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Juan Ignacio Muntañola
Juan Ignacio Muntañola Vilamala is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A right-handed player, Muntañola competed on the professional tour in the 1970s. Muntañola, who reached a best ranking of 101 in the world, made his grand slam main draw debut at the 1974 Wimbledon Championships, as a lucky loser from qualifying. He played in three editions of the French Open, including in 1975 when he won through to the second round, where he was beaten by eventual finalist Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas (; born 17 August 1952) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was the world No. 1 of the Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977. He won 62 singles titles and 16 doubles titles during .... Grand Prix career finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Muntanola, Juan Ignacio Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Spanish male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 French Open – Men's Singles
Defending champion Björn Borg defeated Guillermo Vilas in the final, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1975 French Open. It was his second French Open title and second major title overall. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Greek junta's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a parliamentary republic and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the hosts won the championship title, as well as ''The Rumble in the Jungle'', a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 French Open – Men's Doubles
Dick Crealy and Onny Parun were the defending champions but competed this year with different partners. Crealy teamed up with Niki Pilić, and lost in the first round to Wojtek Fibak and Balázs Taróczy. Parun teamed up with Željko Franulović, and lost in the second round to Iván Molina and Jairo Velasco. Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez won in the final 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 against John Alexander and Phil Dent. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links1975 French Open – Men's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. there are 211 nat ... {{DEFAULTSORT:1975 French Open - Men's Doubles Men's Doubles French Open by year – Men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC (newspaper)
''ABC'' () is a Spanish national daily newspaper. Along with and , it is one of Spain's three newspapers of record. History and profile ''ABC'' was first published in Madrid on 1 January 1903 by Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez-Ossorio. The founding publishing house was Prensa Española, which was led by the founder of the paper, Luca de Tena. The paper started as a weekly newspaper, turning daily in June 1905. In 1928 ABC had two editions, one for Madrid and the other for Seville. The latter was named ''ABC de Sevilla''. On 20 July 1936, shortly after the Spanish Civil War began, ''ABC'' in Madrid was seized by the republican government, which changed the paper's politics to support the Republicans. The same year '' Blanco y Negro'', a magazine, became its supplement. The ''ABC'' printed in Seville was supportive of the Nationalists. In 1939 ''ABC'' in Madrid was given back to its original owners by Francisco Franco. During this period the paper was one of two major dai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Wimbledon Championships
The 1974 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1974. It was the 88th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1974. Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert won the singles titles. Prize money The total prize money for 1974 championships was £97,100. The winner of the men's title earned £10,000 while the women's singles champion earned £7,000. * per team Champions Seniors Men's singles Jimmy Connors defeated Ken Rosewall, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 *It was Connors's 2nd career Grand Slam title, and his 1st Wimbledon title. Women's singles Chris Evert defeated Olga Morozova, 6–0, 6–4 *It was Evert's 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 1st Wimbledon title. Men's doubles John Newcombe / Tony Roche defeated Bob Lutz / Stan Smith, 8� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Open
The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis events every year, held after the Australian Open and before Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon and the US Open (tennis), US Open. It was established in 1891 but it did not become a Grand Slam event until 1925. The French Open begins in late May and continues for two weeks. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros (aviator), Roland Garros. The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this Tennis surface, surface. Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on Grass court, grass. Between the seven rounds needed for a championship, the clay surface characteristics (slower pace, higher bounce), and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 French Open
The 1975 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 4 June until 15 June. It was the 74th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1975. Björn Borg won the men's singles title and Chris Evert won the women's single title. Finals Men's singles Björn Borg defeated Guillermo Vilas, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 *It was Borg's 2nd career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd (consecutive) French Open title. Women's singles Chris Evert defeated Martina Navratilova, 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 *It was Evert's 3rd career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd (consecutive) French Open title. Men's doubles Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez defeated John Alexander / Phil Dent, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 Women's doubles Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova defeated Julie Anthony / Olga Morozova, 6–3, 6–2 Mixed doubles Fiorella Bonicelli / Thomaz Koch defeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Vilas
Guillermo Vilas (; born 17 August 1952) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was the world No. 1 of the Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977. He won 62 singles titles and 16 doubles titles during his career, including four singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles and the 1974 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Singles, 1974 Tour Finals. World Tennis, ''Agence France-Presse'' and ''Livre d'or du tennis 1977'' (Christian Collin-Bernard Ficot), among other rankings and publications, rated him as World number 1 ranked male tennis players, world No. 1 in 1977. In the computerized ATP rankings, he peaked at No. 2 in April 1975, a position he held for a total of 83 weeks, although some have argued that Vilas should have been ranked No. 1 for at least 10 weeks, particularly in 1977 when he won two majors. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991, two years after his first retirement. Vilas is kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Examiner
The ''San Francisco Examiner'' is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and has been published since 1863. Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst and the flagship of the Hearst Communications, Hearst chain, the ''Examiner'' converted to free distribution early in the 21st century and is owned by Clint Reilly Communications, which bought the newspaper at the end of 2020 along with the ''SF Weekly''. History Founding The ''Examiner'' was founded in 1863 as the ''Democratic Press'', a pro-Confederate States of America, Confederacy, pro-Slavery in the United States, slavery, pro-Democratic Party (United States)#1860–1900, Democratic Party paper opposed to Abraham Lincoln, but after his assassination in 1865, the paper's offices were destroyed by a mob, and starting on June 12, 1865, it was called ''The Daily Examiner''. Hearst acquisition In 1880, mining engineer and entrepreneur George Hearst bought the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avilés
Avilés (Asturian and ;) is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality of Asturias. The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than 140 metres. Situated in the Avilés estuary, in the Northern Central area of the Asturian coast, west of Peñas cape, Peñas Cape, is its national seaport. Avilés is mainly an industrial city. It is close to popular beaches like Salinas. It also has important churches like Iglesia de Santo Tomás de Cantorbery (Avilés), St. Thomas of Canterbury. Avilés has also cultural spaces such as the Palacio Valdés Theatre (in Spanish: ) or the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre (in Spanish: ). History Toponymy The existence of the town proper is documented only in the latter Early Middle Ages, although the etymology of the name "Avilés" ... [...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 wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
