# 1974 Australian Indoor Championships – Singles

Rod Laver was the defending singles champion at the Australian Indoor Tennis Championships but did not compete that year. First-seeded John Newcombe won in the final 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 against Cliff Richey. Richey threatened to quit the match after being called for a foot fault but eventually played on when the linesman was changed. The final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

## Seeds

* John Newcombe (champion)
* Ken Rosewall (semifinals)
* Roscoe Tanner (quarterfinals)
* Dick Stockton (first round)
* Tony Roche (semifinals)
* Cliff Richey (final)
* Phil Dent (quarterfinals)
* Onny Parun (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
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | John Newcombe | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Tony Roche | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | Tony Roche | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | John Newcombe | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 6 | Cliff Richey | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Cliff Richey | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | Cliff Richey | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Ken Rosewall | 6 | 7 | 1 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | J Newcombe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ruffels | 4 | 4 | | 1 | J Newcombe | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Estep | 6 | 6 | | | M Estep | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kronk | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | J Newcombe | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | C Dibley | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | 8 | O Parun | 6 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | R Case | 3 | 7 | 6 | | R Case | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stewart | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | O Parun | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | O Parun | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Newcombe | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | D Stockton | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Roche | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| | A Stone | 7 | 6 | | | A Stone | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-J Pohmann | 6 | 3 | | | F Stolle | 1 | d | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Stolle | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | A Stone | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | G Masters | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | 5 | T Roche | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F McNair | 6 | 3 | 6 | | F McNair | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Ball | 4 | 5 | | 5 | T Roche | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Roche | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | C Richey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Austin | 1 | 4 | 6 | C Richey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G R Reid | 6 | 6 | | G R Reid | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Fassbender | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 6 | C Richey | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | I El Shafei | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | R Tanner | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | K Warwick | 6 | 4 | | I El Shafei | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Crealy | 2 | 3 | 3 | R Tanner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Tanner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | C Richey | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | P Dent | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | K Rosewall | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| | C Kachel | 6 | 2 | 7 | P Dent | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Bowrey | 6 | 7 | | W Bowrey | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Giltinan | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | P Dent | 5 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Anderson | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | K Rosewall | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | B Carmichael | 6 | 6 | | B Carmichael | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Fairlie | 6 | 2 | 2 | K Rosewall | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Rosewall | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |