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1970 French Open – Men's Singles
Jan Kodeš defeated Željko Franulović in the final, 6–2, 6–4, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1970 French Open. Rod Laver was the defending champion, but did not compete this year. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Jan Kodeš is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Ilie Năstase ''(quarterfinals)'' # Stan Smith ''(first round)'' # Manuel Santana ''(fourth round)'' # Arthur Ashe ''(quarterfinals)'' # Željko Franulović ''(final)'' # Bob Hewitt ''(second round)'' # Jan Kodeš (champion) # Cliff Richey ''(semifinals)'' # Alex Metreveli ''(fourth round)'' # Ion Țiriac ''(fourth round)'' # François Jauffret ''(quarterfinals)'' # Lew Hoad ''(fourth round)'' # Manuel Orantes ''(fourth round)'' # Georges Goven ''(semifinals)'' # Ray Ruffels ''(third round)'' # Dick Crealy ''(fourth round)'' Qualifying Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Kodeš
Jan Kodeš (born 1 March 1946) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time major singles champion, Kodeš was one of the premier players in the early 1970s. Kodeš's greatest success was achieved on the clay courts of the French Open, where he won the singles title in 1970 and 1971. However, he also won Wimbledon on grass courts in 1973, although the tournament was largely boycotted by top players that year over the ban of Nikola Pilić by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). Kodeš never played at the Australian Open, but was twice the runner-up at the US Open, in 1971 and 1973. Kodeš reached his highest ATP ranking of world No. 5 in September 1973. During the Open Era, he won nine top-level singles titles and 17 doubles titles. Kodeš was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990. In 2013, he received the Czech Fair Play Award from the Czech Olympic Committee. He is an economics graduate of the Prague University. Career statist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qualifier (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. * Action: Synonym of '' spin''. * Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ''ad'' (''advantage'') point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court. * Ad in: '' Advantage'' to the ''server''. * Ad out: '' Advantage'' to the '' receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the '' advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a ''deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or team having won at least six games with a two-game advantage over the opponent (as opposed to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitri Sturdza
Dimitri Sturdza (born 10 November 1938), also known as Tim Sturdza, is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Iași, Sturdza is a descendant of a Romanian aristocratic family and later settled in Lausanne. He is of Norwegian descent on his mother's side and travelled on a French passport. Outside of tennis he holds a master's degree in atomic physics and was involved with the European space program. Sturdza made the third round of the French Open once and was a Davis Cup player for Switzerland from 1964 to 1978, winning 17 rubbers. His best Davis Cup singles wins were over West Germany's Wilhelm Bungert in 1966 and France's Georges Goven in 1970. He was non playing captain of the Swiss team for the 1992 Davis Cup World Group final against the United States. See also *List of Switzerland Davis Cup team representatives A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Palmieri
Sergio Palmieri (born 28 November 1945) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He was later John McEnroe's agent. Born in Rome, Palmieri featured on the professional tour in the 1960s and 1970s. Palmieri twice made the second round at Roland Garros, which included a win in 1965 over former tournament champion Jaroslav Drobný. His best performance on the Grand Prix circuit The Grand Prix tennis circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players that existed from 1970 to 1989. The Grand Prix and World Championship Tennis (WCT) were the two predecessors to the current tour for male players, the ATP Tour, with t ... was a quarter-final appearance at the Senigallia Open in 1971. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmieri, Sergio 1945 births Living people Italian male tennis players Italian sports agents Tennis players from Rome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boro Jovanović
Boro Jovanović (born 21 October 1939) is a former Yugoslav tennis player. Jovanović was runner-up in the 1962 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Nikola Pilić, and quarter-finalist in the 1968 Wimbledon doubles tournament. In singles, Jovanović reached the final of the 1963 Italian Open and the quarterfinals of the 1968 French Open. In 1972, Boro Jovanović joined the World Championship Tennis Tour. Retrieved Aug 26, 2009 He was ranked World No. 8 for 1963 by Lance Tingay
Lance Tingay (15 July 1915 – 10 March 1990) was a British sports journalist, historian, and author of several tennis books. For many ...
