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International Tennis: The Masters Tournament

on BBC Two England

From Paris
Featuring the most successful tournament competitors of 1971: Stan Smith, Ilie Nastase, Jan Kodes, Zeljko Franulovic, Cliff Richey, Pierre Barthes and Clark Graebner

Throughout 1971 in a series of major championships, including Wimbledon, the world's greatest tennis players have been battling for points in the Pepsi Grand Prix Championship table.

In this climax to the 1971 tennis season the top seven in the table played each other in a Round Robin Masters Final for prize money totalling $50,000.

Harry Carpenter in the Coubertin Stadium in Paris introduces the first programme in a series featuring the Tournament's outstanding matches which are decided over three tie-breaker sets.

Producer A.P. Wilkinson in collaboration with the French Television Service
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Harry Carpenter
Commentator:
Dan Maskell
Commentator:
Jack Kramer
Television Presentation:
Fred Viner
Television Presentation:
Johnnie Watherston
Producer:
A.P. Wilkinson

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