WCT Final Rankings By Year (Top Ten)
- 1971
- 1 Rod Laver
- 2 Tom Okker
- 3 Ken Rosewall
- 4 Cliff Drysdale
- 5 Arthur Ashe
- 6 John Newcombe
- 7 Marty Riessen
- 8 Bob Lutz
- 9 Roy Emerson
- 10 Andres Gimeno
- 1972
(in fact second part of 1971 and first part of 1972)
- 1 Rod Laver
- 2 Ken Rosewall
- 3 Tom Okker
- 4 Cliff Drysdale
- 5 Marty Riessen
- 6 Arthur Ashe
- 7 Bob Lutz
- 8 John Newcombe
- 9 Roy Emerson
- 9 Charlie Pasarell
- 1972
(second part final standings). The first eight players played the 1972 autumn-winter WCT Finals held in Rome.
- 1 John Newcombe
- 2 Arthur Ashe
- 3 Tom Okker
- 4 Mark Cox
- 5 Cliff Drysdale
- 5 Marty Riessen
- 7 Bob Lutz
- 7 Niki Pilic
- 9 Roy Emerson
- 9 Anthony Roche
- 9 El Shafei
- 1973
The players were separated into two groups, A & B, with each group playing certain tournaments. The top 4 from each group qualified for the final at the end of the season.
Group A
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Group B
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- 1974
The group was divided into three groups, Red, Blue and Green and the top 8 points winners qualified for the final (marked with *) : 2 players by group plus the other two players having most points. Each group played separate tournaments except the Philadelphia tournament at the start of the season.
Red Group
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Blue Group
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Green Group
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- 1975
The group was divided into three groups again, Red, Blue and Green and the top 8 points winners qualified for the final (marked with *). Each group played separate tournaments except the Philadelphia tournament at the start of the season.
Red Group
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Blue Group
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Green Group
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1976-1983: All the players were put back together and played the same tournaments.
1976
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1977
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1978
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1979
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1980
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1981
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- 1982
WCT expanded from the previous year and broke away from the Grand Prix for the year. There were three finals, Spring (Dallas) the most important one, Fall (Naples, Italy) and Winter (Detroit) and therefore three different points tables for each season :
Spring
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Summer/Fall
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Winter
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- 1983
There were only 9 tournaments and the WCT were back with the Grand Prix circuit.
- 1 Lendl
- 2 McEnroe
- 3 Vilas
- 4 Gerulaitis
- 5 Clerc
- 6 McNamee
- 7 Smid
- 8 Fibak
- 9 Taroczy
- 10 Scanlon
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