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Tournoi International à la Renaissance Sportive (Manara, Quartier du Phare de Beyrouth)

27th April to 2nd May 1970- The no 1 seed, Boro Jovanovic of Yugoslavia, withdrew from the tournament organized by the LTF, at the very last moment.

Lebanese players who participated were Aref Kouayess, Jo Homsi, Paul Caramé, Karim Fawaz, Aziz Chammas, André Accaoui, Khodr Issa (ranked no 1 nationally), Samir Khoury (ranked no 2 nationally) and Georges Chammas.

¼ f :Pat Hombergen (Belgium) d Paul Caramé (Leb) 63 86; Barry Philips Moore (A) d Eric Drossart (Belg) 64 97; John Bartlett (A) d andré Accaoui(Leb) 60 63; Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) d Samir Khoury (Leb) 62 75; ½ f : Philips Moore d Hombergen 64 64 62; Pietrangeli d Bartlett 64 79 64 63; Final : Nicola Pietrangeli d. Barry Philips Moore 61 60 62.

Ladies Singles: ½ f : J O'Hara (A) d Nrs Jeannin (Fr) 61 61; Andrée Martin (Canada) d Suzana Petersen (Brazil) 75 64; Final : Martin d O'Hara 46 62 63;

Men's doubles: ½ f : Philips-Moore-Bartlett d Caramé-K Issa 63 616 63; Hombergen-Drossart d Pietrangeli-Karim Fawaz (It-Leb) 64 36 1311 61
Final : Hombergen-Drossart d Philips-Moore-Bartlett 1614 46 75 86

• Pietrangeli was still no 1 in Italy since 1957 and will only relinquish his national Cup title to the smooth attacking AdrianoPanatta in 1972