Sydney 1970

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ATP ATP 500/250 Grass Start: Mar 16, 1970 Draw: 32 25 matches

Champion: Rod Laver

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

John Cooper 6 6 5 6

8 Ilie Nastase 3 3 7 4

7 Roy Emerson 6 16 6

Mal Anderson 2 14 3

6 Richard Gonzalez 6 6 6

Bill Bowrey 3 4 2

Roger Taylor 6 6 5 6

5 Tom Okker 0 3 7 4

4 Arthur Ashe 6 6 6

Robert Lutz 3 4 4

3 Ken Rosewall 4 9 6 8

Frank Sedgman 6 7 4 6

Andres Gimeno 6 7 13

2 John Newcombe 4 5 11

1 Rod Laver 4 6 7 6

Ion Tiriac 6 3 5 2

Quarterfinal

Andres Gimeno 6 3 4 6 6

7 Roy Emerson 3 6 6 2 3

Roger Taylor 6 8 6

4 Arthur Ashe 3 6 4

3 Ken Rosewall 6 10 6

6 Richard Gonzalez 0 8 2

1 Rod Laver 10 6 6

John Cooper 8 3 2

Semifinal

3 Ken Rosewall 6 6 11 6

Andres Gimeno 4 8 9 1

1 Rod Laver 6 12 6 6

Roger Taylor 4 14 2 2

Final

1 Rod Laver 3 6 3 6 6

3 Ken Rosewall 6 2 6 2 3

Early rounds

Round of 32 10 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Ion Tiriac	Earl Butch Buchholz	6-1	6-4	6-4	·	·
Roger Taylor	Colin Dibley	6-4	6-2	6-2	·	·
Frank Sedgman	Stan Smith	W/O
Robert Lutz	Raymond Moore	6-3	4-6	4-6	6-2	6-2
Andres Gimeno	Mark Cox	8-6	6-2	6-3	·	·
John Cooper	Fred Stolle	6-4	3-6	6-3	1-6	6-2
Bill Bowrey	Marty Riessen	7-5	8-6	6-3	·	·
Mal Anderson	Dennis Ralston	10-12	6-2	6-4	5-7	6-4
Ilie Nastase	Allan McDonald	6-3	6-3	6-4	·	·
Roy Emerson	Graham Stilwell	6-3	6-1	6-4	·	·

Players (26)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Rod Laver	AUS	Winner
	Ken Rosewall	AUS	Final
	Andres Gimeno	ESP	Semifinal
	Roger Taylor	GBR	Semifinal
	Arthur Ashe	USA	Quarterfinal
JC	John Cooper	AUS	Quarterfinal
RG	Richard Gonzalez	USA	Quarterfinal
	Roy Emerson	AUS	Quarterfinal
BB	Bill Bowrey	AUS	Round of 16
FS	Frank Sedgman	AUS	Round of 16
	Ilie Nastase	ROU	Round of 16
	Ion Tiriac	ROU	Round of 16
	John Newcombe	AUS	Round of 16
MA	Mal Anderson	AUS	Round of 16
RL	Robert Lutz	USA	Round of 16
	Tom Okker	NED	Round of 16
AM	Allan McDonald	AUS	Round of 32
	Colin Dibley	AUS	Round of 32
	Dennis Ralston	USA	Round of 32
EB	Earl Butch Buchholz	USA	Round of 32
FS	Fred Stolle	AUS	Round of 32
GS	Graham Stilwell	GBR	Round of 32
MC	Mark Cox	GBR	Round of 32
	Marty Riessen	USA	Round of 32
	Raymond Moore	RSA	Round of 32
	Stan Smith	USA	Round of 32