from Japan, featuring the masters of tennis Arthur Ashe, Ken Rosewall, Rod Laver, Stan Smith, Jan Kodes and Zeljko Franulovic
The six players who topped the Open tournament averages in 1970 play each other in this Round Robin Grand Prix Final for prize money totalling $50,000, with the title of Masters Champion and $15,000 going to the man with most wins.
Harry Carpenter introduces the action at the Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo.

Today's match: Ashe v Smith in the best of three tie-breaker sets
Stan Smith defends an unbeaten record in this tournament against his American Davis Cup team-mate.
Produced by A.P. Wilkinson in collaboration with the Japanese Television Service