1970 Pepsi-Cola Masters – Singles

1970 Pepsi-Cola Masters
Champion   Stan Smith
Runner-up   Rod Laver
Final score   4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles   Doubles

Stan Smith won the round robin by virtue of having defeated runner-up Rod Laver, although both Smith and Laver had achieved the same number of wins.

Contents

Round robin

Key

Rosewall Franulović Ashe Smith Laver Kodeš
Ken Rosewall 6–3, 6–3 6–3, 6–4 4–6, 5–6 6–5, 3–6, 5–6 6–5, 6–4
Željko Franulović 3–6, 3–6 5–6, 6–3, 2–6 1–6, 6–5, 1–6 5–6, 6–3, 2–6 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Arthur Ashe 3–6, 4–6 6–5, 3–6, 6–2 3–6, 6–3, 6–5 3–6, 2–6 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Stan Smith 6–4, 6–5 6–1, 5–6, 6–1 6–3, 3–6, 5–6 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 6–3, 6–5
Rod Laver 5–6, 6–3, 6–5 6–5, 3–6, 6–2 6–3, 6–2 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 6–4, 6–3
Jan Kodeš 5–6, 4–6 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 3–6, 5–6 4–6, 3–6

Standings

Player RR W-L Sets W-L Games W-L Standings
Stan Smith
4–1
9–3
71–53
1
Rod Laver
4–1
9–3
69–55
2
Ken Rosewall
3–2
6–4
59–51
3
Arthur Ashe
3–2
6–7
58–53
4
Željko Franulović
1–4
5–9
55–70
5
Jan Kodeš
0–5
2–10
47–67
6

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.

See also

References

1970 Masters Singles Draw