Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,613 playable programmes from the BBC

The World Tennis Grand Prix: Laver v Rosewall

on BBC Two England

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 Pepsi-Cola/ILTF Masters Tournament 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 best of the action at the Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo.

Today's match: Laver v Rosewall in the best of three tie-breaker sets
The final and most exciting match of the series between Australia's two greatest players.
Produced by A.P. Wilkinson in collaboration with NHK-TV Japan
(International Tennis: Friday BBC1, 10.15 pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Harry Carpenter
Commentator:
Dan Maskell
Commentator:
Jack Kramer
Tennis player:
Ken Rosewall
Tennis player:
Rod Laver
Production Team:
Fred Viner
Production Team:
Johnnie Watherston
Producer:
A.P. Wilkinson

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More