Richmond WCT

Richmond WCT
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	WCT Tour
Founded	1971
Abolished	1984
Editions	14
Location	Richmond, Virginia
Surface	Carpet / Indoor

The Richmond WCT (also known as United Virginia Bank Tennis Classic) was a men's tennis tournament played in Richmond, Virginia from 1971-1984. The event was part of the WCT Tour and was held on indoor carpet courts.

Finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1971	Ilie Năstase	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1972	Rod Laver	Cliff Drysdale	2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
1973	Rod Laver	Roy Emerson	6–4, 6–3
1974	Ilie Năstase	Tom Gorman	6–2, 6–3
1975	Björn Borg	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1976	Arthur Ashe	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–4
1977	Tom Okker	Vitas Gerulaitis	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1978	Vitas Gerulaitis	John Newcombe	6–3, 6–4
1979	Björn Borg	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–1
1980	John McEnroe	Roscoe Tanner	6–1, 6–2
1981	Yannick Noah	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 3–1, RET.
1982	José Luis Clerc	Fritz Buehning	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1983	Guillermo Vilas	Steve Denton	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1984	John McEnroe	Steve Denton	6–3, 7–6

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1971[1]	Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston	John Newcombe Ken Rosewall	7–6, 3–6, 7–6
1972	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–6, 7–6
1973	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	Terry Addison Colin Dibley	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1974	Nikola Pilić Allan Stone	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1975	Hans Kary Fred McNair	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	7–6, 5–7, 7–6
1976	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–4, 7–5
1977	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	Ross Case Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4
1978	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer	6–3, 7–5
1979	Brian Gottfried John McEnroe	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 6–3
1980	Fritz Buehning Johan Kriek	Brian Gottfried Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
1981	Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1982	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	Syd Ball Rolf Gehring	6–4, 6–2
1983	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	Fritz Buehning Brian Teacher	6–2, 6–4
1984	John McEnroe Patrick McEnroe	Steve Denton Kevin Curren	7–6, 6–2

References

1. "Nastase Takes Upset Victory Against Ashe". The Daily Times (Salisbury, MD.). Associated Press. 1971-02-08. Retrieved 2015-10-12.

• ATP Vault
• Reports and photos of 1977 Richmond WCT Mike Harris, Ben Blake, Tom Savage Commonwealth Times 1977-02-08, pages 12–15
• The $35,000 Racquet Dave Cody, Commonwealth Times 1981-02-17, pages 1,12-13,24