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1977 Fischer-Grand Prix – Singles
Wojciech Fibak was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–1, 6–1 to Brian Gottfried. Seeds # Brian Gottfried (champion) # Wojciech Fibak ''(final)'' # Sandy Mayer ''(semifinals)'' # Corrado Barazzutti ''(second round)'' # Balázs Taróczy ''(quarterfinals)'' # Jan Kodeš ''(first round)'' # Víctor Pecci ''(first round)'' # Bob Hewitt ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links 1977 Fischer-Grand Prix Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1977 Fischer-Grand Prix - Singles 1977 Fischer-Grand Prix, Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Gottfried
Brian Edward Gottfried (born January 27, 1952) is an American retired tennis player who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. He was the runner-up in singles at the 1977 French Open – Men's singles, 1977 French Open, won the 1975 and 1977 French Open Doubles as well as the 1976 Wimbledon Doubles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking on the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP tour on June 19, 1977, when he became world No. 3, and a career-high doubles ranking on December 12, 1976, when he became world No. 2. Tennis career Junior and college Gottfried was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and is Jewish. He began playing tennis at the age of 5, after receiving a racquet as a gift. In all, Gottfried won 14 national junior titles. As a teen Gottfried attended Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Piper High School (Florida), Piper High School in Sunrise, Florida. In 1970, as a freshman at Trinity University (Texas), Trinity Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ove Nils Bengtson
Ove Nils Bengtson (born 5 April 1945) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won five doubles titles. Bengtson was a member of the Swedish Davis Cup team from 1967 to 1979, posting a 7–14 record in singles and a 15–14 record in doubles. He was part of the Swedish team winning the 1975 Davis Cup, defeating Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ... in the final in Stockholm. Career finals Singles: 1 (1 title) Doubles (5 titles, 4 runner-ups) References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bengtson, Ove Nils 1945 births Living people Sportspeople from Danderyd Municipality Swedish male tennis players Tennis players from Stockholm County 20th-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmar Stiegler
Helmar Stiegler (born 18 March 1960) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. A left-handed player from Vienna, Stiegler reached a best singles world ranking of 224 during his time on the professional tour. In 1980 he made the round of 16 at Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural ''Grands Prix'') most commonly refers to: * Grand Prix motor racing, a form of motorsport competition ** List of Formula One Grands Prix, an auto-racing championship *** Monaco Grand Prix, the most prestigious ... tournaments in Vienna and Sofia. Stiegler is now an orthopedic surgeon. ATP Challenger finals Doubles: 3 (0–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stiegler, Helmar 1960 births Living people Austrian male tennis players Tennis players from Vienna 20th-century Austrian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Yuill (tennis)
John McLaren Yuill (born 12 December 1948) is a former professional 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 st ... player from South Africa. Most of his tennis success was in doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles. Career finals Doubles (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yuill, John South African male tennis players Living people 1948 births Tennis players from Durban White South African people 20th-century South African sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lloyd (tennis)
William Lloyd (born 7 May 1949) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Lloyd, who was born in Sydney, won the junior doubles title at the 1968 Australian Championships, partnering Phil Dent. He joined the University of Southern Illinois in 1969 where he played collegiate tennis and he spent the 1970s competing on the professional circuit, as well as World TeamTennis. During his career he competed in the main draw of all four grand slam tournaments. He lost a marathon match at the 1972 Wimbledon Championships to Wanaro N'Godrella, 9–11 in the fifth set. At the 1975 US Open he and Phil Dent had a win over Björn Borg and Rod Laver en route to the quarter-finals. His best performance in a grand slam tournament was a semi-final appearance in the mixed doubles at the 1978 French Open, with Trish Bostrom Patricia Lynn Bostrom (born November 25, 1951) is an American former professional tennis player. She is better known as Trish Bostrom, and after tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Granát
Jiří Granát (born 28 January 1955) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who competed for Czechoslovakia. Career Granát took part in the main singles draw of nine Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments during his career. He made the third round of the 1979 French Open, beating Jose Luis Damiani and then Francisco González (tennis), Francisco González. His only other Grand Slam third round appearances both came in 1982. He reached the third round of the men's doubles at the 1982 French Open (with Stanislav Birner) and 1982 US Open (tennis), 1982 US Open (with Erick Iskersky). On the Grand Prix tennis circuit, Granát won one title, which was the doubles at the 1981 Sofia Open (1980–81), Sofia Open. His best singles performance came at the 1977 Scandinavian Covered Court Championships in Helsinki, where he was a semi-finalist. He had a win over Peter McNamara at ATP Rotterdam, Rotterdam in 1983, when the Australian was ranked seventh in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Mitton
