The St. Louis WCT was a men's tennis tournament played in St. Louis, Missouri from 1970 to 1978. The event was part of the WCT Tour and was held on indoor carpet courts except from 1974 to 1975, when it was held on outdoor clay courts.
The inaugural 1970 edition was sponsored by the Rawling's Sporting Goods Company; the event's title name was the Rawling's Tennis Classic.
The following year 1971 the company sponsored another indoor WCT event the Dallas Tennis Classic as the Rawlings Classic Dallas.
From 1972 to 1974 the Holton Capital Group was the event main sponsors.
Finals
Singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1970 Rod Laver Ken Rosewall 6–1, 6–4 1971 Not held 1972 John Newcombe Nikola Pilić 6–3, 6–31973 Stan Smith Rod Laver 6–4, 3–6, 6–41974 Stan Smith Alex Metreveli 6–2, 3–6, 6–21975 Vitas Gerulaitis Roscoe Tanner 2–6, 6–2, 6–31976 Guillermo Vilas Vijay Amritraj 4–6, 6–0, 6–41977 Jimmy Connors John Alexander 7–6(7–4), 6–21978 Sandy Mayer Eddie Dibbs 7–6, 6–4
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 1970 Andrés Gimeno John Newcombe Roy Emerson Rod Laver 6–4, 6–0 1971 Not held 1972 John Newcombe Tony Roche John Alexander Phil Dent 7–6, 3–6, 6–4 1973 Ove Nils Bengtson Jim McManus Terry Addison Colin Dibley 6–2, 7–5 1974 Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie Ross Case Geoff Masters 7–6, 6–7, 7–6 1975 Colin Dibley Ray Ruffels Ross Case Geoff Masters 6–4, 6–4 1976 Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez John Alexander Phil Dent 6–4, 6–2 1977 Ilie Năstase Adriano Panatta Vijay Amritraj Dick Stockton 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 1978 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker 6–3, 6–2
References ATP World Tour archive ITF Vault ITF Vault ITF Vault