1971 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

Ken Rosewall won the singles title of the 1971 World Championship Tennis Finals with a 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4) victory in the final against Rod Laver.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

• # Tom Okker (semifinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Rod Laver (final)

• # 🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall (champion)

• # Cliff Drysdale (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe (semifinals)

• # 🇦🇺 John Newcombe (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Marty Riessen (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Robert Lutz (quarterfinals)