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1971 Local tournament

Men's singles ¼ f = Khodr Issa d Najdo Abouhassoun; Ibrahim Mahmoud (Egypt) d Francis Samuel; Ahmad Ramadan d Tony Harb; Ali Daoudi (Egypt) d Aziz Chammas; ½ f = I Mahmoud d K Issa; A Daoudi d A Ramadan ; Final = Ali al Daoudy d Ibrahim Mahmoud;

Ladies singles Final = Lita Akraoui d L Harvey;

Men's doubles F = Daoudi-Mahmoud d A Jamal-P Caramé



1971 International August 16

Men' singles ¼ f : Szabolcs Baranyi (Hung) d Ibrahim Mahmoud (Eg) 64 60; Gerald Battrick (GB) d Andrew Pattison (Rhod) 36 63 64; Ian Fletcher (A) d Ali el Daoudi (Eg) 36 63 62; Bob Hewitt (S Afr) d Stanley Mathews (GB) 61 62; ½ f : Battrick d Baranyi 64 86 11 retd; Hewitt d Ian Fletcher 86 75 64

Final : G Battrick d B Hewitt 64 62 36 68 61;

Ladies singles ½ f : Fiorella Bonicelli (Uruguay) d Carolyn Battrick (GB) 62 62; Daphne Botha (Rhod) d Faye Moore (A) 86 57 64; Final : Bonicelli d Botha 119 62

Men's doubles ¼ f : Daoudi-Mahmoud d Battrick-Mathews 97 64; ½ f : Baranyi-Hans Kary (Austria) d Ken Fletcher-Ian Fletcher 62 97 64; Hewitt-Pattisond Daoudi-Mahmoud def; F : Hewitt-Pattison d Baranyi-Kary 61 63 63

  • In Istanbul, Ilie Nastase, then world no 5 had beaten Andrew Pattison 64 64 119, and also won the doubles with Ion Tiriac


Mr Universe Georgina Rizk in the Brumana stands
Battrick
 
Hewitt and Battrick before the final