Bernard Mitton (9 November 1954 – 5 May 2017) was a professional tennis player from South Africa. Mitton reached his highest singles ranking of world No. 51 on 15 December 1975, and his highest doubles ranking of 20 on 25 June 1984. His career record in singles on the ATP Tour was 199–218, winning two titles - at Newport, Rhode Island in 1978 and San Jose, California in 1979. He was the runner-up in three other tournaments: San Jose (1978), Adelaide (1979) and Johannesburg (1981). His doubles record was 210–191, and he won nine titles: Auckland (1979); Stowe, Vermont and Cologne (1980); Richmond WCT (1981); Johannesburg (1981); Tampa (1981); Columbus, Ohio (1982); Ferrara (1983); and La Quinta, California (1984). He was the runner-up in eight tournaments: Sarasota, Florida (1978); North Conway, New Hampshire (1978); Rotterdam (1979); Maui, Hawaii (1982); Ancona (1982); Toulouse (1983); Florence (1984); and Queen's Club (1984). Mitton had career wins over John McEnroe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Gehring
Rolf Gehring (born 25 November 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 30 in November 1981. Gehring participated in six Davis Cup ties for West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ... from 1979 to 1982, posting a 4–7 record in singles and a 1–2 record in doubles. Career singles finals Titles (2) Runner-ups (3) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gehring, Rolf 1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Düsseldorf Tennis players from Düsseldorf (region) West German male tennis players German male tennis players 20th-century German sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Amaya
Victor Amaya (born July 2, 1954) is a retired tennis player from the U.S. The left-handed Amaya's career-high singles ranking was world No. 15, attained in August 1980. During his career he won three ATP singles titles and six doubles titles, including the 1980 French Open doubles title with partner Hank Pfister. With Pfister he was runner-up in doubles at the 1982 US Open. One of Amaya's memorable matches was a loss to Björn Borg Björn Rune Borg (; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 109 weeks. Borg won 66 singles titles during his caree ... in the first round of the 1978 Wimbledon Championships. With his 135 mph serve, he led Borg two sets to one and was up a break in the fourth set, but ultimately lost in five sets. After the match Borg, who was the defending champion and seeded first, commented “It was his match, if he wins one poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Palm
Douglas Boson Palm (born 6 May 1951) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Early life Douglas Boson Palm was born on May 6, 1951 in Flen, Sweden. He grew up in Malmköping. He is the third son of Bo Palm (who died 1973 of ALS) and his wife Ingrid Palm who died (aged 102) in 2021. His brothers are Kjell Palm (died 2020) and Björn-Ulf Palm. Biography Douglas Palm was a quarter-finalist at the Copenhagen Open in 1976. Later in the year he upset Mark Edmondson in the 1976 Swedish Open, then in the 1976 Stockholm Open held a match point in the second round against Mark Cox, who went on to win the tournament. A Swedish Davis Cup representative, Palm was picked to play for his country in a tie against Monaco in Uppsala in April, 1977. He featured in the doubles rubber with Jan Norbäck, which they won over Bernard Balleret and Louis Borfiga, to secure the tie. Palm made his first singles appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the 1977 Wimbledon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Pala
František () is a masculine Czech and Slovak given name. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François and Franz. It can be also surname (feminine: Františková). Notable people with the name include: Given name Arts *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer and screenwriter *František Bartoš (folklorist) (1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist *František Bělský, known as Franta Belsky (1921–2000), Czech sculptor *František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech sculptor and architect *František Brikcius, Czech cellist *František Brixi (1732–1771), Czech composer *František Čáp (1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter *František Čelakovský (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator *František Čermák (painter) (1822–84), Czech painter * František Doucha (1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer *František Drdla (1868–1944), Czech violinist and composer *František Drtikol (1883–1961), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Bertram
Byron Bertram (born 29 October 1952) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa Bertram attended Parktown Boys' High School. During his career, he won one tour doubles title and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 51 in July 1976. Bertram reached the quarterfinals of the 1977 Wimbledon Championships and defeated Stan Smith at the tournament in 1975. He also was a member of the winning South Africa Davis Cup team in 1974 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; .... Career finals Doubles (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Singles (1 runner-up) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertram, Byron Tennis players from Johannesburg South African male tennis players South African people of British descent Wimbledon junior champions 1952 births Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |