Jaime José Fillol Durán (born 3 June 1946), known professionally as Jaime Fillol Sr., is a retired professional
tennis
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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
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(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
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rubber in terms of games, eventually losing to
Americans
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Stan Smith and
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 ...
, winning the first set 9–7, the next 39–37, but lost the next three sets, 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.
He was also a member of the
1975 Davis Cup
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team, which advanced to the semifinals, and the
1976 Davis Cup team, which made it all the way to the final, losing to Italy.
He is the older brother of tennis player
Álvaro Fillol
Álvaro Fillol (born 4 December 1952), is a former professional tennis player from Chile. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 5 doubles titles. He is the younger brother of tennis player Jaime Fi ...
,
and the grandfather of tennis player
Nicolás Jarry
Nicolás Jarry Fillol (; born 11 October 1995) is a professional tennis player from Chile. He has won one tournament in singles and two in doubles on the ATP Tour. He achieved his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 in July 2019, after ...
.
Career finals
Singles: 24 (6 titles, 15 runner-ups)
Doubles open era (16 titles, 14 runner-ups)
Mixed Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)
References
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1946 births
Living people
Chilean male tennis players
Tennis players from Santiago
Chilean people of Catalan descent
Chilean people of Asturian descent