Men's singles
1970 Embassy British Indoor Championships
ChampionAustralia Rod Laver
Runner-upUnited States Cliff Richey
Score6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Draw32
Seeds8

The 1970 Embassy British Indoor Championships – Men's singles was an event of the 1970 Embassy British Indoor Championships tennis tournament and was played on indoor carpet courts at the Wembley Arena in London in the United Kingdom, between 16 November and 21 November 1970. The draw comprised 32 players of whom eight were seeded. Rod Laver was the reigning singles champion at the British Indoor Championships. First-seeded Laver retained his title by defeating third-seeded Cliff Richey in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.[1][2][3]

Seeds

  1. Australia Rod Laver (champion)
  2. Australia Ken Rosewall (semifinals)
  3. United States Cliff Richey (final)
  4. United States Arthur Ashe (first round)
  5. Netherlands Tom Okker (first round)
  6. Australia Roy Emerson (second round)
  7. United States Stan Smith (second round)
  8. Romania Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Australia Rod Laver 6 6
South Africa Cliff Drysdale 4 4
1 Australia Rod Laver 6 6 6
3 United States Cliff Richey 3 4 4
3 United States Cliff Richey 7 6
2 Australia Ken Rosewall 5 2

Top half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia Rod Laver 7 7
Chile Jaime Fillol 5 5 1 Australia Rod Laver 6 4 9
Spain Andrés Gimeno 6 6 Spain Andrés Gimeno 1 6 8
Australia Ray Ruffels 3 2 1 Australia Rod Laver 6 6
8 Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6 8 Romania Ilie Năstase 1 2
Australia Dick Crealy 4 4 8 Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6 6
United States Tom Gorman 8 9 7 United States Tom Gorman 8 2 4
United States Marty Riessen 9 8 5 1 Australia Rod Laver 6 6
4 United States Arthur Ashe 1 2 South Africa Cliff Drysdale 4 4
South Africa Cliff Drysdale 6 6 South Africa Cliff Drysdale 9 6
United Kingdom Mark Cox 8 6 United Kingdom Mark Cox 8 3
United Kingdom David Lloyd 6 3 South Africa Cliff Drysdale 9 6 6
5 Netherlands Tom Okker 2 8 United States Dennis Ralston 8 8 3
Australia John Alexander 6 9 Australia John Alexander 3 6 6
United States Dennis Ralston 6 6 6 United States Dennis Ralston 6 3 8
United States Clark Graebner 8 1 4

Bottom half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
United Kingdom Roger Taylor 9 6
Australia Owen Davidson 8 2 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 6 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 7 4 6 Australia Roy Emerson 3 2
6 Australia Roy Emerson 9 6 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 6 9 2
France Pierre Barthès 6 6 3 United States Cliff Richey 8 8 6
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell 0 2 France Pierre Barthès 5 6
United States Roy Barth 2 3 3 United States Cliff Richey 7 8
3 United States Cliff Richey 6 6 3 United States Cliff Richey 7 6
United States Pancho Gonzales 4 6 6 2 Australia Ken Rosewall 5 2
Romania Ion Țiriac 6 4 2 United States Pancho Gonzales 8 9 9
Egypt Ismail El Shafei 2 8 7 United States Stan Smith 9 8 8
7 United States Stan Smith 6 9 United States Pancho Gonzales 2 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 5 7 6 2 Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 7 5 4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 2 1
Australia Bob Carmichael 8 8 5 2 Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6
2 Australia Ken Rosewall 6 9 7

References

  1. ↑ "Laver overcomes Richey, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, in final of Wembley Indoor Tennis". The New York Times. 22 November 1970.
  2. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1971). World of Tennis '71 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.
  3. ↑ "1970 Wembley – Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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