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ATP Masters 1000 Clay Start: May 3, 1971 Draw: 64 47 matches

Champion: Rod Laver

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

2 Arthur Ashe 6 6

Roger Taylor 3 2

7 Roy Emerson 6 3 6

Dennis Ralston 4 6 4

4 Rod Laver 6 6

Ezio Di Matteo 4 1

5 Stan Smith 4 6 6

Antonio Zugarelli 6 2 2

6 Tom Okker 5 6 6

Zeljko Franulovic 7 4 1

3 Cliff Drysdale 6 3 6

Andres Gimeno 3 6 3

Jan Kodes 6 5 7

8 Tony Roche 4 7 6

1 John Newcombe 6 6

Quarterfinal

2 Arthur Ashe 6 3 6

7 Roy Emerson 4 6 4

4 Rod Laver 6 2 6

5 Stan Smith 1 6 2

6 Tom Okker 6 6

3 Cliff Drysdale 3 4

Jan Kodes 2 6 7

1 John Newcombe 6 1 5

Semifinal

4 Rod Laver 6 6 6

2 Arthur Ashe 3 2 1

Jan Kodes 4 6 7 6

6 Tom Okker 6 3 5 4

Final

4 Rod Laver 7 6 6

Jan Kodes 5 3 3

Early rounds

Round of 64 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Adriano Panatta	Bill Bowrey	6-1	6-7	6-4
Roger Taylor	Phil Dent	6-2	6-3	·
Nikola Pilic	Ray Ruffels	7-6	6-4	·
Boro Jovanovic	Owen Davidson	4-6	7-5	6-4
Tom Gorman	Torben Ulrich	2-6	6-4	6-4
Ezio Di Matteo	Allan Stone	6-2	6-2	·
Roy Barth	Franco Bartoni	6-1	1-6	6-4
Antonio Zugarelli	John Alexander	6-4	1-6	6-3
Ismail El Shafei	Dick Crealy	6-4	6-2	·
Mark Cox	Jan Leschly	4-6	6-3	6-4
Nicola Pietrangeli	Corrado Barazzutti	6-4	6-4	·
Robert Maud	Piero Toci	6-4	7-6	·
Massimo Di Domenico	Frew Mcmillan	6-3	6-4	·
Fred Stolle	Sergio Palmieri	6-1	6-2	·
Giordano Majoli	Graham Stilwell	6-4	6-2	·
Vincenzo Franchitti	Bob Carmichael	4-6	6-1	6-3

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Arthur Ashe	Adriano Panatta	7-5	6-4	·
Roger Taylor	Brian Fairlie	6-1	0-6	6-3
Roy Emerson	Nikola Pilic	2-6	6-4	6-3
Dennis Ralston	Boro Jovanovic	7-5	5-7	6-3
Rod Laver	Tom Gorman	6-1	3-6	6-2
Ezio Di Matteo	Marty Riessen	7-5	3-6	6-3
Stan Smith	Roy Barth	3-6	6-3	6-1
Antonio Zugarelli	Charlie Pasarell	6-4	6-4	·
Zeljko Franulovic	Ismail El Shafei	6-7	6-2	6-2
Tom Okker	Mark Cox	6-3	7-5	·
Andres Gimeno	Nicola Pietrangeli	7-5	6-2	·
Cliff Drysdale	Robert Maud	6-2	5-7	6-1
Tony Roche	Massimo Di Domenico	6-2	6-3	·
Jan Kodes	Fred Stolle	6-3	6-3	·
Bob Lutz	Giordano Majoli	6-2	6-7	6-4
John Newcombe	Vincenzo Franchitti	6-4	6-7	7-5

Players (48)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Rod Laver	AUS	Winner
	Jan Kodes	CZE	Final
	Arthur Ashe	USA	Semifinal
	Tom Okker	NED	Semifinal
	Cliff Drysdale	RSA	Quarterfinal
	John Newcombe	AUS	Quarterfinal
	Roy Emerson	AUS	Quarterfinal
	Stan Smith	USA	Quarterfinal
	Andres Gimeno	ESP	Round of 16
AZ	Antonio Zugarelli	ITA	Round of 16
BL	Bob Lutz	USA	Round of 16
	Dennis Ralston	USA	Round of 16
EM	Ezio Di Matteo	ITA	Round of 16
	Roger Taylor	GBR	Round of 16
	Tony Roche	AUS	Round of 16
	Zeljko Franulovic	CRO	Round of 16
	Adriano Panatta	ITA	Round of 32
BJ	Boro Jovanovic	CRO	Round of 32
BF	Brian Fairlie	NZL	Round of 32
	Charlie Pasarell	USA	Round of 32
FS	Fred Stolle	AUS	Round of 32
GM	Giordano Majoli	ITA	Round of 32
	Ismail El Shafei	EGY	Round of 32
MC	Mark Cox	GBR	Round of 32
	Marty Riessen	USA	Round of 32
MD	Massimo Di Domenico	ITA	Round of 32
NP	Nicola Pietrangeli	ITA	Round of 32
	Nikola Pilic	CRO	Round of 32
RM	Robert Maud	RSA	Round of 32
RB	Roy Barth	USA	Round of 32
TG	Tom Gorman	USA	Round of 32
VF	Vincenzo Franchitti	ITA	Round of 32
AS	Allan Stone	AUS	Round of 64
BB	Bill Bowrey	AUS	Round of 64
	Bob Carmichael	AUS	Round of 64
	Corrado Barazzutti	ITA	Round of 64
	Dick Crealy	AUS	Round of 64
FB	Franco Bartoni	ITA	Round of 64
FM	Frew Mcmillan	RSA	Round of 64
GS	Graham Stilwell	GBR	Round of 64
JL	Jan Leschly	DEN	Round of 64
	John Alexander	AUS	Round of 64
OD	Owen Davidson	AUS	Round of 64
PD	Phil Dent	AUS	Round of 64
PT	Piero Toci	ITA	Round of 64
	Ray Ruffels	AUS	Round of 64
SP	Sergio Palmieri	ITA	Round of 64
TU	Torben Ulrich	DEN	Round of 64