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1975 French Open – Men's Singles
Defending champion Björn Borg successfully defended his title, defeating Guillermo Vilas in the final 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1975 French Open. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Björn Borg was the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Björn Borg (champion) # Manuel Orantes ''(first round)'' # Ilie Năstase ''(third round)'' # Guillermo Vilas ''(final)'' # Roscoe Tanner ''(third round)'' # John Alexander ''(fourth round)'' # Raúl Ramírez ''(quarterfinals)'' # Harold Solomon ''(quarterfinals)'' # Alex Metreveli ''(second round)'' # Eddie Dibbs ''(semifinals)'' # Jaime Fillol Sr. ''(fourth round)'' # François Jauffret ''(fourth round)'' # Brian Gottfried ''(fourth round)'' # Jan Kodeš ''(fourth round)'' # Stan Smith ''(fourth round)'' # Onny Parun ''(quarterfinals)'' Qualifying Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Section 1 Sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Borg
Björn Rune Borg (; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. Between 1974 and 1981, he became the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles with six at the French Open and five consecutively at Wimbledon. Borg won four consecutive French Open titles (1978–81) and is 6–0 in French Open finals. He was the first man since 1886 to contest six consecutive Wimbledon finals, a record surpassed by Roger Federer's seven consecutive finals (2003–09). He is the only man to achieve the Channel Slam three times. Borg contested the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open finals in the same year three times (1978, 1980–81). He won three major titles without dropping a set during those tournaments. However, he never won the US Open despite four runner-up finishes. Borg also won three year-end championships and 16 Grand Prix Super Series titles. Overall, he set numerous records that still stand. He was ATP Player of the Year from 1976 to 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (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] |
Graham Stilwell
Graham Stilwell (15 November 1945 – 31 January 2019) was a professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. He was born in Denham, Buckinghamshire Denham is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, approximately from central London, northwest of Uxbridge and just north of junction 1 of the M40 motorway. The name is derived from the Old English for ..., England. Stilwell enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won three doubles titles, two of which were in the Open Era. Personal life and death Stilwell had three children (Tiffany, Alex and Lara) in his first marriage to Robin Lockard. His second marriage to Jill Jacobs resulted in two children (Sam and Romy). He died of a neuro-muscular disorder on 31 January 2019. Career finals Doubles (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) References External links * * English male tennis players People from Denham, Buckinghamshire 1945 births 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Lara
Marcelo Lara (born October 5, 1947 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player from Mexico. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles. Career finals Doubles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lara, Marcelo Mexican male tennis players Tennis players from Mexico City Living people 1947 births Tennis players at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in tennis Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico 20th-century Mexican people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Pattison
Andrew Pattison (born 30 January 1949) is a former South African-born Rhodesian and later Zimbabwean tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 24, which he reached on 24 September 1974. Pattison won four singles tournaments, and seven doubles tournaments. Pattison has two sons, Sean and Dale. He is married to Debra Hill and they reside in Peoria, Arizona. Career finals Singles (4 titles, 7 runner-ups) World Team Tennis In 1974, Pattison was a member of the World Team Tennis World TeamTennis (WTT) is a mixed-gender professional tennis league played with a team format in the United States, which was founded in 1973. The league's season normally takes place in the summer months. Players from the ATP and WTA take a ... (WTT) champion Denver Racquets. He was named 1974 WTT Playoffs Most Valuable Player. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pattison, Andrew 1949 births Living people Zimbabwean people of British descent White So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balázs Taróczy
Balázs Taróczy ( hu, Taróczy Balázs; born 9 May 1954) is a retired tennis player from Hungary. The right-hander won 13 singles titles in his career, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in April 1982. Tennis career Taróczy was six times a Hungarian national champion. One of the game's premier doubles players, Balazs and partner Heinz Günthardt won the 1985 Wimbledon doubles title. Though never especially proficient on the grass, the duo defeated Pat Cash/John Fitzgerald in four sets. He became the Hungarian No. 1 player in 1973 and was a member of the Hungary Davis Cup team from 1973 to 1985. Despite playing part-time, still managed to finish top 50 in the doubles world rankings at No. 45 in 1989 From September 1989 to the end of 1990, he was the coach of Goran Ivanišević Goran Ivanišević (; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. He is the only player to win a The Championships, Wimbledo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lito Álvarez
Elio "Lito" Álvarez (born 5 December 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Career Álvarez played collegiate tennis for the UCLA Bruins, on the same team as Jimmy Connors, in the early 1970s. He appeared in eight Davis Cup ties for Argentina from 1970 to 1978. He played mainly in doubles rubbers but had two wins in the singles, against Carlos Kirmayr and Luis Felipe Tavares, both of Brazil. His doubles record was 4/4 and his partners included Guillermo Vilas and José Luis Clerc. Álvarez made the second round of the singles draw at a Grand Slam tournament five times, from 14 attempts, but was unable to progress any further. As well as being runner-up at the Dutch Open in 1977, Álvarez made six Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Pilić
Nikola "Niki" Pilić (born 27 August 1939) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He was one of the Handsome Eight. Pilić was ranked world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tingay of ''The Daily Telegraph''.United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). ''Official Encyclopedia of Tennis'' (First edition), p. 428. Early life Pilić was born in Split, Banovina of Croatia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia to Krsto Pilić and Danica Tomić-Ferić five days before the outbreak of World War II that began on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland. The youngster took up tennis during the summer of 1952. Thirteen years of age at this point, he began practicing on the Firule tennis club clay courts in parallel to studying shipbuilding at the streamlined high school in Split. Upon graduating he attempted to enrol at a community college () in Zagreb, but due to not meeting the entrance criteria ended up in Novi Sad where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Dibley
Colin Dibley (born 19 September 1944) is a former tennis player from Australia. Dibley once held the title for the fastest serve in the world at 148 m.p.h. During his professional career, he also won four singles and seventeen doubles titles. The right-hander reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 26 in June 1973. After retiring in 1981, he took up real estate, still keeping himself in the game through coaching others. Known for his enormous serve, Dibley has been noted as having one of the most "live arms" of his generation by ESPN commentator Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster and pundit. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shriver won 133 titles, including 21 singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles, an .... Career finals Singles 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups) Doubles 32 (17 titles, 15 runner-ups) External links * * * nj.com article {{DEFAULTSORT:Dibley, Colin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonino Zugarelli
Antonio "Tonino" Zugarelli (born in Rome) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Zugarelli won 1 singles and 1 doubles title on the Grand Prix tennis tour 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 ... during his career. He was also a member of the Italian team that won the 1976 Davis Cup. Grand Prix circuit finals Singles (1) Doubles (1) See also * Tennis in Italy References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zugarelli, Antonio 1950 births Living people Italian male tennis players Tennis players from Rome Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1971 Mediterranean Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Andrews (tennis)
John Andrews (born February 5, 1952), is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Andrews achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 64 in June 1975 after reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open. He won one ATP doubles title in 1976 partnering Colin Dibley Colin Dibley (born 19 September 1944) is a former tennis player from Australia. Dibley once held the title for the fastest serve in the world at 148 m.p.h. During his professional career, he also won four singles and seventeen doubles titles. .... Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam finals Doubles (1 titles, 2 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, John 1952 births Living people American male tennis players Tennis players from Houston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
