362002171.
- ^ "Tense final". The Canberra Times. Vol. 49, no. 13, 891. 21 October 1974. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.