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Tom Gorman (tennis)
Tom Gorman (born January 19, 1946) is a retired ATP tour American tennis player and coach. He won 7 singles and 9 doubles titles and reached semi-finals in the 3 of the 4 ATP tour grand slam events. His ATP ranking peaked at 8 in 1973. Career Gorman was ranked as high as world No. 8 (consensus) for the year 1973 and No. 10 on the ATP rankings (achieving that ranking on May 1 and June 3, 1974). Gorman won seven singles titles in his career, the biggest coming in 1975 at Cincinnati. He also won nine doubles titles, including Paris in 1971, the same year he reached the French Open doubles final with Stan Smith. Gorman defeated Björn Borg to win the Stockholm Indoor event in 1973. He reached the semifinal rounds in singles at Wimbledon (in 1971), the US Open (in 1972), and the French Open (in 1973); defeating Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, and Jan Kodeš respectively. Gorman was a member of the winning U.S. Davis Cup team in 1972. As captain–coach, he led the U.S. Davis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricio Cornejo
Patricio Cornejo Seckel (; born 6 June 1944) is a retired Chilean professional tennis player of the 1970s. He competed at the 1975 Davis Cup with Jaime Fillol and played the longest Davis Cup rubber in terms of games, eventually losing to Stan Smith/Erik van Dillen Erik van Dillen (born February 21, 1951) is an American retired tennis player who played over 25 Grand Slam championships at Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. Tennis career Born in San Mateo, California, van Dillen first play ... from the US team 9–7, 39–37, 6–8, 1–6, 3–6 in the 1973 American Zone Final. The second set is the world record for the most games in a Davis Cup set. Cornejo retired from professional tennis in 1983 but still continues to play socially and in charity tournaments. Career finals Doubles (8 titles, 10 runner-ups) External links * * * Chilean male tennis players Tennis players from Santiago 1944 births Living people Tennis players at the 1967 Pan A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Addison
Terry Addison (born 11 January 1946) is an Australian former international tennis player. He competed in the Australian Open three times, from 1967 to 1969. at australianopen.com He was born in Wondai
Wondai is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wondai had a population of 1,975 people.
Geography
Wondai is located to the south of the Bunya Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane ... , Queensland.
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Jean-Paul Meyer
Jean-Paul Meyer (born 1 January 1950) is a French former professional tennis player. Meyer, runner-up at the French juniors in 1968, was active on tour through to the mid-1970s. He reached the round of 16 at the 1972 Australian Open, where he was beaten by eventual champion Ken Rosewall Kenneth Robert Rosewall (born 2 November 1934) is an Australian former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player. He won a record 23 Majors in singles, including eight Grand Slam singles titles and, before the Open Era, a record .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, Jean-Paul 1950 births Living people French male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Péter Szőke
Péter Szőke (8 August 1947 – 28 July 2022) was a Hungarian player. He did not win any top-level titles during his professional career, finishing runner-up once in singles and four times in doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 47 in August 1973. Szőke participated in 27 Davis Cup ties for |
Jaime Fillol Sr
Jaime José Fillol Durán (born 3 June 1946), known professionally as Jaime Fillol Sr., is a retired professional tennis player from Chile, who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Fillol was ranked as high as world No. 14 in singles on the ATP rankings (achieving that ranking on 2 March 1974) and No. 82 in doubles (2 January 1984). In the Open era (after 1968), Fillol won 6 singles titles and 16 doubles titles. In addition he was a founding member and one of the first ATP Presidents. As President of the ATP, Fillol had a passion to create the first pension plan of the ATP and thus it was named after him. Fillol is also a member of the University of Miami "Hall of Fame" where he graduated in 1969. He competed at the 1973 Davis Cup with Patricio Cornejo where he played the longest Davis Cup rubber in terms of games, eventually losing to Americans Stan Smith and Erik van Dillen, winning the first set 9–7, the next 39–37, but lost the next three sets, 6–8, 1–6, 3–6 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Mulligan
Martin "Marty" Mulligan (born 18 October 1940) is a former tennis player from Australia. He is best known for reaching the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1962, where he was defeated by fellow Australian Rod Laver. Personal life Mulligan was born in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville. His maternal grandparents were Italian, from Orsago, Treviso, Veneto. They moved to Australia in 1900. Tennis career Juniors In 1958, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Championships as well as the Boys' Doubles (with Bob Hewitt). Pro tour He was runner-up in the men's doubles at the Australian Championships in 1961. In 1962, he was in the finals of the Dutch Open in Hilversum, and he won the men's singles title at the Italian Championships three times in 1963, 1965 and 1967. He won singles titles in 1967 and 1968 at the Swedish Open in Bastad and the Austrian Open at Kitzbuhel (1967). Mulligan won the 1970 Japan Championships. He was ranked in the world's top 10 in 1962, 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
