St. Louis WCT
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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 inugural 1970 edition was sponsored by the Rawling's Sporting Goods Company the events 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
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Australia Rod Laver | Australia Ken Rosewall | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1971 | Not held | ||
| 1972 | Australia John Newcombe | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1973 | United States Stan Smith | Australia Rod Laver | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1974 | United States Stan Smith | Soviet Union Alex Metreveli | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1975 | United States Vitas Gerulaitis | United States Roscoe Tanner | 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1976 | Argentina Guillermo Vilas | India Vijay Amritraj | 4–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
| 1977 | United States Jimmy Connors | Australia John Alexander | 7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
| 1978 | United States Sandy Mayer | United States Eddie Dibbs | 7–6, 6–4 |
Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Spain Andrés Gimeno Australia John Newcombe | Australia Roy Emerson Australia Rod Laver | 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1971 | Not held | ||
| 1972 | Australia John Newcombe Australia Tony Roche | Australia John Alexander Australia Phil Dent | 7–6, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1973 | Sweden Ove Nils Bengtson United States Jim McManus | Australia Terry Addison Australia Colin Dibley | 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1974 | Egypt Ismail El Shafei New Zealand Brian Fairlie | Australia Ross Case Australia Geoff Masters | 7–6, 6–7, 7–6 |
| 1975 | Australia Colin Dibley Australia Ray Ruffels | Australia Ross Case Australia Geoff Masters | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1976 | United States Brian Gottfried Mexico Raúl Ramírez | Australia John Alexander Australia Phil Dent | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1977 | Romania Ilie Năstase Italy Adriano Panatta | India Vijay Amritraj United States Dick Stockton | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 |
| 1978 | South Africa Bob Hewitt South Africa Frew McMillan | Poland Wojciech Fibak Netherlands Tom Okker | 6–3, 6–2 |