# 1971 Stockholm Open – Singles

The 1971 Stockholm Open was a tennis tournament played on hard courts and part of the 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix and took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament was held from November 1 through November 7, 1971. Arthur Ashe defeated Jan Kodeš, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4, in the final.

## Seeds

* Rod Laver (quarterfinals)
* Tom Okker (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | |
| 1 | Rod Laver | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jan Kodeš | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jan Kodeš | 4 | 6 | 7 | Jan Kodeš | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Cliff Drysdale | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| J Alexander | J Alexander | 6 | 4 | 3 | Cliff Drysdale | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Cliff Drysdale | Cliff Drysdale | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cliff Drysdale | Cliff Drysdale | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | Jan Kodeš | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| | | | | | | | | | Arthur Ashe | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| Mark Cox | Mark Cox | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Arthur Ashe | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Andrés Gimeno | Andrés Gimeno | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Andrés Gimeno | Andrés Gimeno | 6 | 7 | | Andrés Gimeno | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Arthur Ashe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Arthur Ashe | 6 | 6 | | Arthur Ashe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Tom Okker | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | R Laver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Maud | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1 | R Laver | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | P Saila | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | T Gorman | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Saila | 1 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Laver | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | J Kodeš | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| | J Kodeš | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Ölander | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | J Kodeš | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B Lutz | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | B Lutz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Zabrodsky | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| S Smith | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| L Johansson | 7 | 7 | | L Johansson | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| F McMillan | 1 | 6 | 4 | B Fairlie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| B Fairlie | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | B Fairlie | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| J Alexander | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | J Alexander | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| M Stig | 7 | 0 | 4 | J Alexander | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| T Leonard | 6 | 7 | | T Leonard | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| R Barth | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | J Alexander | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| C Drysdale | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Drysdale | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| A Stone | 6 | 3 | 4 | C Drysdale | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| T Svensson | 6 | 4 | 6 | T Svensson | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| H Zahr | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | C Drysdale | w/o | | | | | |
| R Emerson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | R Emerson | | | | | | |
| T Ulrich | 1 | 2 | | R Emerson | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| I El-Shafei | 6 | 6 | | I El-Shafei | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| B Bowrey | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| J Leschly | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T Ryan | 2 | 2 | | J Leschly | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| R Taylor | 7 | 6 | | R Taylor | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| I Năstase | 5 | 4 | | | | | | R Taylor | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | |
| K Johansson | 2 | 1 | | | | | | M Cox | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | |
| M Cox | 6 | 6 | | M Cox | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Ž Franulović | 4 | 6 | 6 | Ž Franulović | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| B Borg | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | M Cox | 3 | 5 |
| G Stilwell | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | A Gimeno | 6 | 7 |
| B Åberg | 7 | 4 | 3 | G Stilwell | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| D Crealy | 1 | 4 | | A Gimeno | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| A Gimeno | 6 | 6 | | | | | | A Gimeno | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| O Bengtson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | K Rosewall | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| J Borowiak | 2 | 4 | | O Bengtson | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| R Ruffels | 4 | 5 | | K Rosewall | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| K Rosewall | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | J-E Lundqvist | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ashe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | A Ashe | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | M Riessen | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | B Carmichael | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Riessen | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | A Ashe | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Okker | 3 | 3 |
| | P Dent | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Pasarell | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | C Pasarell | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | T Okker | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Stolle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Okker | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |